Blogs from Overijssel, Netherlands, Europe

On our last day in Twente. We had a nice breakfast, where Liz surprised me. She had arranged a present for my Birthday. A real surprise, I had no idea. A few phone calls congratulating me started a promising day. Medieval games were held in Diepenheim a small place close by. It has a small castle called Warmelo. We had to look it up on the map, we never heard of it before. The distances in Holland are small, it did not take long to arrive there. Close to the place you just followed the cars. There were that many visitors. Lots to see. People were showing their different professions that were done during those times. There was even a make out funeral that made their way through the public. The main attraction was the Knights ... read more

After a very nice long sleep we got up at 10 o'clock had breakfast and went to the center of Enschede. We just went through the shops, got some nice deals in the Action store and also bought a Singstar karaoke game for PS3. We didn't go anywhere cause the temperature was -7 celsius and a bit windy too. And maybe the trip to Amsterdam just knocked as out for a day or two as we were so tired. So we stayed warm at Adis&Jasmin's place and sang some pop music Singstar karaoke had a drink or two and that's about it. Let me see if we have some pictures XD ... read more

After a long trip (15h) we finally got some sleep. The trip via car was long, cold, snowy but interesting. We made about 20 stops just to clean our windshield because the screen water from our car froze imediately after the temperature went down to -7 celsius. Stil don't know why, maybe cause of the extra windblow the temperature was even lower. But everything is OK now after a long 8 hour sleep, the Nederlands await me and my brother. Hope to get the best out of it with my cousins and to have an excelent time. Oh yea, here is our morning picture, just to show our well sleepy-hot faces :) ... read more

Our flights were uneventful. We flew from Calgary to Halifax where we had a lobster dinner; market price in the airport was higher than we wanted to pay, but how often do we get lobster?? We also bought a wrap to eat along the way. Food was a must since you don’t get any when you take 3 four hour flights. We boarded the Iceland Air flight to Reykavik. Both Dan and Ashley wrote in their journals but Dan also found time to take a nap (What a slacker). We were really hoping to see more of Iceland from the sky but there were too many clouds. Once we got below the cloud line we could see some of the terrain. It’s so different from Canada where all you see is squares and straight lines. Iceland ... read more

Hello Again :) Just got back from a bit of a europien valentines week drive with the missis. We caught the euro tunnell to france then camped up in belgium for the night. Next day we drove across belgium and holland to Enscede ware vince lives and the gogbot festival was held in september. Much fun was had but due to Rowan not having been to amsterdam and vince being a little busy with school we scooted across to amsterdam on a really v fast train and stayed there in a v nice (& cheep) hotel called the delta hotel. It is rite in the middle of everything and only about 400m from Centraal station so :D Hotell is 3 star, 25euros a night per person and includes a continental breakfast. Iv stayed there a few ... read more