Blogs from North Brabant, Netherlands, Europe - page 6

We are already a few days here. Enjoying very nice weather and starting to get ready for the Europe tour. We had a birthday party as well. We will spent the day with shopping and setting things up. It was a nice reception by Jola and Hugo in Etten leur. Jola cooked a nice tea with our favourite vegie, Brussels lof. Very nice. She had rolled the lof in bacon. At night we saw the soccer. It runs from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the morning. We do not get much sleep. Coming Wednesday we will leave, direction Germany. We did more shopping. Jola & Hugo took us to a new supermarket. It is enormous. There are different stalls where you can pick your own food. Very cheap, you take it to a special area ... read more

Day four we finally got away…at 1530…so a short trip and then moored up in a jachthaven opposite Gorinchem which meant we had to face the big barges for the first time on the enormous Waal, about as wide as the Thames at the QEII bridge. The marina was FULL of the most expensive motor boats you have seen – well apart from Sunseeker in Poole – the most expensive one we could find was 950k. The harbourmaster told us that 50% of them were for sale and that he had sold nothing this year. That people were making offers of only 50% of the asking price. But then he asked us if we would like to sell our boat and we said no we are living on her!! You can imagine our surprise when 3 ... read more

Enveloped in the darkness, and flying in this metal contraption at thirty thousand feet, I couldn't help but feel a sense of relief. Looking back at this past year, I realized how tired I felt. Though I've learned much, I've also had to deal with a lot more stress than is probably healthy. Any excuse to escape from this twisted rat race of society, even for a short while, is very welcome. Here I was heading to Roadburn festival 2014! I've longed to experience European festival culture, and at last I finally would. The Roadburn festival began more than ten years ago in Tilburg, a city in the south of the Netherlands. It consists of bands specializing in heavy metal, doom, black, progressive, experimental and psychedelic genres. One of my favourite bands of all time, Opeth, ... read more

Geo: 51.4366, 5.478 GÜN 04 PAZAR: Geleneksel, muazzam sabah kahvaltımızı attırdık… Bugün hepimizde bir rehavet var .. Öğlene doğru, aracı teslim etmek üzere Eindhoven havaalanına yollandık. aracı teslim ettikten sonra, Koray'cığım bizi oralardan topladı ve Turhan'la hastası olduğumuz Decathlon'u ziyaret etmeğe karar verdik. Çocuklar bizim yüzümüzden, ordan oraya atlayıp zıplayarak helak oldular.. Yaşlı ve huysuz iki akrabaya aynı anda tahammül etmek zor iş… Decathlon sonrası, ıvır zıvır eksiklerimizi temin etmek üzere bir süpermarkete uğradık .. Turhan peynirlere ben de hardallara donandım.. Eve dönüp biraz dinlendikten sonra, yemek yemeğe şehir merkezine yürüdük.. Ozan bizi Yunan lokantasında buldu..... read more

To every trip, there comes and end, and today it’s the day. Jordan was a great adventure, and I really feel myself privileged to visit this great country with it’s beautiful treasures. My highlights were: Petra, especially the Treasury, is without doubt the most beautiful thing I ever saw in my life. Floating in the Dead Sea, everyone should do that. Wadi Rum, beautiful sights, the climbs and a great camel ride. Wadi Dana, this hike was really adventures and the nature park is so beautiful and Madaba, much art, friendly people and a great atmosphere here. The local people were hospitable, and gave a great sight in their lives. But now, it was time to go home, back to the Netherlands and say farewell to this great country. We had to be early at the ... read more