Blogs from Limburg, Netherlands, Europe - page 3

Tonight it is finally time to travel to Schiphol Amsterdam and tomorrow morning I'll fly, together with a friend of mine, Bram, to Panama City. From there we will travel to Almirante, Bocas and then to Costa Rica (San Jose, Tamarindo, La Fortuna and more!). Rafting, zip-lining, exploring, chilling, this is promosing to be a great journey for the next 10 days to come! I will keep you updated!... read more

After a good night’s sleep for most of us (Ian didn’t fare so well), we were greeted by a wonderful breakfast of different meats, cheeses, smoked salmon, croissants and warm bread with fresh strawberries and yoghurt, it made a good start to the day. It was lovely not having to strike camp but just jump into Oliver and head of for the day’s activities. Woolly Says – Breakfast was yummy and I didn’t mean to eat all the smoked salmon myself – honest! Oliver was well rested and we only had 4km to go to reach Hoensbroek Castle, originally built in the 13th century and owned by the Hoensbroek family for most of its life it sounded like it was worth a visit. Pulling up I was slightly disappointed to find no battlements but I could ... read more

It was freezing ALL night sleeping in hoodies with every cover over us we were still cold, a hot shower in the morning and we uprooted. Setting James in the direction of Arnhem we set off….. Woolly says – James is Bonza and keeps wanting to stop for Barbies! Being Saturday we thought the roads would be ok, traffic was heavy in places which meant when reaching Arnhem we couldn’t stop at the bridge behind the film A Bridge To Far, we glimpsed it as we followed cars, bikes and people all over the place. Then Jo told me we were off to a castle!!! I started looking out of the window; the landscape has changed a bit, instead of flat fields everywhere we were driving through forests. Spotting signs for our Castle we pulled up ... read more

I have arrived in Maastricht after a long plane ride, followed by three trains. I waited in the train station in Maastricht until Lotte (the girl from Maasticht whos rooms I am renting) and her mom picked me up. The apartment I am staying in is a studio style apartment in the city center, two minutes away from 3 other people in my program from Canada. The grocery store is literally across the street from my place, which is super convenient, and Lotte is letting me use her bike while we trade rooms. Lotte and her mom and sister and I went to the market square (right around the corner from my house by city hall), and had a glass of wine and bruschetta at a nice Italian bistro, after which they all came to a ... read more

Zo, eindelijk na bijna 3 weken weer thuis. Het was een ontzettend mooie vakantie waarin we heel veel gezien, maar ook heel veel dingen gedaan hebben. Indrukken opgedaan die we nooit meer zullen vergeten. Van de sloppenwijken in Jakarta naar het heel mooie Yogyakarta, de moderne steden Semarang en Surabaya, het zwemmen met de haaien en het snorkelen tussen honderden visjes op de KarimunJawa eilanden, het beklimmen van de Bromo vulkaan, genieten van het platteland in Salatiga, een echte jungletrek gemaakt op Sumatra waarbij we tussen de OerangOetangs liepen, rijden in een open jeep door een rivier, kinderen die zwaaiend achter ons aan renden. Het lijkt wel op een aflevering van Peking Express. Ik moet zeggen dat we het daar een aantal keer over gehad hebben, want het leek af en toe wel of we aan ... read more