http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Gelderland/Nijmegen/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Netherlands , Gelderland , Nijmegen en-us Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:21:03 BST Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:21:03 BST Terribly sorry to have put a hold on the blogging for the past couple days we've been exploring our surrounding areas. I guess I'll start from the beginning. Oh jeezThe day before yesterday the day started off much like any other however Monty and Alysia had makeup classes. Because of this we couldn't leave from Well to do anything until around 3 o'clock. However we made up the time easily. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/Gelderland/Nijmegen/blog-325946.html Well this is it people the last blog from an awesome trip to europe. Even though I'm home already I figured I should still finish it mainly because the last week in holland was awesome fun as usual.After the marathon train ride back to Nijmegen Melissa cooked up a feed while we got out stuff organised then we went out for drinks with two of Melissa's mates Hans and Maria. Everyone was pretty k http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/Gelderland/Nijmegen/blog-305334.html The Vierdaagse festival is a week and a bit long street party in Nijmegen in celebration of the 4 day walking event held at the same time. All throughout town there are about 2025 stages set up where they play all sorts of music from midday till midnight. After 12 everyone heads to the bars and the party generally kicks on till at least 5am. Reece and I were there from the Saturday night first http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/Gelderland/Nijmegen/blog-304282.html The third week we were in Nijmegen we stayed at the Hessenburg site. Huge craters where parking garages would go an excavator threateningly close to our hardhat clad heads deadlines many graves oil lamps and coins. The ground was sandy which at least made for easy digging. We were all ready to get out of the dirt once and for all during our last week and I think on Monday we were at Kikir http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/Gelderland/Nijmegen/blog-296138.html Millengen on the Rhein gt Dreumal 79.3kms Total 2344.2 Ride time 4'40 Happy Birthday to Christie Happy Birthday to Christie ...What a place for a touring cyclist to wake up. The Netherlands where the cycle tracks are made of gold the roads are flat motorists are considerate and the cycle route second to none in the world. Yea right.My early morning attempt at singing Happy Birthda http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/Gelderland/Nijmegen/blog-292408.html Duisberg gt Millengen on the Rhein Netherlands 97.40kms Total 2264.8kms Ride time Unknown I suspected that the day wasn't going to start so well when I asked the lady at reception to confirm that to get to the Orsoy Ferry I should just go out along the Industrial Park turn right and then follow highway 8. No she said I should go left. She then went and got an english speaking cycli http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/Gelderland/Nijmegen/blog-292397.html It is 8 in the morning right now and I am all packed up and ready to bike out to the site with the other girls within the hour. We spent all of yesterday out in the heat it was in the 80s and humid measuring heights of ground once again. The good thing about that is now we know what we're doing in the measuring department. Today Kiki our field tech said we may be learning how to drawmap out http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/Gelderland/Nijmegen/blog-283166.html I finally found out how to upload pictures http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/Gelderland/Nijmegen/blog-282581.html My first week in Nijmegen has been pretty eventful and the other girls and I are finally getting our bearings. Today I went into town by myself and rode around for a while taking in the sites and managed to know where I was the entire time. Small victories. Monday Lindsey and I rode to work with Marike. Our flight attendent Jerome pronounced Yeroom showed us around the Archaeology Bureau's http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/Gelderland/Nijmegen/blog-282545.html I'm nearing the end of my first official day with the Dutch. So far this place has been awesome although I can't upload any of my pictures right now because the computer in the farmhouse doesn't have a slot for my card. If anyone would like to get Skype though feel free because we have it here. I don't know exactly how you sign up for it but it's free and we'd be able to talk. Our flights were http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/Gelderland/Nijmegen/blog-280400.html This entry is more of an update to the last one because we're still here. The main differences between today and the last piece go something like this.Lindo was offered another gig making it 3 on the trot on Saturday night.It snowed.Then the sun came out.We went on a road trip to Zeeland and saw the zee.The gig was at a little rockabilly festival that happens every year here. Apparently a Germa http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/Gelderland/Nijmegen/blog-263890.html Excuse me while I dismount from my bike put my bunch of tulips down and remove my clogs. Ooh they're a bit sticky after falling into the canal thoughAlmost sounds like we couldn't leave Ghent. It was hard but our love of putting ourselves in difficult situations won us over again and we set off down the cobbled streets with our matching bags in tow our matching side satchels hanging jauntily http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/Gelderland/Nijmegen/blog-263251.html Hi peopleI finally graduated and finished my Master year at Nijmegen. Two days ago I had to present and defend my Master thesis. To keep a long story short I graduated with a 9 out of 10 which btw had never happened before at our Faculty So of course pretty proud family and friends and yeah what can I say I'M FINISHED Don't have to think about studying anymore nor my master thesis No http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/Gelderland/Nijmegen/blog-210583.html 4daagse FeestennbspEurope raquonbspNetherlands raquonbspNijmegen By So GuiJuly 20th 2007Sophie Ngo Dimanche dernier nous avons pass la journe Nijmegen qui se trouve 1h en train d'Eindhoven. En ralit c'est plutot 1h30 car les trains sont souvent en retard et la signalisation peu efficace. Pourquoi Nijmegen Tous les ans se droule les 4 jours de marche dans cette ville. Des mi http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/Gelderland/Nijmegen/blog-183542.html I caught the train down to Nijmegen today. It's about an hour and a half train ride from Amsterdam. This is The Netherland's oldest city and is where my mum's parents my oma and opa and my mum were all born. A lot of my relatives have passed away here but Els and Gerard 2 of my opa's brother's children still live here and I met them last time I was here 20 years ago. Obviously I don't remem http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/Gelderland/Nijmegen/blog-172600.html After another great sleep I spent much of my last day in Nijmegen walking around the city centre. It was a big market day again. Lots of locals were out shopping and sampling the inseason herring. I tried herring once the other day...once was enough I videoed a lot of the city for my opa to see if he remembers any of it from his days here when I get back. In the evening Gerard and Marya invi http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/Gelderland/Nijmegen/blog-172585.html After the best sleep I've had since leaving home in a nice big double bed Jaap and Els took me to visit a nearby WWII Museum. I don't know much about war history but more and more on this trip I'm enjoying learning about the history of places I'm visiting. To start out I joined a guide. He was giving the tour in Dutch so that idea didn't last too long I ended up making my own way round the mu http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/Gelderland/Nijmegen/blog-172581.html UntitledIan Mills My school is a European School with links with schools in Hungary Italy and Holland...every year they have an exchange programme with one of the schools in these countries this year it is with Holland and as there are so few male teachers at my school I was asked to travel to Holland and supervise the exchange. We travelled by train from Grossenhain to the school in Holland i http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/Gelderland/Nijmegen/blog-159747.html Deze keer gaat de reis naar ThailandAls je eenmaal door het reisvirus bent besmet wil je steeds meer gaan zien van andere landen en culturen het wordt steeds aantrekkelijker om weer een volgende reis te gaan ondernemen. Na een rondreis door Marokko mei 2004 en onze grote trip Down Under en Maleisi eind 2005 hebben we nu een rondreis in Thailand geboekt. We vertrekken op 27 maart en als ze ons http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/Gelderland/Nijmegen/blog-127857.html So it was on to Nijmegen from Amsterdam and we managed to get on the right train. Thats because Marty was leading the way not Kerrie We didnt want another mishap like at the airport in London did we nowWe were heading to Nijmegen as Dave's dad Jack was participating in the 4daages The 4 Day March. People come here from all over the world to walk between 3050km per day for 4 days. Crazy http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/Gelderland/Nijmegen/blog-76747.html After a lovely and nice wedding of my brother. The preparation for my second trip to New Zealand will begin. But to be honest it is all already done. Because I know where to go. And my stuff is alreadyy there.So nothing diffucult and really new. Only the bloody long flight and a short visit to Hong Kong. Which I am looking forword tothe visit of HongKong ofcourse and not the flight.The wedding http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/Gelderland/Nijmegen/blog-68119.html Hi EveryoneDay 2 in Niijmegen We came yesterday with my Great Uncle Jan who is 96 years old. He took us to the house were my Dad gre up during the war and we visited the War Memorial site where he says 1800 Canadians are burried. It is a truley betuful place which is kept by the local people. Today we did a walking tour of the city and saw some ruins built in the 11th century.Given the time http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/Gelderland/Nijmegen/blog-64671.html Hoi allemaalOver 5 daagjes is het zover dan zal ik toch echt in het vliegtuig moeten stappen. Ik wil eerst de mensen die op mijn afscheidsfeestje in Nijmegen zijn geweest heel erg bedanken voor de gezelligheid en de persoonlijke cadeautjes. Ik was zoals de meeste van jullie weten erg 'ontroerd' en ik ga jullie missen. Nu even wat praktische informatieVluchtschemaVertrekgt woensdag http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/Gelderland/Nijmegen/blog-34392.html Hoi allemaalVolgend bericht hebben de meeste van jullie al via mijn andere website gelezen maar deze site kan veel meer foto's kwijt dan de andere. Daarom zal ik deze site gaan gebruiken en zullen jullie iedere keer dat ik een berichtje plaats via deze site een emailtje krijgen.De laatste voorbereidingen zijn in volle gang. Het consulaat wil alles van me weten waar en met wie ik woon of ik wel http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/Gelderland/Nijmegen/blog-30291.html TravisWow ok... Talk about a big day... The ceremony was held at the Stadhuis town hall in Nijmegen as that is necessary to become legally married in Holland. If you have a church wedding you still have to have a ceremony at the Stadhuis as well so most people just opt for the one. After the ceremony the couple left in a horse and carriage then there were photos a chinese tea ceremony ex http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/Gelderland/Nijmegen/blog-20042.html AmandaWe spent the morning pottering around Haarlem for a bit sampled some Dutch chocolates and I managed to buy myself another pair of shoes Then we had a 2 hour train ride to Nijmegen. We have finally arrived at the location for the wedding and caught up with Kelly and Douwe the happy couple. It is 2 days before their wedding. We had a delicious dinner with their families and some friends. T http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/Gelderland/Nijmegen/blog-19743.html