Blogs from Limburg, Netherlands, Europe - page 10

Wow. Dutch people are wild. This weekend I had been invited to go to Switzerland to ski with a group of people, something I really wanted to do. For a few days I was locked in to go, but as always, I made the last minute decision not to go, a decision that was aided by the fact that I had booked my hostel for the wrong weekend. Carnaval, we had been told, was something worth sticking around for. Ben had read that Thursday night of Carnaval in Cologne, Germany was one of the craziest parties in Europe, so I tagged along for the start, which would be at 11:11. We rode the same train to Cologne as the group going to Switzerland, which was fun and gave us a good final goodbye. When the train ... read more

Follow me to colorful faces, leprechauns and wolfs, pirates and batman, popes giving out condoms and along the yellow brick road that is the carnival of Maastricht! Oh and after you had a look at the photos on this website and realized your life would be more complete if only you saw a little bit more - follow this link to see more photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/dkruchkoff/MaastrichtCarnivalNetherlands210209To220209?authkey=yxFP-Pg1RIE&feat=directlink. Carnival Maastricht was crazy. And good. Both crazy and good. The night of Friday 20, February 2009 I took a train after work to Nijhmen. Nijhmen is in the south of the Netherlands and is considered to be the oldest city in the Netherlands and celebrated its 2000th year of existence in 2005. A lot of the old buildings have been reconstructed as it was bombed by friendly fire by the ... read more

My first time in Europe, and the stories are true. After a sleepless plane ride made worse by a Nyquil-induced mini-trip and the painful experience of watching the first 20 min of "Miracle at St. Anna," we landed at Schipol airport, all 80 of us, and stumbled through customs into a rainy Amsterdam. My half hour stay in there was a blur of American fast food signs, Mercedes taxis, and street signs that seemed to be written in baby talk. I walked up the stairs of the bus, flopped into the front row of seats, and fell asleep. "Oh look" "Wow" Those who were awake had recognized the little town of Well, and I knew we were close. The bus dropped us off in front of a little brick bridge, and down the foggy path I ... read more

Hi all! I just returned from Switzerland, which was an amazing trip... Unfortunately, Mid-terms begin tomorrow, and I'm putting all my time into preparing for those... I'll have time after Thursday (as I'm taking a break this weekend and staying at the castle) to update you on my trips to Prague, and Switzerland. ... read more

Eddie, Tess, Rachel and I have been making travel plans for the rest of the semester. Here is a tentative list of places that we're going, and when we'll be there: September 26-28: Amsterdam, Netherlands October 3-5: Unplanned October 10-14: Split/Dubrovnik, Croatia October 14-15: Vienna, Austria October 15-19: Prague, Czech Republic October 24-26: Unplanned October 31-November 2: Paris, France November 7-9: Interlaken, Switzerland (tentative) November 13-16: Galway, Ireland November 21-26: London, England November 26-30 Venice, Italy December 4-7: Barcelona, Spain Make sure to check back on Monday, I'll have an entry and pictures from Amsterdam up.... read more