Blogs from Groningen, Province of Groningen, Netherlands, Europe - page 5

Summary: I took these pictures of the burning sky this morning around 08.00 near our home in Roden. Love Monkey and Bear... read more

Summary: We are now preparing our new adventure: Beijing - China. We are leaving Holland on the 26 of september. We arrive in Beijing on 27 early in the morning. And stay there for 20 days. We like to take you with us to the most famous historical places, but also to the less and unknown places of Beijing. And off course to several places around Beijing, the great places in nature and so on. We will publish many of our pictures on our webblog. So we hope you can see, smell and taste the great experience we have during this trip. Very usefull websites for preparing a trip to China and Beijing you find on the following locations: www.chinaculture.org www.travelchinaguide.com www.travelchineguide.com/china-trains/index.htm - gives you realtime information about all the trains in China and off course ... read more

Today I had my first negative experience with my bike here in the Netherlands (well aside from having to bike a half-hour to get back from a party night before last, that was just excruciating). My bike tried to eat my skirt... I was all great in the morning, yeah, I was wearing a longer skirt, but it was working fine. Then I get into the city center, (where everyone can see me) and as soon as I come out of a cafe (with coffee, not to be confused with a 'coffeeshop' with pot) hopped on my bike, pedaled twice and then all of a sudden slowed way down as my skirt was being pulled down, threatening to rip right off (boy, that would be a long bike-ride home, huh?). I drowned my sorrows in some ... read more

Traveling in Holland for a few weeks ... read more

Today I arose at 0345 hr in order to grab a ‘taxibus’ that was to take me to the Geneva airport. Having worked on my presentation the previous night until about 12:00 p.m., I felt like I had never gone to sleep at all. My EasyJet flight was in the air by 0630 and we touched down to a beautiful day in Amsterdam at 0830. Groningen, the town where the conference was held, is situated in the north of The Netherlands. Thankfully, due to its small size, a train from the center (Amsterdam) to the north only takes 2.5 hours. I arrived in Groningen at 12:00 and was shortly therein whisked away by a member of the ISCOMS organizing committee to the faculty of medicine building. Here is where I registered and received my information packet ... read more