http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Overijssel/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Netherlands , Overijssel en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:09:07 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:09:07 BST Je loopt een beetje vast in NL hebt de pijlen maar een niet meer zo helder doel wilt er gewoon even tussenuit meer van de wereld zien op avontuur wat leren de sprong nemen.Wat kan je dan doen O.a. een paar maanden naar Nieuw Zeeland en dt ga ik doen Half mei werd het idee van reizen hmm eigenlijk werken in het buitenland weer nieuw leven ingeblazen. Zo'n tien jaar geleden speelde het http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Overijssel/blog-302164.html Simply a great evening with great friends great food and even more great wine o http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Overijssel/Enschede/blog-286901.html Last preparations for the first benefit concert tomorrow evening at Enschede with Wim Beunders and Thierno Barry. Concert between the two worlds o http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Overijssel/Enschede/blog-273388.html EnschedeHostels Hostelworld Hostelbookers Hostels.comVliegtickets World Ticket Center Gol Airlines CheaplastminutesBusmaatschappijen Bus Maatschappijen Zuid Amerika Vervoer in Zuid Amerika Busstations in Zuid AmerikaTrein Trein Trein SaexplorersSuriname GoSuriname http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Overijssel/Enschede/blog-235922.html Het eerste bericht in de blog is gelukt. De blog is niet 100 gebruiksvriendelijk. Om alles te zien moet je eerst op View full entry klikken. Je ziet dan ook de kaart en eventuele foto's. Onderaan kun je dan ook op comments klikken als je rechtstreeks wilt reageren.De tickets zijn gelukkig donderdagochtend op de mat gevallen. We vliegen a.s. donderdag omstreeks 16 uur naar Shanghai. Na enige uren http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Overijssel/blog-184117.html Untitled Monday late nightTuesday travel time Bruce and I caught a late flight 11 pm from Santorini back to Athens and as luck would have it it was late leaving. From Athens Bruce was heading home and I was continuing my trip. Final stop The Netherlands via Frankfurt Germany. Because Bruce had an early morning flight 6 am he only had about 4 hours to sleep. On the other hand my plane http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Overijssel/Zwolle/blog-183751.html Nina came over in the morning to say goodbye because she was leaving for her home in Hildesheim Germany. It was sad to know that I wouldn't see her for probably more than 6 months. Thank goodness for Skype and webcams I called Lea but she was already at the airport ready to fly to Israel so we will meet there I then called my friend and past classmate Andra and we decided to meet at 100 t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Overijssel/Enschede/blog-183403.html When I arrived in Eindhoven it was rainy and cold What is this It's supposed to be hot and summery Well I didn't pack winter clothes and Nina and Wiebke told me that the weather was going to be that way for a while. I slept at Wiebke's that night on an air mattress woke up and went to Nina's for an hour while Wiebke went to the university for something. Then the 3 of us hung out at Wiebke's http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Overijssel/Enschede/blog-183391.html UntitledOver een week gaan we naar Down Under naar de andere kant van de wereld dus. We hebben de tickets nog niet dus ik begin al te stressen.De foto van Friesland met de ganzen die overwinteren op een weiland achter Bolsward is om in gedachten te houden hoe vlak Nederland op de meeste plaatsen is. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Overijssel/blog-182708.html So we rented a car in amsterdam got a 2 door ford ka super cute and tiny and blue. marc drove my last experience with a stick shift resulted in a broken clutch....yeah i'm a bit special. so my maternal grandfathers family is from olst a tiny village in the eastern part of the country. so off we go driving driving driving. we get there and it's market day so i think that we were th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Overijssel/Olst/blog-172488.html Hallo Wij zijn Maarten en Marleen neef en nicht van elkaar. Na een stage in Chili wilde ik Maarten erg graag terug naar Zuid Amerika. Tijdens een familieweekend kwamen wij samen op het idee om een reis door ZuidAmerika te maken. Na flink wat leeswerk en orientatie besloten wij in een weekend ergens in december 2006 dat Peru en Bolivia ons doel zouden worden. Op dit moment zitten we twee we http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Overijssel/Enschede/blog-172279.html Ah the camera has made a comeback. Welcome back I said. I'm still not up to a heck of a lot. I ran the halfmarathon in Leeuwarden the other week where I finished third so was OK for a bit. However upon receiving my prize they called my name out as Kees Kuiper or something. I mean I'm in the Netherlands I don't have to spell my name out or correct people a billion times a day so I expect a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Overijssel/Zwolle/blog-171754.html This was my last week of school and on Thursday Susanna invited me to go to a lunch at the faculty club with the head of the Communications dept and also my friend Bro who wants to go to Seattle next year. I thought the faculty club was just a cafeteria for faculty members but it was a complete restaurant with waiters and table linens Quite cool and I ordered a goat cheese and honey salad that http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Overijssel/Enschede/blog-113269.html I returned to Enschede Saturday evening from a friend and familypacked weekend in Edam and Amsterdam. I checked my email and a nice lady from the university named Susanna sent me an email inviting me to watch a Korfbal game. A what game I had never heard of Korfball before it sounds more like a German baked good with sausage meat inside or something. I figured I could research ahead of time on http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Overijssel/Enschede/blog-110400.html In between all my travels and day trips I've actually been going to school believe it or not This past Saturday I met up with Nina for a weekly coffee break. We decided to try out a new cafe called Le Monde means The World in French. The place was quieter and more like a restaurant than a barcafe. We both just had a cappucino and the bill came out to 3.30 euros. I only had a 20 euro bill http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Overijssel/Enschede/blog-108843.html So the past few days I've been a bit stressed over the draft of a paper that is due tomorrow. I'm working on it with a classmate but for some reason I can't get motivated to start writing maybe it's the month long break from classes Perhaps. It's an interesting subject so at least that's going for me. I'm also thinking a lot about my trip to Italy I'm very excited and anxious. So I couldn't http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Overijssel/Enschede/blog-103225.html Yesterday I was a bit bored so I messaged a guy I met through my friend Kristin to see if he wanted to meet for a cup of coffee. He wanted to ask me some questions about Seattle and UW because he plans to do his masters degree there starting next fall. The whole day yesterday was clear dry and cold but the minute he messaged me back it started to downpour. Lovelyyy. So I bundled up nice and wa http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Overijssel/Enschede/blog-101576.html To start this blog off I want to thank those that requested me to write more. As this is my first blog I am new to the experiences that having a blog bring I find some of the times I'd rather just talk outloud and the blog will write itself while other times I want to sit for hours and write a novel about one experience.Since I came here I've never had so many thoughts going around in my hea http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Overijssel/Enschede/blog-101171.html So the yesterday was a much better day after a deliciously greasy dinner of patates french fries and a kaas souffle something cheesy and bready and artery clogging for sure. Anouk and I went to the Aldi supermarket to get some wine beer and snacks before everybody arrived. The people at the partyme and my housemates anouk chiel arjan and janneJanne's boyfriend Jasper Nina and her f http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Overijssel/Enschede/blog-100079.html Well I'm the big 21. Now I guess I'm considered a real adult in American terms and am responsible enough to buy a bottle of wine. Before I talk about today I'll mention a bit about last night. I studied all day and by 11pm was so tired of studying so I went downstairs to watch some tv. Dr No James James Bond was on so I sat there watching it letting my brain recover. All of a sudden Anou http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Overijssel/Enschede/blog-99851.html I've conquered my cold thanks to plenty of sleep echinacea and good thoughts. This is perfect timing since I'll be going out on Thursday to celebrate my birthday I can't believe it's already here I've been studying as usual and making good progress only 10 more articles to go The articles have interesting topics but there are a few annoying ones that discuss an amazing issue but then at http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Overijssel/Enschede/blog-99360.html