Blogs from Utrecht, Province of Utrecht, Netherlands, Europe - page 7

Today we had to try and pack everything into a few bags that we would be able to carry with us to England. What a mission!? Apparently we must have gathered quite a few bits and pieces along the way - souvenirs, lego, my work clothes, lego, a handbag, lego...you get the idea! Anyway, we managed to get it into 2 big suitcases, two backpacks, one big camera bag and a laptop bag - manageable with 3 bags each! After Auntie Margareth and Uncle Albert came back from work, we hopped into our cars and headed back to Germany. So now that we have just mastered the art of reading maps, navigating Europe’s lack of road signs, driving on the right-hand side of the road, and U-turns, we sadly had to return our little car. Luckily ... read more

Hallo all from the land of the tulips (not that I've seen any yet!). We're having a great time, been visiting the family today...not much to report as I didn't understand anything, but hey, I think Daniel enjoyed it! We went past the house where Daniel's father grew up in Holland - that was quite cool. The houses here are in way better condition then in NZ. Oh, and happy birthday Dad H - we hope you had a great day. We went to Tante Bep and Oom Jan for morning tea. They seem nice, he speaks a little English, but besides learning he was in Indonsia in the war we didn't really talk much more, except he said I was a fine lady and Daniel had good taste, how sweet! (Daniel says Oom Jan kept ... read more

Don't worry, I'm still here. Just haven't gotten around to updating even though I've had access to the internet. I'll give you a quick update of what I've done since my last post. London: 26th - I wandered around London with the Canadian... saw Tate Britain museum, Houses of Parliment, Big Ben (part of Parliment building), Westminster Abbey (across the street), saw the London Eye but didn't go on it, and then found Indian food in the area of London where a lot of Indians live. 27th - Checked out the London Tower and the London Bridge before going on a Jack the Ripper tour which was pretty cool. We walked past the alleyway of shops where Diagon Alley was filmed for Harry Potter but I didn't go down it because we were a block away ... read more

After arriving at the Frankfurt Hahn airport, dropping off the car, checking in, going through security, having a coffee then going to the gate we discover that our Ryan Air flight is over 6 hours delayed. This meant the connecting flight in London Stansted to Amsterdam would be missed. Hot on the laptops to find alternatives and getting our bags returned, we managed to get into Frankfurt central train station and catch an express train directly to Utrecht. How lucky was that! At the station was Giovanna waiting for us! We had a lovely walk back in the warm, sunny weather to Bastiaan's place, her boyfriend. It was really cool of him to let us crash there. She met Bastiaan in Saba when she was a dive instructor... a special island it certainly is. We were ... read more

We spent friday night and saturday morning at this picturesque fishing village with some awesome families. ... read more