Keukenhof Tulip Garden, Red Light District, 'Museum', the Flying Pig, Vondelpark, Van Gogh Museum, Heneiken Brewery, Anne Franks House, Memorial Day weekend, GLBT festivities, Leidensplein, Spui Sam and I have had two TREMENDOUS days in Amsterdam. I can hardly believe we're moving on already tomorrow. We got off the plane early Wed morning and spent about 2 hrs sorting out train reservations for the following days, getting to the hostels, etc. We were very glad to be have been able to share rooms with other 'Piggies' from the Flying Pig Hostel =D. Let me just say...this pla [View Full Entry]

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I don't think anyone has travelled or worked in the UK without ever having visited Amsterdam. It's one of those 'must see' places, and with good reason. Apart from the infamous 'activities' you can legally participate in, we discovered the city has a lot more to offer..... Saturday 6th May 2006 As usual we had an early start to make use of our long weekend. We arrived in Amsterdam mid morning and found our way to the Bulldog Backpackers where we had booked our dorm beds. To our surprise the Bulldog was right on the edge of the red light district! [View Full Entry]

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Hans and Noel had moved since I's last there in 2000. They have a lovely little apartment which they have done up really nicely. We had a classic Dutch lunch of fresh breads, cheese galore, coffee, coffee, coffee, applestroop, hagel, etc then retired for what was supposed to be a 1 hr nap before going to Frans and Monettes for dinner, but we both hibernated for 4 hours! I've never felt as tired....jet lag at it's best. A shower fixed that and we had a mint evening with Frans, Monette, Fleur, Yos, her boyfriend Oscar and Madalin. Noel had mustered up [View Full Entry]

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This whole week the weather has been great. I've been to Scheveningen everyday trying to soak up the sun and quit looking so pasty white. I didn't get a chance to go to Amsterdam Thursday, but I'll do that as soon as I can. Anyway, here's some photos from the past couple of days.... [View Full Entry]

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Today Bram and I decided to see more of the Hague since we live here now. We went to a castle that was built in the 1200's called Binnenhof. It was pretty cool, I've got a lot of photos. We went to another castle called Noordeinde (sp?) but it wasn't as interesting because you couldn't really see much of it. We also went to the beach in Scheveningen and had a couple of drinks at a cafe on the beach called Bora Bora. It was a beautiful day so we made the most of it biking all over the city. Good [View Full Entry]

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Zondag 30 april 2006 Naast me ligt mijn grote vriend Alex. Bijna 13 jaar geleden maakte hij mij zo ontzettend blij met z’n komst als puppy, een kruising border collie. Die blijheid is altijd gebleven, aangevuld met een heleboel trots, maar wordt de afgelopen weken overschaduwd door verdriet. Jonge hondjes worden oud(er) en helaas heeft mijn kleintje fysieke klachten gekregen die zijn verergerd sinds mijn vertrek naar Canada. Eigenlijk geheel onverwacht is het veel te snel achteruit gegaan, en daarom besloot ik eerder terug te komen dan gepland. Het gaat om slechts 2 dagen, ma [View Full Entry]

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Katy and I ventured to Amsterdam for the weekend. It was a ton of fun. Amsterdam has more canals than Venice and it was incredibly beautiful. Everywhere you looked it seemed as if boats were parked on grass, but there were canals all over. Everyone seems to have a boat in Amsterdam. It's pretty cool. It was Queen's Day the Saturday we were there, which was tons of fun. There were people in orange everywhere and it was a gigantic party with around 2 million people there for the day. There was also a tulip festival at Kreukenhof, a huge park. [View Full Entry]

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We have just come back from Amsterdam which is an amazing city. Surprisingly beautiful, good food and a relaxed attitude to life. We went over the Queen's birthday which meant that everyone was dressed in orange and there were street parties throughout the city. And just in case you were wondering - we were on our best behaviour [View Full Entry]

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Hello everybody after a rocky start in the vancouver airport we made it to amsterdam and wound up sleeping the entire night. [View Full Entry]

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So today was Queen's Day. Bram's family came into town and we decided to go to Scheveningen to celebrate the holiday. (That's basically a part of the Hague that's by the sea.) We went to a restaurant called Crazy Piano's and it was really fun. They had a lot of pianists from all over the world who can play pretty much any song you request while you eat, drink or just chill. After that we went to a place called Peukie's for a drink and it was pretty cool too. From what I've been told this wasn't your typical Queen's Day [View Full Entry]

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