Blogs from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, Europe - page 160

Alright i'm going to make this quick because we are leaving to see the Anne Frank house soon. Okay where I left off was we were entering Austria again. We were in a the Austrian Tyrol which was lower key then Vienna. We took a mountain bike ride through the austrian alps and had lunch at the top of the mountain. I was suppose to do paragliding that day too but it started to rain and unfortunatley it was cancelled. That night we had a theme party at the hotel. We all had to cross dress! It was hilarious all the guys in skirts and tank tops realized how lucky they are to be able to go to a bar in baggy jeans and a tshirt haha. The next day we left for Switzerland which is ... read more

We dropped our cars off at Amsterdam Airport and were amazed to hear we had travelled over 21,000kms over the past 15 weeks! Now it was goodbye Holland, Goodbye Europe, Hello London (for 6hrs), Hello Hong Kong (for 6hrs) and hello home! The flight home was very long and exhausting, topped off only by finding out on our arrival back in Perth that none of our luggage (all 21 pieces!) had travelled with us - that would arrive intermittently over the next few days.... Overall though, Ric's Excellend European Adventure" was a huge success in every possible way and will provide lots of wonderful memories for many years to come. Now, where to next??!!... read more

We had our own personal tourguides of Amsterdam as Irene's roomate Pascal was born there. As well, her boyfriend takes the clients from international confrences that he works at on a tour of Amsterdam. So we saw a few hidden secrets. There was a facade of a tiny church along one of the main padestrian shopping streets squished between 2 clothing stores. But the church was much larger than we expected. Then in the center of the city we went through this passage way. It led to square where all the nuns lived, sort of like the one we just saw in Brugge. Again, it was so strange to have peace and quiet right in the middle of this busy city. This courtyard is only open to the public 4hrs out of the day. We then ... read more

Zaterdag 2 september is het zo ver..... Dan vertrekken Jacinta en ik voor twee weekjes naar Italie. Jacinta is daar lang geleden wel eens geweest, ikzelf nog nooit. Ook zal het voor het eerst zijn dat we met de auto binnen europa op vakantie gaan. Grappig is dat we dan net een weekje een nieuwe auto hebben! Geen betere mogelijkheid om de auto een beetje te leren kennen lijkt mij! We gaan een soort rondreis in het bovenste deel van Italie doen. We beginnen in de noordoost hoek en vertrekken uiteindelijk in het noordwesten. De terugweg zal dus via Zwitserland lopen. Ik ben heel benieuwd hoe het zal zijn. Ik kan me er geen voorstelling van maken. Mede omdat het eigenlijk nog niet helemaal duidelijk is wat voor type rondreis dit nou precies is. Het lijkt ... read more

Amsterdam is a truly great place. We spent two full days enjoying all the experiences this vibrant and diverse city offered. For us, the Heineken Factory was awesome! We got a special guided tour and spent three and a half hours taking in the whole experience and dowing a few lagers! The Van Gogh Museum was very interesting, housing more than 200 hundred pieces of his work. Amazingly, I found his cut off ear in the disabled loo! The Red Light District, with its various sex shows, coffee shops and prostitutes in windows was of NO INTEREST to me whatsoever, as you can well imagine! NOt my kind of scene, although after the fourth circuit of the Red Light District, I had to be reminded of this fact and was promptly taken back to the car, ... read more