Blogs from North Holland, Netherlands, Europe - page 198

So the past 3 days have been utter craziness and oh so much fun! The trip to Amsterdam (Feb 2-5) was awesome although quite long, longer even than my flight from L.A. to London but well worth it I think. Here are the awesome details of my trip with Broadgate Park to an amazing city in Holland. Thursday: We left Broadgate at about 9:15pm, loaded everyone up on a double decker bus and were on our way. Only 10 minutes away and the bus made an amazing u-turn on a 2 lane British road....an amazing feat. It seemed like we were on the bus for forever with only two stops for the toilet and food. Our journey took us to the Port of Dover, and yes the cliffs really are white, to catch a ferry to ... read more

Well here we are in Amsterdam... was in the washroom and who is standing out there but Shirley... she popped into the same washroom as Tabitha and I so didn't have a hard time meeting up with her! And Jim... was at the Vancouver Airport and ran into Fari Ghadami!! Gotta say... Tabitha fidgetted the WHOLE flight! Geeeeezzzz! We're a little tired cuz sleep was pretty much outta the question. We're now looking at another 10 hour flight to Niarobi and then leave on safari tomorrow morning. Shirley's turn to write sumthin' now!!! Hi everyone, Shirl here and it was a very uneventful flight, just the kind that you like. Fully expect to get/be quite wiped out by the time we reach Kenya tonight. Getting really excited, um, thanks OZ for the scotch, it really helped! ... read more

Hello world! I am actually into Israel now (and have been for two days) but I wanted to write from Amsterdam to you! I had a forever long layover. I wanted to write then, but my flight got in at 6 AM and I couldn't use the internet until I was through security. The El Al desks were not open until 10:15 AM, so I sat around and waited. By the time that I got through security (round 1) I didn't have any time to do so. So I hung out for about 7 hours in the Amsterdam airport. It was rather dull, but I got coffee and I managed to stay awake the whole time! I didn't see or do anything exciting there... so this is a rather boring first blog abroad! The next one ... read more

Hi all, Well yes I know I have been really, really slack and really I have no excuse for it at all. Since my last entries I have returned to work which has been an interesting challenge for me. Made new friends and caught up with some old ones. Most of the things I have been doing have become a bit of a blurr, and no it isn't related to my alcohol intake, well maybe just a little. I was lucky enough to see a bit of live AFL football in London. Fremantle v West Coast. It was a delightful outcome with West Coast losing. I almost felt like I was at home with only hearing Australian accents around me. Even Princess Sparkle had fun but did have a bit of a run in with the ... read more

The flight from JFK just landed about 30 minutes ago so I'm just checking to see what the weather is in Dar es Salaam. It looks like HOT! I'm here at the Amsterdam airport where it like 15 degrees outside, and started talking to a man at this internet cafe who happens to live in Marietta, Ga in the Atlanta area. Small world since I had been staying there for the last 4 months since Hurricane Katrina. right down the road from where his church is. He is a minister there so I might have to visit him when I get back since he's praying for my safety and all now. I'm about to go eat some Netherlands food, whatever that is. But I might choke since all the places in here let people smoke. It's ... read more