http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Utrecht/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Netherlands , Province of Utrecht en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:38:33 +0000 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:38:33 +0000 Utrecht is only 15 minutes by train from Amsterdam. You will find many much cheaper BB39s in Utrecht as in Amsterdam. Why not stay over in Utrecht for one or two nights Choose one of the BB39s from this list. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Utrecht/Utrecht/blog-788767.html There are some nice bed and breakfasts in Amersfoort but they are a bit difficult to find. The following website does show them all including a handy map . http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Utrecht/Amersfoort/blog-788722.html Utrecht The Netherlands 15 to 17 and to20 to 22 May 2013On arriving at the busy Utrecht train station we caught a taxi to the Apollo Hotel took 5 minutes which is right in the centre of the CBD. Utrecht which was founded by the Romans in AD 47 is full of bike tracks and malls. There are more bicycles in the Netherlands than there are people. Everyone rides a bike in sunshine and rain. We http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Utrecht/Utrecht/blog-787662.html Het stadje in de oase is nog overtuigend Chinees eettentjes hotels rammelende bussen en heel veel schoonmakers. Ik kom aan om 6 uur in de ochtend en het wordt net licht. Terwijl ik naar mn hostel zoek wordt de omgeving langzaam wakker het lijkt zo gewoon. Maar daarbuiten begint abrupt een andere werkelijkheid grote zandduinen uitgestrekte vlaktes van zand stenen en niets. De volgende dag r http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Utrecht/Amersfoort/blog-739680.html I went to visit Utrecht with my friend Evina. This is where her boyfriend works. Since he knows Iran well and I will be visiting soon I asked him a lot of questions.Utrecht has canals like Leiden but it is also a much larger city. Best of both worlds Houses by the canal often have a basement that stretches down to the lower level of the canal meant in the old times for offloading merchandis http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Utrecht/Utrecht/blog-736433.html Tomorrow we leave for a 4 month trip to South America. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Utrecht/blog-704886.html I39m pretty sure I have a cold so I slept in this morning and took the train to Utrecht this afternoon. Utrecht is the 4th most populous city in the Netherlands and definitely my favorite place to explore so far. A lot of the city center centruum dates back to the early Middle Ages and the main focal point within the city is Domtoren one of Sarah39s friends was actually saying that the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Utrecht/Utrecht/blog-698768.html Whoa Introduction Week has come to an end and I needed to sleep allll weekend in order to recover. Best. Week. Ever.So in Europe they have an organization called the Erasmus Student Network and the whole goal of this organization is to make international students feel more at home. I feel like we could do something similar at U of L but we don39t have enough exchange students. And honestly http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Utrecht/Utrecht/blog-686997.html Just landed in Amsterdam about an hour ago So far it39s cold but the architecture is very interesting. People are so far very nice their accents are fun to listen to. Everybody seems to speak English and even a lot of the signs are mainly in English with Dutch sub titles. I already missed my connecting tram to Nijmegen but luckily there39s another in about 10 minutes. Also apparentl http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Utrecht/Utrecht/blog-686481.html It is sort of right to assert that it39s the garments which make a total man. Not only girl but also men are now wearing different sorts of apparels for conveying social standing as well as a style of selfexpression. It was in from the year 1960 when Tshirts were getting used to reflect selfexpression. Sooner than the Tshirts were easier and plain which now have substituted into the works http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Utrecht/Bunnik/blog-686214.html So last Friday I decided that I would try to find the Ikea. The bedding they39re selling here was 52 Euros and I figured I could find cheaper at Ikea and then having my own sheets would make me feel a little more at home. I used Google maps to figure out how to take the bus down to Ikea and it couldn39t have been easier get on bus 71 at the University take it all the way to Stadscentr http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Utrecht/Utrecht/blog-685557.html So February 1 finally rolled around and I was finally able to get the keys to my apartment It was a super hectic day but it all got worked out in the end thank goodness meaning I have my own super beautiful placeThe morning of the first I had to move out of the hostel and take my luggage with me to school because I couldn39t get my keys until 2pm. So I39m rushed panicking just a li http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Utrecht/Utrecht/blog-684813.html It has to be said I am not a hostel person. Anyone who knows me knows that I do not sleep anywhere except my own bed and a very select few other places including my parents39 house my boyfriend39s parents39 house and that39s really about it. It39s actually one of the big reasons that I don39t like drinking. I hate not being able to get home and being forced to sleep somewher http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Utrecht/Utrecht/blog-683555.html So I left Calgary at 3.35pm Mountain Standard Time. My parents dropped me off both of them since they couldn39t decided between them who would drop me off cute right. My mom cried at the security check and watched me until she couldn39t see me anymore... she39s so sweet. We arrived in Amsterdam at 8am their time midnight Calgary time. We all filed off the plane and headed to cu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Utrecht/Utrecht/blog-682866.html Look left look right and dont get hit by a bike Bikes are everywhere in the Netherlands and I got to see what happens when people leave their bike at the train station for too long.. the bike police cut the lock bike gets loaded onto a truck and if you want it back you have to pay and pick it up from somewhere I think bike fines far outweigh car fines in this bikecrazy country At 81 year http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Utrecht/Amersfoort/blog-682829.html there is lots more to discover... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Utrecht/Utrecht/blog-682157.html I appreciate that not everyone has the chance to dig up their family tree roots meet distant relatives and relive childhood memories so I was very blessed to have the opportunity to do so.Both of my grandparents from my mum and dads side were born and grew up in the Netherlands. They immigrated to Australia in the mid 1950s leaving behind family friends and jobs to discover a new life in http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Utrecht/Amersfoort/blog-681223.html After sleeping in this morning we went out to do a little grocery shopping to get ready for New Year39s Eve. Sander and Mike bought Oliebollen basically very big Timbits and Appelflappen basically apple turnovers from a few local markets. Those are both traditional New Years Eve foods in the Netherlands they are also both deep fried and artery blocking but hey who are we to break with http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Utrecht/Utrecht/blog-676086.html Today we boarded our British Airways flight in Toronto to start our latest adventure Our plane left about an hour late because it was snowing quite hard in Toronto and the plane needed to be deiced. We were worried that we would miss our connection in London but luckily we made up most of the time in the air. Unluckily once we arrived in London the plane had to circle the airport a few t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Utrecht/Utrecht/blog-675890.html I did not realise just how long it39s been since I posted a whole week Sorry guys... we39ve done a lot of driving and stuff.Saturday July 23. We headed north to Scotland. We took a coastal route along the Scottish waters and stopped at Sweetheart Abbey an old church from 1273. We got a look at tidal plains a few km2 of sea bottom in one spot. We also stopped to see a lighthouse and wa http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Province-of-Utrecht/Utrecht/blog-631368.html