Blogs from Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands, Europe

On our last day in Twente. We had a nice breakfast, where Liz surprised me. She had arranged a present for my Birthday. A real surprise, I had no idea. A few phone calls congratulating me started a promising day. Medieval games were held in Diepenheim a small place close by. It has a small castle called Warmelo. We had to look it up on the map, we never heard of it before. The distances in Holland are small, it did not take long to arrive there. Close to the place you just followed the cars. There were that many visitors. Lots to see. People were showing their different professions that were done during those times. There was even a make out funeral that made their way through the public. The main attraction was the Knights ... read more

Well i aplogize we skipped some posting of the real day two as now is the day three, but you could blame it on some dirty little things called vod(k)a and ps3,wii and a brand new LCD TV Adis bought. So yea it was totally worth it. Oh, some quick description where we were before we came to Adis's & Jasmin's place. In the morning we went to the city center of Enschede where Adis found a brand new flashlight lying in the snow (he is allways the lucky one :) ). Went to some shops and then rested in the Burger King rest place ;) Later that day we visited IKEA which was also very nice but not for our legs which were quite tired but OK we gave it a go. Later that day ... read more

Hello Again :) Just got back from a bit of a europien valentines week drive with the missis. We caught the euro tunnell to france then camped up in belgium for the night. Next day we drove across belgium and holland to Enscede ware vince lives and the gogbot festival was held in september. Much fun was had but due to Rowan not having been to amsterdam and vince being a little busy with school we scooted across to amsterdam on a really v fast train and stayed there in a v nice (& cheep) hotel called the delta hotel. It is rite in the middle of everything and only about 400m from Centraal station so :D Hotell is 3 star, 25euros a night per person and includes a continental breakfast. Iv stayed there a few ... read more

One of the promises that we made when we returned home was to go and visit Maarten and Lyke in Holland! Since we met this lovely couple they have had a beautiful baby girl called Sophie who is 4 months old now......... So on one day in May we arrived into Dusseldorf Weeze airport to be greated by Maarten! It was a bit unreal at first to see him there as the last time we saw him was back in Hanoi in Vietnam around 18 months ago. We hadn't realised that he had driven for 2hrs to come and collect us across the border in Germany........we thought that the airport was alot closer damn google maps!!!!! Anyway we drove a lovely drive through the Dutch countryside to there home town of Oldenzaal just north of Enschede! ... read more

When I arrived in Eindhoven, it was rainy and cold! What is this? It's supposed to be hot and summery! Well I didn't pack winter clothes and Nina and Wiebke told me that the weather was going to be that way for a while. I slept at Wiebke's that night on an air mattress, woke up, and went to Nina's for an hour while Wiebke went to the university for something. Then the 3 of us hung out at Wiebke's for a while, had some lunch and then went into the city center for some shopping! First, we went to H&M (my favorite, and they don't have it in Seattle) and tried on so many things. I only spent 36 euros and got a pair of long pants, a black sweater, a funky tank top/shirt, and ... read more