http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Limburg/Maastricht/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Netherlands , Limburg , Maastricht en-us Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:02:30 +0000 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:02:30 +0000 Bonjour et HalloAs some of you know I can be a bit of a masochist at times. I guess I should put that in context first. I try to see as much as I possibly can when Irsquom travelling and I am beginning to run out of time in Belgium so I woke up very early the day after visiting Vimy Ridge and joined by room mates Cris and Mirjam for a trip to Maastricht and Tongeren. We slept on the train m http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Limburg/Maastricht/blog-425364.html Hallo alleemaalThis is my first entry after arriving in Europe and a lot has happened so far. I would probably be able to remember more but I have been without internet until now. It's amazing how lost we are without internet for only three 3 days.Anways we left Portland at 1200 noon and took a nonstop flight to Amsterdam. It was kind of a dissapointing flight because I could hardly s http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Limburg/Maastricht/blog-425256.html Treca selidba po redu najtraumaticnija do sad. Iz jednog voza u drugi iz jednog vagona u onaj koji nastavlja za Mastriht. Jer ne postoji direktna linija. Niti neko ko ce o tome da te obavesti. Dezorganizacija koja funkcionise Kako pojma nemamo. Jer nista se ne podrazumeva. Vozovi krenu u jedan grad zavrse u drugom radnje danas rade do 6 sutra do 8 prekosutra uopste ne rade nista se ne p http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Limburg/Maastricht/blog-396552.html Prologue In the beginning. There was an idea voiced by a woman on a particular terrace at the ldquoonze lieve vrouwe pleinrdquo Maastricht. Heard by a man whose initial reaction was a mix of opposing emotions. Fear was replaced by opportunity opportunity replaced by worry worry by possibilities. And although no decision was made at that instant it was the start of a journey to lands at th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Limburg/Maastricht/blog-396139.html Nederland 27 April 2008 voorbereidingen reis http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Limburg/Maastricht/blog-394432.html The Famous Carnival celebration in the streets of Maastricht http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Limburg/Maastricht/blog-379611.html Follow me to colorful faces leprechauns and wolfs pirates and batman popes giving out condoms and along the yellow brick road that is the carnival of MaastrichtOh and after you had a look at the photos on this website and realized your life would be more complete if only you saw a little bit more follow this link to see more photoshttppicasaweb.google.comdkruchkoffMaastrichtCarnivalNet http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Limburg/Maastricht/blog-376803.html yep http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Limburg/Maastricht/blog-370096.html Hey Everyone I have been here almost three weeks now whoa time flies As you can see this is my travel blog. I will be catching up the last three weeks over the next few days and then try to keep it up as regularly as I can. But for now let me tell you about the CastleI am living in Kasteel Well a dutch national landmark. The foundations of this building date back from the 12th century http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Limburg/Maastricht/blog-328976.html Pinkpop Festival is an annual rock festival held in the city of Landgraaf 134 miles from Amsterdam near the city of Heerlen and situated in the most South bound province of Limburg Netherlands. It is held annually on the Whitsun weekend Pinksteren in Dutch hence the name.Now in its 38th year the festival has a capacity of 60000 and three days of music on three stages.The three headline acts http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Limburg/Maastricht/blog-328497.html This will be my last blog I arrived in Holland a couple of days ago. On my last Saturday in New Zealand I had a really cool goodbye party see pictures. Then I started packing which was quite hard because I had way too much stuff So I gave my flatmates about half my wardrobe okay Irsquom lying now it was more like a quarter and just got my suitcase to closehellip The night before I lef http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Limburg/Maastricht/blog-293081.html Beste mensenVoor alle oude blogbekenden Jullie zullen wel denken Maastricht Maastricht ik dacht dat deze blog zich in ZuidAmerika afspeelde... Dat is ook het geval maar ik zal Sander morgen vanuit Nederland gaan vergezellen. Voor alle nieuw aangemelden je hebt het oneindige geluk vanuit mijn hotmailaccount te zijn gecopypasted Je wordt voortaan van nieuwe spam voorzien als het je niet be http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Limburg/Maastricht/blog-290909.html Think of craziness in the streets not a violent craziness just people having fun in costumes craziness The picture in your mind should be Carnaval in Maastricht.This Carnaval brings out all crowds and all kinds of costumes as you can see in the pictures.Many celebrations of Carnaval worldwide are known for their parades Maastricht's Carnaval is known for its elaborate costumes.Some families http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Limburg/Maastricht/blog-240513.html Nog twee dagen en dan ga ik de grote oversteek maken. Omdat mijn appartement met ingang van gisteren bevolkt wordt Oekrainers ben ik nu officieel Koos Dakloos. De afgelopen weken waren erg hectisch met studeren voor de laatste tentamens van deze periode ben maar niet bang afstuderen duurt nog heel even werken en afscheid nemen van iedereen. Natuurlijk ging dat laatste gepaard met te veel d http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Limburg/Maastricht/blog-231481.html My muddy old bike was still muddy and oldlooking when it arrived at Amsterdam airport. Austrian Air treated it a bit better than Royal Air Morocco did which was a relief. My sister Rose was waiting for me at the airport we then jumped on the good old Dutch train system bike bags tent and all and headed north. We spent a day with family in Zwolle and then went up to Friesland where we stayed w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Limburg/Maastricht/blog-217152.html Op 22 september hebben wij een afscheidsfeest georganiseerd in de tuin van de ouders van Danille. Het was een geweldig feest een super manier om afscheid te nemen. Met bijna 60 gasten was de tuin gevuld en vloeiden de chaithee en het bier rijkelijkTijdens dit feest hebben we bekend gemaakt dat we getrouwd zijn. Het afscheidsfeest was dus eigenlijk zonder dat de meeste gasten hier weet van had http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Limburg/Maastricht/blog-207071.html Ja jullie lezen het goed. Wie had dat nou verwacht Op 18 september zijn wij in het huwelijksbootje gestapt Wat begon als een idee om ringen te kopen voor op reis als je niet getrouwd bent dan mag je in sommige landen niet samen op een kamer slapen eindigde in een heuse bruiloft. rsquo s Ochtends zijn we om 9.30 uur op het gemeentehuis in Geleen getrouwd. Vervolgens hebben we in Danielles http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Limburg/Maastricht/blog-207064.html So since I have last written a few new things have happened. Not much happened last week during the week but I had a long weekend this past weekend and got to do a lot of really cool things.On Friday we had a tour of Beethovenrsquos birthplace right here in Bonn and then went to a ldquoBeethovenfestrdquo concert. The music was nice but it wasnrsquot his best stuff that they played a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Limburg/Maastricht/blog-203984.html Dudes goin to spain for like 6months looking forward to it I'll leave in januari. So keep checkin my travelblog from then on. Also check out what my lil bro is up to during his travels around the world www.mytb.orgjeroensee ya http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Limburg/Maastricht/blog-203051.html Visited Countries Map http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Limburg/Maastricht/blog-202379.html