http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Frisia/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Netherlands , Frisia en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:16:34 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:16:34 BST Amsterdam became 'jump street' for exploring Holland and beyond. With Antonio at the wheel and Mama Marcia riding copilot we took to the 'snelweg' at different times and to different destinations. With the cramp crowds and chaos of Amsterdam far behind we drove thru neverending farmlands with tulipfilled greenhouses and blackandwhite cows miniaturized in the distance. In this blog we chronic http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Frisia/blog-212709.html We spent two nights in Leeuwarden staying with Brandt's cousin Femke her partner and their cats. It was nice to stay in a proper house again after living in our small flat in London and then travelling the past few weeks. Yesterday we did a lot of driving around the small Friesland villages recommended by Femke. We drove into Gaastmeer for a coffee and then onto Heeg where we had a good lunch http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Frisia/Leeuwarden/blog-204291.html Here's a little update from me from holland for a change.Almost leaving for england to start my tefl course unil then trying to get some cash togetherworking in a hotel on the isle of terschelling to the north of holland.Hope all's allright Johan. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Frisia/blog-194404.html The plan for today was simple bike to the nearest town do my interenet stuff bike north to the longest dyke in the world that may not actually be true but its really long cross it and then on to Leeuwarden about 90km but today was the day I learnt about the difficultues arising from a flat countryside and the dutch economy with signs.I got to Memblik no worries but the internet store was http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Frisia/Leeuwarden/blog-191206.html Well it's been a while since my last update. I'm well aware of that. I've been in the Netherlands for about two and a half weeks and it's all been a bit of a family affair obviously a big change from my previous expeditions but it's all good. I'm not actually in Sexbierum as above but I just wanted to point out that it's a great great name for a town and if I was a town I'd be pretty happ http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Frisia/Sexbierum/blog-162762.html