Ik ben nou aan het einde van mijn derde jaar in de opleiding Maritiem Officier, met deze opleiding wordt ik opgeleidt tot stuurman en machinist aan boord van een koopvaardij schip (handelsvaar). Om deze opleiding af te ronden moet ik nu een heel jaar stagevaren. Mijn stage ga ik varen bij de rederij Feederlines. Waarschijnlijk ga ik me stage in vier gedeeltes van ongeveer 3 maanden doen, waarbij ik steeds op een ander schip terecht kom. Als eerste schip ga ik op de Veersediep zij vaart van de middellandse zee naar de baltic. 22 juli vertrek ik als het goed is, [View Full Entry]

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Hello there, we are in Ye Olde England, flew in last night from Schiphol Amsterdam to Gatwick. We were met at the airport by Carol, Jade and Alix. Today we went to the Michelham Priory, pics up later, meanwhile, here's some from Amsterdam. Byee. [View Full Entry]

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On Friday, Julia and I walked up the Scheveningen beach toward the pier and beach clubs. Scattered like brightly colored toys on the sunseted horizon, windsurfers and kitesurfers appeared in full force. Funny thing is that on Saturday at about the same time, there was but one windsurfer. I guess the Dutch prefer to get their water-work done on Fridays. We saw windsurfers in the tens (nearing 20 or so) and probably at least 10 kitesurfers. As we walked up the beach, I spotted a large crowd of people gathered around a gigantic gray object which appeared to be roped-off. At [View Full Entry]

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Another oddity to note: In the remaining three hours in Paris (after the ticket business), Daniel managed to eat a incredibly delicious kebab sandwich, and I managed to get horrendously lost. Truly, utterly, screwball lost. As in, I arrived at our Amsterdam train sweaty and out of breath. I had decided to take a simple walk, but damn Paris is so beautiful that I kept being propelled from one pretty thing to the next (be it bellydancing outfits, green sidewalk trees, or bits of, you know, centuries-old architecture lying around the streets). Well, beautiful things and KFC, because I had to [View Full Entry]

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Day 8 Rijksmuseum and tons of celebrity paintings. One in particular with an iridescent yellow gown picture portrait leading to a blue shoe. Day 9 Characters met at the 2nd hostel, the fantastically named "Sphinx Hotel": Lando: tall Louisianian (?) who enjoys teaching American history and social studies, Jagermeister, Lil' Wayne and Sting Mischa: bubbly Toronto-ian (?) who enjoys tequila-beer, au pairing, details of Europe, maps I visited the Tropenmuseum today, basically an anthropology museum for kids. So, ideal for yours truly. Witnessed an enormous Shi'ite parade piece made entirely out of aluminum foil. Also, Egyptian pop star Ruby seems pretty [View Full Entry]

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... I enjoy all of these things and therefore when all three came along in one day i was more than happy. Our destination of the day was The Hague, it's about 30 minutes north west of Rotterdam by train and so it was back to the station for us all (Except Erik, he had some work to do). We were going to meet the final piece of the puzzle you might say, Sarojini's Grandmother. The Hague is a very beautiful place, unlike most of the citys in Holland it somehow seems to have remained un-scathed from the bombings during the [View Full Entry]

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I've been here in Amsterdam nearly a week, and seeing at least twice what other typical tourists see here. I'm getting double the Dutch treat. I spoke to two young men who were from England and they asked me what I thought of the Red Light District. I said it was all rather safe and carnival like, in a seedy sort of way. They agreed, but asked how was it that I could spend a week here. I told them I had also gone to the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum. "Yeh, we should have gone there," was their reply. [View Full Entry]

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Amsterdam was great!! I absolutely fell in love with the atmosphere of the city. Everyone was extremely nice and friendly. I arrived into Amsterdam around 5pm, my friend I was meeting picked my up from the airport. Her sister is in the Army so they drove down from Germany. It was very convenient to have a car. Another couple joined us too, they live on the base in Germany. So it was me, Julie (my Friend I went to Ireland with), her sister and Baby and the other couple with their baby. I have to admit more of the babies were [View Full Entry]

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Just a short week-end in Delft; super weather and lovely hotel - photos say it all, really! [View Full Entry]

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Made it to Amsterdam after a five hour plus train trip from Hameln Germany. Pissing down rain here, both saturated! WTF! Found the hotel without too much drama, and guess what? We're on the top floor and the stairs are like ladders. The room is tiny as well lol! Anyhoo, found a net cafe near the Central Station so time to have a go at uploading some pics. Bye :-) [View Full Entry]

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