Blogs from Overijssel, Netherlands, Europe - page 3

After a long trip (15h) we finally got some sleep. The trip via car was long, cold, snowy but interesting. We made about 20 stops just to clean our windshield because the screen water from our car froze imediately after the temperature went down to -7 celsius. Stil don't know why, maybe cause of the extra windblow the temperature was even lower. But everything is OK now after a long 8 hour sleep, the Nederlands await me and my brother. Hope to get the best out of it with my cousins and to have an excelent time. Oh yea, here is our morning picture, just to show our well sleepy-hot faces :) ... read more

Our flights were uneventful. We flew from Calgary to Halifax where we had a lobster dinner; market price in the airport was higher than we wanted to pay, but how often do we get lobster?? We also bought a wrap to eat along the way. Food was a must since you don’t get any when you take 3 four hour flights. We boarded the Iceland Air flight to Reykavik. Both Dan and Ashley wrote in their journals but Dan also found time to take a nap (What a slacker). We were really hoping to see more of Iceland from the sky but there were too many clouds. Once we got below the cloud line we could see some of the terrain. It’s so different from Canada where all you see is squares and straight lines. Iceland ... read more

Hello, This is my first entery then. I want to start this blog pretty much form the date i joined. Gogbot however was to good to miss out, also, its relevent to what will be the 3rd entry so here it is :) For many Years i have been talking my online friend Vince. He lives in Enschede Holland rite by the German boarder. After much talk of visits it was noted that there was a v interesting festival there each year and its dates coincided with my birthday. Vince put us up for 4 days and was the perfect host. I cant thank him enough and look forward to his uk visit! So, i grabbed my mate Plumber Paul loaded the van, booked the euro tunnell and off we went. Briefly Stopped in Belgium for ... read more

Thursday 6th August Three countries in one day We have a long drive ahead of us today as we head north to Holland to stay with Cormac’s parents Wim and Diny for 3 nights.In doing so we shall leave France,pass through Belgium and traverse a good percentage of Holland before getting to Zwolle.The weather prospects look good for driving and the morning temperature is already in the mid 20’s!!One of the noticeable things about the weather in the couple of days we have been in Europe is the lack of wind which has been keeping the temperature very steady. Google maps gave us two options of highways with tolls and highways without tolls.The BBA tour committe(of two)decided on the second option naturally enough!!The toll road option would have had us travelling on at least 7 separate ... read more

The Nightmare in Rotterdam parties were the first Dutch parties I'd ever heard about when I started listening to hardcore music. The first DVD I purchased was "Nightmare In Rotterdam - Welcome to Wonderland" in 2005 when I was 16 hehe. After this I quickly got my hands on the Nightmate Outdoor for 2005 as well because I couldn't believe that they actually held parties outdoors. It seemed way too good to be true so I decided that I would have to see it for myself. That was the start of what eventually brought me to The Netherlands sitting at Amsterdam station wondering why on earth someone would leave an almost full bottle of Jack Daniels under one of the seats. Smic and me were waiting for the train that would begin our journey taking over ... read more