Blogs from Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands, Europe - page 2

*De rekening is actually Dutch for asking for the bill. I just like it as I think it sounds quite biblical to ask for the 'reckoning' at the end of each meal, it's like every meal could be your last... After a couple of ski holidays to France at the beginning of the year (see the photos, but I won't bore you with the details; you go up, down, up etc), plans for the final ski weekend mutated into a plan for a long weekend in Holland instead. Two fellow snowboarders (although I have to confess the board stayed in this year and I returned to the pure faith of skiing) happen to live in Holland and so you know me, never one to pass up a visiting opportunity, offered to visit them and have a ... read more

Hi everyone! First I just have to say how sorry I am I have gotten so behind on blogs!! The one I posted yesterday was a work in progress since the 2nd of January. I know when I start blogs because I always save them as the day I started writing them. The problem that occurs is that I want to wait to write a blog until after such and such a day because that will be when I switch houses, or after New Year’s is over etc. But then I get busy with the next activity and then I’m like “Gosh, I have so much to write, and I hate having to remember all the funny things that happened and I don’t want to leave anything out.” I could just write a little bit each ... read more

Hello Everyone!! Well I just finished the 2 lectures we were given today. One was a cross-cultural workshop and the other was an Introduction to the European Union. Both were very interesting, but the second was very long. With a full belly from lunch and jet lag kicking in..it was a very long two hours, but interesting! We just found out there are two students studying here this semester and will be having dinner with them tonight. We are headed to have a special Maastricht meal but they won't tell us what it is...a little scary for a picky eater like myself! :) So..about that 4 hour layover in Philadelphia, well it turned into a 9 and a half hour layover. First, we found out it had been delayed two hours (to 8pm) and moved to ... read more

An diesem Tag bin ich von Brügge nach Maastricht gefahren. Dort bin ich in einem Hotel untergekommen und war noch auf dem Marktplatz und habe mir etwas zu Essen gekauft. Groß angesehen habe ich nichts. Ich glaube auch, weil mir vom Vortag noch die Füße weh getan haben.... read more

Well, I'm back in Maastricht after a thrilling two and a half week trip through Europe. I am busy uploading pictures and unpacking, then packing again, so writing for the present will have to wait. I may get to start writing about where I went tomorrow, we'll see. In the meantime, I present you with a list of museums that I went to and something that I learned about each city that I have been to. Vienna- Hofburg Imperial Apartments, Kunsthistorisches Museum, St. Stephen's Cathedral, town center Prague- Castle Museum, Castle Quarter, Jewish Quarter, 4 synagogues, classical concert Dublin- Temple Bar, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Christ Church, Dublinia, Trinity College, Chester Beatty Library, Grafton Street, National Museum London- Victoria and Albert Museum, Imperial War Museum, Westminster Church, Shakespeare's Globe, St. Martin-in-the-Field Church, Westminster Abbey, Palace of We ... read more