http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Netherlands , South Holland en-us Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:37:37 BST Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:37:37 BST 11020088pmVrederust The HagueI thought I had gotten lucky on the flight from Frankfurt to Amsterdam. A 50something Swedish man sat near me and immediately started up a conversation. If he had been Greek it would have made me nervous. But the Swedes are nice right So I spent the rest of the flight talking to him and he decided to take it upon himself to help me in Schipol airport. Th http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/blog-329815.html Sed varius mi in tortor. Curabitur tempus gravida augue Donec neque. Curabitur risus odio auctor pharetra viverra eu lacinia ac elit. In vel ipsum Phasellus vitae velit. Cras consectetuer porttitor augue. Aliquam nulla arcu vehicula vitae porttitor nec feugiat nec turpis. Cras lobortis convallis dolor. Vivamus in magna dignissim nisi vehicula rutrum.Nam venenatis convallis nisl Class ap http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/Delft/blog-321850.html I spent a great deal of time at the beach this weekend. On both Friday and Saturday night Neil and I rolled out to Scheveningen for beers and beats. Apart from a high number of private wedding parties the beach at night was very cool with housey beats drifting among the dunes and revelers drinking away the night. On Saturday the second night amidst the clubs we planted ourselves in some beanb http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/blog-318661.html No visit to Holland is complete without going to the miniature village of Madurodam where all the major cities of the Netherlands are reproduced in minute detail.This is just the best place for kids and adults alike. I remember visiting Madurodam when I was aged 10 years and thinking it was just about the best place especially if you love dolls's houses. Trains boats planes cars and figure http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/blog-318000.html Tag 80 Schouwen Monster 90.0 km Fahrzeit 520 Durchschn. 16.85 kmh Gesamtstrecke 4024 kmDer Tag fngt verregnet an wird aber immer sonniger. Als ich die Gegend von Rotterdam erreiche brauche ich schon wieder Sonnenschutz.Das GPSGert scheint sich vom gestrigen Sturz fast wieder erholt zu haben. s geht zumindest nicht wieder von selbst aus. Allerdings scheint es die Batterien wesentlich s http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/blog-316898.html Rotterdam and Amsterdam don't get on to say the least. Residents of the former take pride in their gritty hardworking image manifested by the city's position on one of the world's biggest harbours and the busiest port in Europe. Amsterdam is the 5th most popular tourist destination in Europe and its economy is fuelled by its substantial financial districts. Amongst people of my age it is renowne http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/Rotterdam/blog-313652.html First day not much to say but free internet access in hostel while drinking. So to get this bad boy started Ferry uneventful except for a boat near us catching fire and lifeboat having to rush out and save it Si has personal crisis from home before we've even entered Dutch waters Rudi Voller lookalike boards ferry and is photographed by both of us in a covert manner On arrival in Rotterdam http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/Rotterdam/blog-312232.html Well as the title says I'm packing my bags to leave. Not for good though. Just a little weekend trip to visit Rome Italy. Having never been to Rome I have read countless blogs fora and travel guides for exactly how to pack a month's worth of sights into 3 nights and 4 days. I have come to the conclusion that I will not sleep. Rather I will walk throughout the day for 12 hours or so. Then http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/blog-311693.html On Saturday I took the train again to Rotterdam to see the Fit for Free DJ Parade. There were close to 50 floats each a large semi truck with an amazing soundsystem on board dancers and flamboyant revelry. Here are some pics of the dayHaving survived with luck a New Orleans Mardi Gras week the DJ Parade was....cute. Clearly not the winner even on an outrageous scale but certainly an inte http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/Rotterdam/blog-310547.html I woke up in the morning at about 630 and then got dressed and waited awhile and around 730 we got our free breakfast. They had this buffet thing and there was some bread and deli meat and cheese and then there was this good nutty cereal with raisins that I got Cindy to try without the raisins and I think she liked it. There was also this good pineapple juice. After breakfast we had to go s http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/Rotterdam/blog-309758.html This week has flown by like a seagull with its ass on fire. I sent Julia off on an adventure by herself two nights ago. She finished her program in Amsterdam and came to stay with me in The Hague for two nights. Unfortunately I had to work but I did get off early one day to go to the beach with her.And guess what little Jules did at the beach She trusted her life to a thin bungy rope and leaped http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/blog-309753.html When we arrived at Rotterdam we were so tired that we got a taxi... then we were trying to speak German to him and at the end we found out that he spoke English Also cars here drive really fast. When we were in the taxi it felt like he was going really fast and I didn't see any speed limit signs anywhere But we found the Stayokay hostel good. And then after getting our luggage in and stuff http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/Rotterdam/blog-309748.html After leaving Germany we headed Northwest to visit one of Sylvia's good friends in Rotterdam. On our way I made Sylvia stop in the city of Arnhem so I could track down some World War II history. The city of Arnhem as well as the nearby cities of Nijmegen and Eindhoven contained bridges that were important Rhine river crossings. The allies attempted to capture these bridges in Operation Mark http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/Rotterdam/blog-308524.html Back date...nog even....mijn eerste bericht nu nog vanachter mijn eigen stoeltje maar over ongeveer 7 uur zal daar verandering in komen..Ja ja eindelijk is het dan zo ver en zullen mijn voetjes dit kikkerland verlaten Daag Lieve papa broerstje schoonzussenliefste neefjesis amyShelgekke vriendinnen vrienden leukste KSH collega's 4 echt nuno offence Cees echte chocoladeregenkaasdrop http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/Rotterdam/blog-304819.html On Sunday afternoon I put on my walking shoes and packed my bags for Rotterdam which is only a short train ride away. Having never been to Rotterdam I knew only superficial details like the fact that it's the largest port in Europe and whose population is known for shunning deodorant. In Rotterdam's defense however I did notice a concerted advertising effort to post deodorant ads at bus stop http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/blog-302734.html As the title maybe suggests today was a rather relaxing day spent sitting in the park. Erik had told us all of this free event taking place in a city park not too far from the house so we all set off with high hopes.It was actually quiet a long way from the house and as it turned out the massive free event was cool... if you were six. It was an event for kids see some of it was quiet exciting tho http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/Rotterdam/blog-302460.html I woke this morning to glaring sunshine and a dishelved Saar croaking something about windmills. Today we were supposed to go a place where there are still working mills and enjoy the stereotypical Holland.In reality it was noon and we had all been up till 530am and even Saar's dad was hungover. Instead we all had a long lay in and had a day of watching T.V reading and mooching about Rotterdam http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/Rotterdam/blog-302451.html Salimos de Delft cerca de las 2 de la tarde con tiempo suficiente para una pasada rpida por el centro de La Haya e ir a un parque que est en las afueras llamado Madurodam. Dicen que es la ciudad mas pequea de Holanda y no se equivocan para nada Es una gran maqueta a escala del pas en un rea de unas 4 manzanas creada en 1952.Cada edificio o construccin importante de Holanda est all re http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/blog-301855.html Llegamos al aeropuerto de Rotterdam por la maana con nuestras valijas. Ya tenamos reservada la camioneta en Hertz. Nos fuimos a dar una vuelta por la ciudad y de ah no sabamos mucho que hacer. Tenamos que esperar hasta las 7 de la tarde hora en la que nos bamos a encontrar con los tos Cristina y Gaby y encima todava no contbamos con nuestro fiel amigo el GPS.Una de las ciudades de la cu http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/Delft/blog-301852.html Los primeros das de este viaje lo pasamos en Hellevoetsluis un hermoso pueblito situado a una hora de auto de Rotterdam. La historia de Hellevoetsluis estuvo siempre ligada al agua. Debido a su posicin estratgica en la costa del Mar del Norte fue el puerto principal de la flota de guerra holandesa desde el siglo 17. Con el paso del tiempo se fue fortificando hasta convertirse en el pueblo co http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/Rotterdam/blog-301848.html Por aqu ha llegado el verano y el calor asi que es hora de vacaciones Como otra vez tena que hacer un curso esta vez el destino fue Holanda y sus alrededores. Los chicos de a poco se van acostumbrando a los aeropuertos y a los aviones lo que ayuda mucho a nuestra salud mental. Yo fui a trabajar a la oficina por la maana y al medioda me pasaron a buscar Mariela y los chicos y de ah directo http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/Rotterdam/blog-301842.html Dordrecht and Einhoven Holland July 9 10We left at 11am on a train for Dordrecht Holland. It was about a 3hour train ride and we had to transfer in Antwerp. Tony came with ushellipand of course we had too much fun on our train ride It consisted of listening to music transferring files from one computer to another and the obligatory dancing on the train In Antwerp we stopped for wa http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/Dordrecht/blog-301012.html Gisteravond ben ik veilig en wel thuis in Moordrecht aangekomen. Na een lange reis via Dubai en Duitsland. Het is vreemd maar goed om weer thuis te zijnSommigen van jullie hebben het van de week mee gekregen anderen niet maar ik ben inderdaad behoorlijk ziek geweest in de laatste week...Ik ben inmiddels weer aan het op knappen dus maak je maar geen zorgen meer.De vorige keer dat ik wat schree http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/Rotterdam/blog-300621.html Last weekend when Julia came to visit we ventured north of the pier in Scheveningen in search of the beachclubs of yore. A coworker told me that Billabongs is a cool club but I couldn't settle on the perfect music so we kept walking until we landed at a nice little place with decent furniture on which to rest our weary butts. I can't recall the name of this place but there was a large party go http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/blog-300135.html Ik ben nou aan het einde van mijn derde jaar in de opleiding Maritiem Officier met deze opleiding wordt ik opgeleidt tot stuurman en machinist aan boord van een koopvaardij schip handelsvaar. Om deze opleiding af te ronden moet ik nu een heel jaar stagevaren.Mijn stage ga ik varen bij de rederij Feederlines. Waarschijnlijk ga ik me stage in vier gedeeltes van ongeveer 3 maanden doen waarbij ik http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/Rotterdam/blog-299695.html On Friday Julia and I walked up the Scheveningen beach toward the pier and beach clubs. Scattered like brightly colored toys on the sunseted horizon windsurfers and kitesurfers appeared in full force. Funny thing is that on Saturday at about the same time there was but one windsurfer. I guess the Dutch prefer to get their waterwork done on Fridays. We saw windsurfers in the tens nearing 20 or http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/blog-299261.html ... I enjoy all of these things and therefore when all three came along in one day i was more than happy.Our destination of the day was The Hague it's about 30 minutes north west of Rotterdam by train and so it was back to the station for us all Except Erik he had some work to do. We were going to meet the final piece of the puzzle you might say Sarojini's Grandmother.The Hague is a very beau http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/The-Hague/blog-298792.html Today started in a hungover disorientated state. I awoke in Breda amongst Bollywood debris and my equally hungover Dutch hosts. Once we were all conscience enough we set to work on bringing some order to the party armageddon before heading off back to Rotterdam. On the way Erik and Saar suggested that we head into a Turkish bakery for some breakfastlunch. We all ordered Turkish Pizzas which are http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/Rotterdam/blog-298534.html Today we all rose earlyish to have bnreakfast and get ready for the zoo we had sausage rolls and dutch chese and crackers. Me and Stu made some english tea for everyone but they didnt seem to like it very much as they didnt add any milk or sugarIt seems that Saar's place is very close to everything as the zoo was a short walk away and we set off all very excited about all the things we were a http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/Rotterdam/blog-297152.html