http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Groningen/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Netherlands , Province of Groningen en-us Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:32:49 +0000 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:32:49 +0000 Heaven and Hell del 1. Mest Hell.Hade en fantastisk krning ned till Hollands krok krde oover vallen som de driftiga Hollndarna byggt fr att reclaima the seafloor Smaka p det reclaim the city. Fantomen var instlld p att vlja kortaste vgen och motorvgar och det funkar bra. D vljer han ven motortrafikleder som heter N i Holland t.ex. N242 som r som svenska 70vgar fast mindre. De http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Groningen/Groningen/blog-416092.html GPSen r tbax with a vengeanceLyckades hitta en Garminbutik i Groningen och kpte en ny GPS exakt samma som mr. Garmin. Det r fortfarande ett mysterium varfr mr.Garmin flg ur efter en mil. Han verkade forest helt dd men kryade p sig framt kvllen s pass att jag kunde koppla upp beltet och dra ur alla Waypoints.Sen s r kartorna p minneskortet City Navigator 2009 med alla Europas vgka http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Groningen/Groningen/blog-416086.html Holland del 2Har spenderat dagen med att cykla runt i Groningen p en gammal norsk ovxlad herrcykel. Groningen r vldigt charmigt cykelbanorna ar lika breda och manga som vagarna. Groningen r ungefar lika stort som Uppsala men har naturligtvis det r ju Holland ett litet red light district kvinnorna i skyltfnstret ser inte ut att vara your average next door dutch girl utan snarare frn http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Groningen/Groningen/blog-415159.html Ingen vg r fr litenNr dom designade danmark anvnde dom Holland som ritning.Krde in i Holland p E22 och landskapet ndrade ganska direkt karaktrblev mera ppet och..de..nja.Kom fram till Groningen och fick mat och l len hgrade och jag lg ver tanken p motorvgen.Nsta morgon kom med tung dallrande hetta och strlande sol. Det var s grymt varmt att jag krde i tshirt och jeans en http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Groningen/Groningen/blog-415011.html Inte lngre slav under klockanMin klocka gick snder igr kronan har krvat s gnget tar inte. Vilket gr att den inte gr att stnga och inte funkar. I en av ppningsscenerna till Easy rider str Peter Fonda och Dennis Hopper i knen vid brjan p motorvgen som ska ta dem frn Cali till New Orleans. Fonda tar av sig klockan tittar p den och kastar den sen. Med klockan i sanden i frgrunden s http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Groningen/Groningen/blog-414706.html Man ska inte underskatta ett folk som byggt sin ekonomi p sillfiske.Jag gillar Holland och det sgs ju att det r dom som r mest lika oss. Men jag r imponerad av sttet som dom expanderat landet p Ligger det under vatten No problemo Vi bygger en stor jvla damm och en stor jvla pump Driftigt r ett understatement.Och jag har sjlv en hel del kopplingar till HollandMin frsta flickvn var http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Groningen/Groningen/blog-414702.html Hojar som vcker habegret inom migJag tycker att det finns hojar och s finns det hojar. Det r dom sistnmda som ger folk den dr glimten i gat och som fr dom att om inte brja kra hoj iallafall fundera.Och eftersom jag nmde m72 frut s tnkte jag vl outa mina favorithojar som alla borde kra nn ngongng1. HD sportster. r nn frvnad Kom1957 och str sig n idag. Klassiskt snygg oc http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Groningen/Groningen/blog-414581.html ..NOTJag har valt att inte plja ner en herrans massa stlar i en MCnavigator utan kr helt enkelt en Garmin Etrex legend hcx i cykelfste fr mindre n halva priset av en MCnavigator.Den drivs av tv AAbatterier jag har laddningsbara och driftstiden r ca 24 hmer n tillrckligt. Den kan drivas av MCn genom ett cigguttag hur man tillverkar ett om man inte har en Guldvinge eller en Elec http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Groningen/Groningen/blog-414570.html Efter 9 mil brjar stjrten att d..Det r ju en gammal sanning som hller n.Har idag avverkat 86 mil i sadeln men r nd mrkligt pigg och ostel Jag pallar ungefr 1012 mil innan det r dags att strcka p benen och f ner lite blod till baken. Har haft grymt bra krning idag med kanonvdersom en sdan drtavla frn 1700talet med disig bl himmel och puff moln hela tiden.Temperaturer p l http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Groningen/Groningen/blog-414568.html After a two and a half hour train ride that I may have been awake for a total of 15 minutes Steve found me at the station. The walk from the station to his room took maybe 25 minutes. It was a nice day so a walk was welcome after all those hours of sitting. After Steve went to class I roamed around his neighborhood for a little while. I stopped in a small grocery store and bought some meat b http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Groningen/Groningen/blog-402104.html We have been spoiled here in the Netherlands...When I left for Ireland it had been raining raining and yea you guessed it more rain...The same thing goes for Ireland it supposedly rains there all the time but the time I was there not a drop fell on the ground it was just sunshine all the way through St. Paddy's I have never seen so much sun ever since I got here..haha seriously 7 days in a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Groningen/Groningen/blog-383625.html This blog will have pictures of mostly me going out with my new friends. The second week of me being here I went to this barclub called the Rumba with Laura and did a pub crawl with some of my new school friends. I've been meeting a lot of people from different countries such as Poland Finland Germany USA France and England. It's an easier transition now since I have met this people. But http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Groningen/Groningen/blog-373839.html This last weekend we craved additional Blom contact. We traveled North to the legendary Padhuis in search of history forgotten. We arrived after dark and Ellen Joren's aunt met them at the bus stop she brought an extra bicycle Joren doubled with Ellen and we were home shortly after. As soon as Joren stepped foot into his grandparents house the familiar scents and images flooded his brain with http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Groningen/Groningen/blog-371967.html It was a beautiful Sunday morning and I decided that I didn't want to waste the day so I ventured out into the city to check out the stores and the sites. I got to the city square and realized the stores are still closed I thought maybe it's just a little early and the stores will open up later. I ended up going to a cafe called News Cafe and decided that I needed some caffeine I have not ha http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Groningen/Groningen/blog-371689.html Hey Guys So I'm here in my new city safe and sound I'm gonna be using this travel blog to put up pics and update y'all on my travels. I've added some pictures of my area..I will be adding more of course but here's what I have so far. It's Saturday afternoon right now and I woke up late so I'm actually just getting my day started right now..I'm gonna check out the city maybe do a little shopp http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Groningen/Groningen/blog-371249.html Het is zo ver Ik heb op een punt gestaan dat ik het allemaal niet meer zag gebeuren maar ik ben dan toch geselecteerd voor mijn droomstage in het Mangochi District Hospital in Malawi Een paar weken geleden kreeg ik het mailtje met het verlossende nieuws... Nu gaat het echt gebeuren. De voorbereidingen zijn dan ook in volle gang.VliegenAllereerst moet ik daar natuurlijk zien te komen. Ik vind http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Groningen/Groningen/blog-341282.html Was perfect. It was made so because of my first virgin couch surfing experience. Yes I bit the bullet. I was debating about doing couch surfing www.couchsurfing.com as a few people had told me about it. I had my reservations. But I loved it. I stayed in Groningen with this girl her name was Irina and she was from St Petersburgh. She met us at the station then showed us back to her flat. After t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Groningen/Groningen/blog-338973.html This weekend we planned a surprise visit to Friesland to spend Mum Dad Beppersquos last weekend in Holland with them. Oom Arjen picked us up from the train station in the morning after we took the boat and train across to Holland. When I said we took the train across Holland thatrsquos what we really did you see I printed two timetables for the trip to Heerenveen one slightly earlier http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Groningen/blog-332029.html Arrived in Holland on 23rd September I think The dates and days are running into each other http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Groningen/Groningen/blog-327570.html Groeten uit Groningen We zijn weer terug vanmiddag met de trein aangekomen. En ons huis stond er nog Afgelopen woensdag hebben we bij Jajce gewandeld om een meertje heen mooi daar. En lekker gegeten met uitzicht over het water Forel niks mis mee Na de wandeling naar de Turkse sauna geweest die ze in ons hotel hadden. Lekker na de wandeling. 's Avonds nogmaals lekker gegeten Simone een http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Groningen/Groningen/blog-318254.html