Blogs from Limburg, Netherlands, Europe - page 2

Hallo allemaal, Nog 2 dagen en dan zitten we alweer in het vliegtuig voor ons nieuwe avontuur; een week in de Finse sneeuw in Lapland. We verblijven in een plaatsje net onder de poolcirkel; Iso Syöte. Het ligt op een heuvel in het gelijknamige Nationale Park en kijkt uit over het prachtige landschap. De koffers en skispullen zijn bijna gepakt, we hebben er zin in.... read more

This area is so beautiful that it takes a while to take it all in. The old city of Ahrweiler is ringed by walls and inside that you find all the old buildings. Most of them are now restaurants with terraces where all the tourists are sitting sipping on their glasses of beer and other drinks. We had been here before but it still is a nice place to visit. We enjoyed a ride in the local tourist train that goes along the Ahr to Bad Neuen Ahr. Just a few kilometres away. This is health place where people go to that have the warm bath and try to get better. Our next place was Alf a small place on the Mosel. We stayed at a B&B that had a nice room with a balcony that ... read more

Our lunch stop en route to Bastogne and then Luxembourg was Maastricht. I knew of Maastricht as the venue of the Treaty of Maastricht and its role in creating the EU, but little else about it. It turned out to be a delightful small city with many Medieval and later sights to see. We walked in past the Basilica of Our Lady, along Wolfstraat through the central shopping district to Grote Staat, arriving at the Vrijthof square. Many cafes lined the square, likely lunch spots. I bought some Dutch licorice at one candy shop. (I was pleased to find the Dutch have quite a taste for licorice.) All along the route secondary school students were putting on impromptu performances to collect money for a charity. I never did find out exactly which charity they were supporting. ... read more

Geo: 50.8512, 5.69154OK, so this mornings mission was to find yet another post office. Why? Because in my efficient packing in Amsterdam I somehow managed to pack the TV remote from the last hotel. Why? I don't know, some kind of brain freeze. I've now gone from leaving stuff in hotels to unintentionally flogging stuff. After consulting google I took to the streets. Google listed 2 offices, which I couldn't find. So I went to the tourist office. They gave me directions and said AKO. Righto, that should be easy. Nope nothing. Finally in frustration I asked a random shopkeeper who explained they don't have a post office, but down the road third street to the right was a magazine shop, AKO, who provide postal services. Finally found it! Only took two hours out of my ... read more

Beste vrienden, familie, kennissen en andere geïnteresseerden en ongeïnteresseerden, Zoals jullie misschien weten vertrek ik komende donderdag naar Manila, de hoofdstad van de Filipijnen! Ik ga daar 6 weken lang vrijwilligerswerk doen. Kansarme kinderen lesgeven in Engels en wiskunde en bekend maken met Nederland en onze cultuur, dat is het plan. Ik ga alleen, maar zal daar niet alleen zijn want er schijnen 45 andere studenten van over de hele wereld even gek te zijn als ik. Ik ga als uitwisselingsstudent van AIESEC, een internationale studentenorganisatie. Vooralsnog lijkt het prima geregeld; Ik zal daar gaan wonen in een huis met 13 lotgenoten. Aangezien jullie allemaal heel bekommerd zijn om mij en je anders zorgen gaan maken enzo, heb ik deze blog aangemaakt. Nee grapje, natuurlijk ook om jullie mee te laten genieten door middel van mooie ... read more