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Europe » Netherlands » Gelderland » Arnhem June 19th 2010

Hey hey, Thankyall for the comments - it inspires me to go on... Day five was a great day, one of the highlights of the trip so far! Mum and I went to the Openluchtmuseaum i.e. the Open Air Museam -- which is a historical recreation of farming, living and businesses over several hundreds of years in Holland! It took us 5 and a half hours to tour the whole park which is situated just outside Arnhem, next to the zoo (a trip for another day). There was so much to see, most of the park was perfectly recreated houses or workshops, with people working in them, or farmers wives making tea and tending to the fire, or weaving ect... The weather was fairly bad, we were freezing but at least most of the rain came ... read more
Old Farmhouse
Old Farmhouse
Old Farmhouse

Europe » Netherlands » Gelderland » Arnhem June 19th 2010

Dear peeps, Day four was a big one, mum and i caught the bus into Arnhem to the massive markets, they had heaps of flowers, which are really cheap here, and vegetables, all these different ones and lengths of cloth and some clothes. Mum and I have't bougt many clothes yet cos the fashion here atm is really cheap, tacky and trashy looking but well expensive! I'm hoping paris is better, otherwise i'll be coming back with a bit of money, which would be terrible... Then we cuaght another bus to Oosterbek to see an old friend of mums...for the next six hours! they were speaking dutch and talking bout people i didn't know so i went outside and took photos of flowers, played around with settings on my camera ect... For lunch we had fresh ... read more
Mum's Friends House
Mum's Friends House
Mum's Friends House

Europe » Netherlands » Gelderland » Arnhem June 18th 2010

Dear family and friends and randoms who have stumbled upon this fantastic blog, The third day of our trip found mum and I awoken at 6 by the very bright sunshine coming through two layers of curtains and loud birds, mum, impressively, went for a run, whilst i stayed home and figured out how to use the coffee machiene, the toaster and the recliner. It was a beatiful day, the sun was very warm and the wind not too bad so we sat outside and mum riet and I painted our toenails in a very fetching purple/red. mum and i were very sore from our big bike ride! I chased a cat under a bush, twice, but he ran away, then we saw some baby ducklings. Mum then took me on a dutch culinary experience, we ... read more

Europe » Netherlands » Gelderland » Arnhem June 16th 2010

Dear Family and friends, Welcome to the travel blog of Deb and Kels (with kels doing all the blogging work) as we travel to three countries within Europe - Holland, Germany and France. Hopefully this blog will be updated daily with tales of our travels and any half decent photos of ourselves. As of now, we are seated at the dining table at Opa and Oma Riet's in Bemmel, having a glass of wine. We arrived today, leaving from perth at four pm and flying to singapore (5.5 hours) and then singapore to Amsterdam (15 hours with a very bumpy ride - mum was scared, lol, i was asleep). Robert, mums brother, picked us up from the airport at 7:30am local time and drove us to Bemmel (again i was asleep). The aeroplane food was exciting, ... read more
At the Airport
at the aiport
Singapore

Europe » Netherlands » Gelderland » Nijmegen May 10th 2010

Since I was still on my "World War II-kick," today I decided to visit the Nationaal Bevrijdingsmuseum (National Liberation Museum) in Groesbeek. I had originally thought it was an easy train ride an hour north of Maastricht; however, I was wayyyyyy off. It took me 2 hours to get to Nijmegen by train, & then I had to take a 20 minute bus to Groesbeek. Since it took me forever to get there, I decided I had better make the most of my experience there. The museum itself is pretty cool. It looks like an old bunker & one part of the building looks like a parachute. While it was a nice museum, it certainly wasn't what I had expected. The informational movies that were playing in some rooms were only in Dutch (without English subtitles) ... read more
Sherman tank
The "Orange Hotel"
Air raid shelter

Europe » Netherlands » Gelderland » Wageningen April 25th 2010

Hello! I finally decided to make a blog to keep you posted on my latest adventures :) Ok so here I am still in the Netherlands.. Feeling I should start a pharmacy, on the table next to me there is an incredible amount of pills (Djoeke and Steef thnx for the Malarone, without you I would've been bankrupt already), powders, and other stuff. I think it'll occupy as much space as my clothes.. insane. But apparently Kenya is a dangerous place, and you should make sure you had at least a dozen vaccinations plus a whole box of pills before you even think of jumping on that plane. So that's taken care of, I'm Ready to Go! What's the plan? Next tuesday I will fly to Nairobi together with Gabriel. He's from Uganda and studying in ... read more

Europe » Netherlands » Gelderland » Wageningen March 10th 2010

W.C., privy, commode, latrine, throne, dunny, the john, chamber pot, convenience room, the head, can, loo, outhouse... Yep, its toilet time. My relatively short 'career' as a passport user has given me access to a varied range of cultures, languages, traditions and histories. I've count myself lucky to have been brought up from a young age with stories of adventures in foreign lands mixing fluently with those of Murgatroid and Where The Wild Things Are; instilling an urge to see these fantastic places from day dot. During the 1970's, my father treated himself to a brief holiday of seven years without a re-entry stamp to Australia, a period which saw him gain enough storytelling material to last him the following thirty five-odd years. Seven months of backpacking is long enough to give most people a basic ... read more

Europe » Netherlands » Gelderland » Arnhem February 28th 2010

It's been three months. It's been easily the best winter of my life. But all good things must come to an end... for now at least... During my time here, I've helped Mirjam fix up her new house. I've grown accustomed to life here. I've also learned a great deal. Mijn nederlands is beter. My Dutch is getting better as well. I've been able to speak both long and short phrases, and hold very basic interactions in Dutch. Mirjam is impressed with my progress, I only wish I could have progressed faster. But sadly, Dutch is a language you can't directly translate into English. So it is slow to learn since a lot of words you can't associate with English counterparts. Aside from that, I'm going to miss this place. It's become my home. Mijn thuis, ... read more

Europe » Netherlands » Gelderland » Wageningen February 23rd 2010

Vrijdag is het zover, de 26e vertrek ik om 9.35 uur vanaf Eindhoven voor vier maanden naar het zuiden van Europa. Om 12.15 uur zal ik samen met Marloes arriveren in Madrid en daar een weekendje bij een vriendin van haar verblijven. Op zondag gaan we in vier uur met de bus naar Logrono en dat zal voorlopig mijn thuis worden. Ik ga onderzoek doen aan het wijn instituut van Logrono. Mijn onderzoek zal zich richten op "directed evolution of yeasts". Op deze website zal ik een blog bijhouden zodat jullie weten wat ik allemaal beleef en of het een beetje wil lukken met de wijn. ... read more

Europe » Netherlands » Gelderland » Arnhem January 13th 2010

I just felt like typing today, figured I'd let you all know I'm still alive. No pictures this time, just some thoughts. I've realized once and for all that I want to stay here with Mirjam. I know I've been saying that for a long time now but just now my very very distrustful and doubtful part of my mind has agreed with the rest of me. I want to spend my life with Mirjam, even if it wasn't in Europe. I wouldn't care if it was Europe, Russia, or even Uganda or anywhere else, I don't care about where, I care about who. She is my soul mate, my life mate. Everyone of you who read this blog, all of you know me fairly well. Most of you remember me before I met her. Sure ... read more




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