http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Overijssel/Zwolle/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Netherlands , Overijssel , Zwolle en-us Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:42:10 +0000 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:42:10 +0000 Friday 7th AugustA bike ride and a couple of beersAfter a long day yesterday and a fairly late night getting to bed we were obviously ready for a sleep in because we didnrsquot wake until nearly 8am.After breakfast Wim got the bikes out for us to ride with them to the towns Friday market where they purchased their fresh produce.Following our first experience of riding a bike for years this morni http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Overijssel/Zwolle/blog-428709.html Thursday 6th AugustThree countries in one dayWe have a long drive ahead of us today as we head north to Holland to stay with Cormacrsquos parents Wim and Diny for 3 nights.In doing so we shall leave Francepass through Belgium and traverse a good percentage of Holland before getting to Zwolle.The weather prospects look good for driving and the morning temperature is already in the mid 20rsquos http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Overijssel/Zwolle/blog-428705.html Mijn reisschema. Hallo allemaal.Het duurt allemaal niet eens zolang meer dus ik denk laat ik mijn weblog in ieder geval eens klaar maken en uit proberen.Op 4 Augustus vertrek ik om 1400 vanuit Amsterdam richting Hong Kong. Hier kom ik om 725 s'morgens aan.En krijg ik en de rest van de groep een dag de tijd om de stad te bewonderen of even bij te slapen als dat nodig blijkt te zijn.S'avonds Ver http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Overijssel/Zwolle/blog-412624.html It was a very nice weekend in some lovely weather. We had sort of miscalculated which day it was on so we had to rush the day we got back to Amsterdam but it was worth it a great way to meet up and catch up with lots of friends and to enjoy a very well organised day. Apparently a picture is worth a thousand words so I'm going to leave it at that.... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Overijssel/Zwolle/blog-317646.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 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