Dordrecht and Einhoven, Holland - July 9, 10 We left at 11am on a train for Dordrecht, Holland. It was about a 3-hour train ride, and we had to transfer in Antwerp. Tony came with us…and of course we had too much fun on our train ride! It consisted of listening to music, transferring files from one computer to another, and the obligatory dancing on the train! In Antwerp we stopped for waffles covered in chocolate and whipped cream. They were INCREDIBLE!!! They were so rich that we only finished one between the three of us! We arrived in Dordrecht just [View Full Entry]

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Hello from a marijuana cafe in Amsterdam! The last couple of days with Don L. have been absolutely fantastic. We've done some touring around Amsterdam, visited the Red Light District, and have drunk quite a bit of Heineken, which is ubiquitous here. We're staying in a quite nice hotel called the Swissôtel Amsterdam (which we are only sort of sure that we know how to pronounce), and it's right in the midst of everything interesting: right next to the Royal Palace and Madame Toussaud's, and just blocks from the train station. I'll take more time from Norway to tell more details [View Full Entry]

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Gisteravond ben ik veilig en wel thuis in Moordrecht aangekomen. Na een lange reis via Dubai en Duitsland. Het is vreemd, maar goed om weer thuis te zijn! Sommigen van jullie hebben het van de week mee gekregen, anderen niet, maar ik ben inderdaad behoorlijk ziek geweest in de laatste week...Ik ben inmiddels weer aan het op knappen, dus maak je maar geen zorgen meer. De vorige keer dat ik wat schreef op deze blog voelde ik me uitstekend, kon niet beter! Maar nog op de avond van dezelfde dag begon ik me heel erg moe en grieperig te voelen. Ik [View Full Entry]

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Last weekend when Julia came to visit, we ventured north of the pier in Scheveningen in search of the beachclubs of yore. A coworker told me that Billabongs is a cool club, but I couldn't settle on the perfect music, so we kept walking until we landed at a nice little place with decent furniture on which to rest our weary butts. I can't recall the name of this place, but there was a large party going on inside and some kids were setting up a volleyball net nearby. The biggest draw of this place was the BBQ pit in the [View Full Entry]

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Hallo allemaal! Zo, net 2 weken quality time met the family gehad in Zuid Frankrijk en nu weer in Amsterdam. Vanochtend drie uur gebivakkeerd op het Amerikaans Consulaat voor m'n visum. Bij elke Amerikaan zijn de beveiligingsmensen hartstikke aardig, lachen en maken grapjes, maar zodra er een Nederlander voor ze staat krijg je een strakke blik. Heb in 4 verschillende rijen gestaan, dus ook 4 keer gefouilleerd en slechts 3 keer zijn m'n fingerprints gecheckt. Bij het laatste loket werd gekeken of ik nog wist hoe m'n vader heette en hoeveel centjes ik op m'n rekening heb. Uiteindelijk is het [View Full Entry]

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Holland and India trips! [View Full Entry]

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The really traveling has begun! This morning a very excited Stuart woke me up with tea as we prepared ourselves for our big adventure. We strapped on our bags a waddled our way to Rotterdam station to catch the train. Kindly Saar came with us so we could get discounted tickets and seemed to share our excitment. When the turtle people and Saar arrived to Amsterdam it was a bustling and beautiful place. It was exatcly as I had picture and yes, it wasn't raining! We made a beeline for the museum park and finally after years of waiting, I was [View Full Entry]

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Hello all! Sorry that it has been so long, but I have been very busy. Let me start from last week... I bought a bike! It is a boy's bright green bike, but it was cheap and it is amazing. I have joined the group of angry locals that rings bike bells at unsuspecting tourists walking in the streets. It seems like public shaming is very popular with the Dutch and I am embracing that custom with great ease. The bike has enabled me to see a lot of the city that otherwise I would probably not be able to walk [View Full Entry]

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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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As the title maybe suggests today was a rather relaxing day spent sitting in the park. Erik had told us all of this free event taking place in a city park not too far from the house so we all set off with high hopes. It was actually quiet a long way from the house and as it turned out the massive free event was cool... if you were six. It was an event for kids see, some of it was quiet exciting though, i did enjoy the man wearing a bird cage on his head making bird calls. During our [View Full Entry]

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