Blogs from Groningen, Province of Groningen, Netherlands, Europe - page 4

Hello all! I am now in the Netherlands in Groningen with my Dutchies!! It has been great so far! The trains were very delayed coming from Eindhoven to Groningen so that was a bit frustrating, but having mark and siward there to greet me in Eindhoven airport!! We met up with almost all the girls..minus Eveline and had a beer/milk haha! I am staying at Gurdie's house right now (its awesome and in city center) and we woke up early to meet everyone for coffee and then we climbed the Martini tower (the only toursit attraction in the city haha). It was great! I had ollenboll(?) which is yummy and what they eat on New Years. Its like the greatest doughnut ever but in a ball shape with rainsons and more spongey! Then I had "new ... read more

It was on this part of our trip we discovered our little car has automatic window-wipers (in fact we still don't know what half the buttons in the car are for!). From Germany we entered the Netherlands. Our first night there we stayed at a camp ground right next to Hoge Veluwe National Park. So we spent our next day exploring the park, and trying to find some wildlife. There are supposed to be Red deer, moufflon and wild boar throughout the park - well we spent about 6 hours walking/driving/and sitting in hideouts waiting, and still we didn't see a dam thing! After our failed atempts to catch a glimpse of the local wildlife we drove North to Niew Roden, a little village south of Groningen. Here we stayed with Anna's rellies (Paulus, Alice, Simon ... read more

Hello all.... My plans for traveling through Europe have rather fallen through because of the realities of time, so instead I'm just visiting the friends in Holland that I've made over the past year or so... I'm now in the university city of Groningen (in the north -- I assure you it is not pronounced how you're reading it!) staying with my friend Laura. I've managed to make myself feel a little ill every single day since being in the country by eating too much cheese. Alas, it's the price one has to pay... Good thing I'm not interested in many of the other luxuries Holland has to offer, as I would probably end up feeling even more ill! Nothing terribly exciting to report on... I'm as always far too shy to attempt to say basic ... read more

Lieve vrienden en vriendinnen, Vandaag geen echte travelblog, maar een fotoreportage van het startschot van een fantastische actie voor de kinderen van de Beatrix kinderkliniek van het UMCG. Onder het motto "Laat het zieke kind stralen" is vandaag in de ontvangsthal van het UMCG door cabaretier Youp van 't Hek in bezielende bewoordingen de aftrap voor deze actie gedaan. De opbrengst van deze actie is bestemd voor de bouw van een kindertheater in de patio van de Beatrix Kinderkliniek. Door de bouw van dit kindertheater kunnen kinderen tijdens hun ziekenhuisopname genieten van verschillende voorstellingen en activiteiten. Iedereen kan deze actie steunen door het UMCG éénmalig te machtigen om een bedrag van jouw rekening af te laten schrijven. Voor iedere 5 euro wordt er een lichtje ontstoken in de enorme grote kerstboom (meer dan 15 meter hoog) ... read more

Dear friends, If you receive this blog twice - I'm sorry for that because something went partly wrong the first time. Love Monkey and Bear... read more