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Welkom

Europe » Netherlands » Province of Utrecht » Utrecht November 6th 2007

Lisette

Welkom op mijn Travel Blog! Groetjes, Lisette... read more

[B] Utrecht and the Waal

Europe » Netherlands » Province of Utrecht » Utrecht September 11th 2007

Farm house on the Waal canal

B_and_R

Today we visited my great auntie Joop at her home just outside Utrecht. We had a good chat and Rochelle played hostess making us coffee, soup and lunch then more coffee. Joop told us some of our family history and told us how to find the house where she and my Opa (grandfather) grew up. After lunch we left Joop and set off to find the house. We found the road without too much trouble and think we found the right house. We took a few snaps of the house and the surrounding area then had a look around the nearby village whicg was nice, though everything was closed by this time. There was a neat old windmill on the road too which was a treat since they seem to be a bit thin on the ... read more

Terug naar Nederland

Europe » Netherlands » Province of Utrecht » Utrecht July 19th 2007

Amritsar 1

LinaSjoerd

(Check de filmpjes bij deze entry) 6 juli is verjaardag van de Dalai Lama, de geestelijk leider van de boedhisten. Na zijn gevaarlijke tocht door de bergen naar India volgden velen Tibetanen hem naar Dharamsala. We besluiten via Amritsar naar Dharamsala te gaan om in Amritsar de Gouden Tempel te bezoeken wat de heiligste plaats is voor de Sikhs. Uiteindelijk belanden we in McLeod Ganj, een klein dorpje iets hoger in de bergen bij Dharamsala waar de meeste gevluchte Tibetanen wonen. Zonder dat we het van te voren wisten blijkt de Dalai Lama vanwege zijn verjaardag aanwezig te zijn en maken we de "longlife puja" mee die door een andere Lama aan de Dalai Lama wordt gegeven. De lach en humor van de Dalai Lama zijn aanstekelijk en maken je stil. Er zijn zoveel monniken bij ... read more

Mototour 2007 - day 2-3

Europe » Netherlands » Province of Utrecht » Utrecht June 2nd 2007

Old Cathedral, Utrecht

ZakMarion

MOTOTOUR 2007 Day 2-3: Køge (Denmark) to Utrecht (Netherlands) Distance: 710 km (of 8,667 km total) Marion woke up in Køge at 7 am. Zak was up earlier because of birds singing in the trees. The sky was grey and it was drizzling lightly. We packed up and were ready to go by 9 am. We weren't too impressed with ourselves that it took 2 hours to get going. We went looking for breakfast in the center of Køge, and discovered a charming little town with typical Danish houses. Brecky was coffee and some Danish pastries. We finally got going by 10 am. It was a very long and tiring ride all way to Utrecht, rain and grey skies for most of it. We crossed into Germany by taking the 45-min ferry from Rødby to Puttgarden, ... read more

Packing the backpacks

Europe » Netherlands » Province of Utrecht » Utrecht April 19th 2007

Travel Plan

jw_tajana

-2. The count down is almost over... two more days and we are back on the road. A new adventure. A long expected one. Down Under - in one month! Possible? We will see... One thing is true: we are looking forward to it... even to the endless, 22h flight to get there! Toedeledoki! ... read more

i hate hostels...

Europe » Netherlands » Province of Utrecht » Utrecht March 23rd 2007

hostel in utrecht

rudegurl32

so where do I begin...lets see I'm never staying in a hostel again. Yeah I sure wasn't feeling it in Utrecht. It was too open for me. No locks on the bed room doors kind of like the sugar bowl (for those of you who know it) but hostel style. I dunno I'm just stick of not sleeping in my own bed now and I'm at the point where I've spent enough money I would just like to go home where well everything is comfortable to me....so anywayz enough about my sad sappy story. Ok I seriously need to stop with the shoes. I came to Holland with 3 pairs and I've leaving with 7 now!!! I just bought a really rad pair. They are slip on shoes with old school japanese tattoos designs on ... read more

Dive show

Europe » Netherlands » Province of Utrecht » Utrecht February 17th 2007

Met Armijn

Martin en Brenda

We just had the dive show in Holland and I must say, it was a success. Unfortunately we forgot to bring our camera to the show, but Joost was nice enough to let us use his for a bit. So we did take some pics, and maybe some of you might recognize someone. There were a lot of people and a lot of former customers from Curacao; let's see if they are planning to visit in Costa Rica. We are back in Costa Rica for 2 days now and I have received quit a few emails from Dutch divers whom we met at the show. We had snow and rain and both of us are walking around with a cold. We are ready for a new season here in Costa Rica. The new crew handled the ... read more

HOLLAND!

Europe » Netherlands » Province of Utrecht » Utrecht February 15th 2007

My City! - Utrecht

LindsaySaunders

hey everyone! i finally got my ass in gear to start up this blog! should make it easier to let u all know what im up to and show some pictures! holland is great so far! its still gonna take some gettin used to since its of course VERY different than canada. i think im really gonna like it here tho... its so pretty and the people are great! and i already see there is more to this country than the windmills, tulips, cheese, wooden shoes, and soft drug laws! my trip here went quite smoothly and i arrived at schipol airport wide-eyed and beyond tired! I got picked up by martijn, who is dutch and lives in a small villiage here in holland. we drove there in about 20 mins which looked SO far away ... read more

I got to know Utrecht and my physical ability by climbing 460 steps

Europe » Netherlands » Province of Utrecht » Utrecht November 12th 2006

Utrecht Canal

Myia

Yesterday morning I woke up around 9am, bundled up and headed to the train station to meet a group of fellow international students to embark on a day trip to Utrecht. A little bit of history/facts thanks to wikipedia and me asking questions: Utrecht... is the 4th largest city in The Netherlands has a major central train station that goes pretty much anywhere in the country has about 280,000 inhabitants is older than Amsterdam. Utrecht was first built by the Romans in 47 A.D.! one of the windiest cities in The Netherlands The facts go on and on since this beautiful city is submerged in history. Pre-Utrecht Of course, it was raining so when I got to the train station, I was soaking wet. I locked my bike at the station and as I walked away ... read more

Journal 4

Europe » Netherlands » Province of Utrecht » Utrecht November 2nd 2006

JoeBob

Wow so much time has passed since Rome. Classes started and in between that and having the time of my life I have not had much time. Luckily I only had to take 2 classes that met 4 days a week. Other friends that I have take 4 classes that meet all 5 days and are up to their ears in homework. I took an Introduction to Celtic Studies course which took aspects of linguistics and archeology and classical literature rolled up into one stupendously hard final exam. My second class was called Present Day Dutch Society, which was basically entirely made up of foreign exchange students. It dealt with different aspects of the Dutch culture ranging from the typical stereotypes of the Netherlands to the actual drug laws, to political history, to government make up ... read more

Brief history of Netherlands

The Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed in 1815. In 1830 Belgium seceded and formed a separate kingdom. The Netherlands remained neutral in World War I, but suffered invasion and occupation by Germany in World War II. A modern, industrialized natio...more history

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