http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/North-Brabant/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Netherlands , North Brabant en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:11:22 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:11:22 UTC So after Ireland we spent a short while staying with Martine Bob and Lisanne. We had been craving our comfy sweatpants that we left behind for our trip. And though we were back we came to the realization that our sweatpants were with Liesbeth and Martin in Oisterwijk. Luckily we went 2 days later on Saturday we drove with Martine to Lisbeth and Martin's house in Oisterwijk. We found upon gettin http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Brabant/Tilburg/blog-350390.html Eindhoven is called the city of light around here because the town is the birthplace of the company Philips Electronics and in the old days most of the people that lived in the area where I live now where employees of the company and thousands still are. To celebrate this fact they have a festival here every year called the Glow festival in which they redo the lights all around town in creati http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Brabant/Eindhoven/blog-349086.html The other day it actually snowed here which really reminded me of Colorado. I never thought I would see snow here since usually it only rains Needless to say the snow didn't last for long but I took a photo from my balcony of a really great situation... Here's the storyThere is a bus stop across the road from my apartment balcony on the 5th floor. All day every day people wait at the be http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Brabant/Eindhoven/blog-349083.html So there is an extra room in my apartment and the walls are made out of pure concrete... Needless to say when you clap your hands in such a room the amount of crazy echoes that follow is reminiscent of a racquetball court... This is not what you would call the ideal situation for making quality music or good recordings for that matter.For the last few weeks I've been in and out of Dutch hard http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Brabant/Eindhoven/blog-349082.html FIRST BLOG Don't let my incorrect spelling fool you this is serious. What with facebook being what it is and wanting desperately to share my story with my 400 plus close personal friends I have to say that I think it's more effective to do it this way than to write 400 emails to all of the acquaintances I knew in 3rd grade that somehow remembered me and friended me last week. Yes in this http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Brabant/Eindhoven/blog-346688.html Over the last week and a half Joren's been fencing several times Caroline has received her taxation number and we can now legally work once we get back from Ireland we've explored Amersfoort a few more times Karen's daughter Renate came back from Australia and it was nice to visit with her and her boyfriend Rutger. We packed up on Friday and went to visit Joren's Aunt Liesbeth and his Uncle Mar http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Brabant/Oisterwijk/blog-341169.html Ditmaal een verslag van de leiding Na de spelletjesavond gisteren waarbij de emoties soms hoog opliepen tijdens de Weerwolven van Wakkerdam hadden we gehoopt eindelijk eens rustig te kunnen slapen. Helaas. Op de slaapkamers werd nog doorgekaart lange gesprekken over jongens gevoerd heimweedruppels geslikt in het algemeen gevochten tegen de slaap en waarschijnlijk nog een hoop andere ding http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Brabant/Breda/blog-335128.html Vandaag stonden we zoals gewoonlijk weer om half 9 op. De schaatskleren werden aangetrokken en de tafels werden gedekt en we waren algauw bezig met croissantjes naar binnen te schrokken. Er was ook door Aad roerei ofzo gemaakt die was echt verrukkelijk kuch kuch Iedereen maakte het lunchpakket klaar en ging daarna iets voor zich zelf doen. Om ongeveer half 12 vetrtokken we naar de schaatsbaan. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Brabant/Breda/blog-334724.html Ieder was weer klaar voor de dropping.We gingen gezellig allemaal in een busjePROPPENBerend deed als gewoonlijk weer moeilijk en ging acosiaal over iedereen heen liggen. Dat werd snel opgelost. Toen eindelijk iedereen in het busje zat de meeste stonden onhandig in de kofferbak gingen we vertrekken.Na behoorlijk wat hobbelweggetjes en gevaarlijke bochten stopten het busje. We werd http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Brabant/Breda/blog-334709.html Vandaag was het weer een leuke dag. We stonden ongeveer om half negen op... veel te vroeg natuurlijk maar er werd geen ruzie gemaakt . iedereen kleede zich snel aan maar we moesten nog even wachten want het eten was nog niet klaar. Er werd ochtendgymnastiek gedaan door dirk jan. De twee jongens die meededen vast onder dwang waren tey en sjoerd. Zij waren wel even bezig de rest ging lekker chil http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Brabant/Breda/blog-334265.html Vandaag is het schaatskamp van start gegaan. Om 10 uur werd iedereen verwacht op de pakeerplaats van de McDonalds. Iedereen was er gelukkig ook. Met maar liefst drie busjes die stampvol zaten met enthousiaste kinderen vertrokken we naar de eerste schaatsbaan in Eindhoven. Er waren weer kilorsquos snoep meegenomen die de tijd zouden vullen in de autorsquos dus dat kwam wel goed. Bij de schaatsb http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Brabant/Breda/blog-334100.html Hallo allemaalAanstaande maandag is het zo ver dan gaan we naar Ulicoten BaarleNassau voor het schaatskamp. Net als verleden jaar hebben we ons onderkomen bij vakantieoord de Steppe. Ulicoten ligt tussen Breda en Eindhoven maar het dichtst bij Breda. Op de ijsbaan van Breda zal dan ook de meeste activiteit plaatsvinden.Een paar belangrijke dingen We vertrekken vanaf parkeerplaats De Geus http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Brabant/Breda/blog-333265.html I haven't blogged in a few days and I SWEAR there's a reason I don't want to bore you with all that mumbo jumbo about how my classes are going. That being said the amount of work that we get here is astonishing. Like truly mindboggling. I'm talking about reading 4 plays crafting a presentation on the Greek Chorus write a paper on the Palestrina Style whaddya know daddyo and read 5 c http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Brabant/Eindhoven/blog-327179.html Over 4 weken hang ik in de lucht....En jeetje wat is het spannend. lsquoZenuwachtigrsquo Nou en of 11 september vertrekken Miriam en ik naar Zuid Amerika. Plannen Tsja het mooie van rsquon lange reis is dat je vooral niet al te strak wilt plannen dus dat doen we ook maar niet. Het enige plan is rsquon vooruit geboekt hostel in Lima. Want als je na meer dan n dag reizen erg brak arrivee http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Brabant/Veghel/blog-312377.html It has been a true joy these last few days seeing my friend Ross and his new place in Eindhoven. Ross and his girlfriend Maruja showed me the utmost hospitality and kindness in letting me stay with them for almost a week. I got to tag along as Ross met his parents all of whom were in Holland the same time I was and showed everyone around Amsterdam for two days. I followed Anne and Eric Ros http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Brabant/Eindhoven/blog-308980.html Nog 55 weken en dan is het zover Zuid Amerika. In 3 maanden tijd dat enorme continent doorkruisen. Nu bezig met de laatste voorbereidingen GGD inentingen bankzaken... je kent het wel. En tussendoor...ja tussendoor moet er gewoon nog 5 weken gewerkt worden. Aftellen tot de elfde van de negende een verdomd mooie dag om te vliegen http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Brabant/Veghel/blog-308238.html The room me and Laura are staying in at Sarojini's doubles up as Erik's Snore room if he is snoring to loudly he is relegated to another room to sleep in. This may seem a little extreme but belive me that man can make some serious noise if he wants to. One of the features the snore room boasts is a single shutter blind which conviniently blocks the sunshine in the morning from beaming onto Laur http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Brabant/Breda/blog-298049.html What a rush after planning this trip for 6 months it seems to have completely rushed up on me in the last 2 months. Not surprising really first with a trip to the US in the middle of April and then being preoccupied with a house renovation that took a lot longer than planned and finally getting snowed under at work with international meetings and before you know here we are just 4 days bef http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Brabant/Eindhoven/blog-291550.html One more day until we leave It's hard to believe that we will be leaving so soon I don't have any info yet but wanted to get this blog up and going Hopefully I can figure out how to upload the pictures http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Brabant/Den-Bosch/blog-266560.html Yes people tomorow is the day...10.15 Durch time ill be flying to Lima Peru and from there to La Paz Bolivia. In total it would be around 17 hours of traveling and airoport waiting and arrival time is .La Paz is located at 3400m hight I hope that I wont feel sick due to the lack of oxygen...anyway I already talked with my land lord and apparently no mater what time I arive a warm and helpful cup http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Brabant/Tilburg/blog-258293.html This Travel Blog was created to share my experiences with you from probably one of the most incrdable adventures that Ill have in my short 23 year life.Nexta Saturday 22nd of March Ill travel to Bolivia in order to work in a Micro Justice project in La Paz for 2 months. Micro Justice follows the line of thinking of Micro Credit but with lawyers. The idea is to provide legal aid to the poorest of http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Brabant/Tilburg/blog-258042.html Hallo lieve allemaalDit weekend hebben wij ons oneworld ticket geboekt8 juni 2008 start ons avontuur. De route is als volgtBrazilie Peru Bolivia Ecuador Santiago de Chili Australie NieuwZeeland Japan Indonesie Nepal en Hong Kong. Via deze weg willen we jullie zoveel mogelijk op de hoogte houden van onze reisverhalen.Eerst nog een paar maanden werken en in stilte genieten van de vo http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Brabant/Den-Bosch/blog-247165.html 1. Learn how to Communicate on a lsquoUniversal Levelrsquo The lack of a universal spoken language amongst exchange students calls for all students to practice communication by utilising broken words from different languages facial expressions verbal noises hand expressions various impersonations. Every day on exchange becomes a game of Charades. Entertainment at itrsquos best. 2. Bec http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Brabant/Tilburg/blog-225316.html Back in Tilburg we needed a day to recover from our visit to Waganingen. Bianca can be a bit ldquobusyrdquo so it was good to have some peace We spent the day repacking our bags and trying to work out how to fit the gifts that we had been given to take back to family in Australia.For some reason we had umpteen video tapes of some Dutch daytime soapy to take back to Moeder 6 tubs of some spec http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Brabant/Tilburg/blog-224135.html A day of bicycle riding. After pedaling through Waganingen then along the Rhine River we found ourselves in the town of Rhenen. This town was once the home of the kingrsquos palace. The church here has been destroyed so many times by fire or bombings that after rebuilding it a number of times the local decided it must be bad luck to complete the building works so they have left one brick out http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Brabant/blog-224132.html We toured the KrollerMuller Museum in the Hoges Voleuw National Park. It has an amazing collection of Van Gough and Picasso paintings plus some incredible sculptures displayed around its very large grounds.From there we visited the Openlucht Museum which housed displays of Dutch country life throughout the ages. Then we went driving through the Posbank National Park just on sunset. Again it was http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Brabant/blog-224129.html 22nd August 2004 So after 10 minutes on the A2 I got a bit more relaxed about the driving it was much easier on a divided road with all the traffic heading in the same direction. The A2 lead us toward Utrecht and then Breda and on toward Tilburg. Our friend Michel met us at a petrol stop and led us into Tilburg to the home he shares with Lorenza's cousin Liesbeth.Michel took us on a scenic http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Brabant/Tilburg/blog-224123.html My break begins as followshellipI had to wake up at 5 catch a 530 bus to the train station and get on a train to Pisa at 615. In Florence Kirsten Matt and I almost got on a train to Siena but thankfully switched literally last min. Oh yeah Kirsten and I ran into Matt at the Perugia train station. From Pisa we got to the airport for out 1230 flight. We took Ryan airhellipwhich was actuall http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/North-Brabant/Eindhoven/blog-217043.html