Blogs from Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands, Europe - page 8

Tulips and windmills and sandcastles, oh my!

Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » Leiden May 16th 2005

One of the most prominent tourist attractions in the Netherlands is the Keukenhof (pronounced 'co-ken-off'), which is a sprawling garden park replete with an assorment of tulips and other flowers, artful landscaping, ponds and fountains, not to mention other family attractions such as parks, petting zoos, and even a hedge maze. Kat and I devoted the better part of our day to the 40 minute ride from Leiden and back and to touring the gardens and soaking up all the natural beauty. Unfortunately, mid May is late in the tulip season, so we were unable to see the tulip fields surrounding the Keukenhof in full bloom, which can be more or less described as a multi-colored sea of flowers for as far as the eye can see. Must be nice. Afterwards, we headed back to Leiden ... read more

First weekend trip to Leiden

Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » Leiden April 16th 2005

Mango

Today Dale and I took a quick 15 min trip north (towards Amsterdam) and visited the city of Leiden. The weather was total crap...about 45 and raining, but what the heck, it's my first weekend and I gotta make the most of it right? We picked up a walking tour map and with Dale as navigator, I took up to providing tour-guide style info about each of the attractions we hit. Along the way in we saw our first windmill, which we later found was the town windmill museum. Pics of the De Valk windmill and other Leiden stuff is here: url=http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/briansiy/album?.dir=f5cb&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photosBrian's Netherlands trip photos Along the way we saw the first university established in the Netherlands, visited the area where Rembrandt was born, and also saw the church of St. Peter. Because of the church ... read more

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest 2004-05

Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » Leiden May 1st 2004

Oegstgeest Town Hall

Kathy Bernie

PUT YOUR CURSOR ON THE ABOVE MAP, CLICK & HOLD AND YOU CAN MOVE THE MAP AROUND TO BETTER ORIENT YOURSELF. YOU CAN CLICK ON ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT, THEN GO BACK TO THE JOURNAL OR GO THROUGH THE PHOTOS (CLICK ON THE NUMBERS AT THE TOP) IN THAT ENLARGED FORMAT. Again, this is part of my attempt to chronicle our five years of living outside the USA (June 2001 - June 2006). I've already done our final year, which was South Africa (click on "Previous Entries" top left of this blog page and you can see other blog entries). Now I'm going back, looking through old journals and photos to put our adventures, one by one, into blog form. Originally Written 2004 - 05 The Netherlands We left Germany in May 2004 and returned ... read more

Holland, Part II of II - 2001

Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » Leiden November 8th 2001

Keukenhof Gardens

Kathy Bernie

PUT YOUR CURSOR ON THE ABOVE MAP AND YOU CAN MOVE IT TO BETTER ORIENT YOURSELF. YOU CAN CLICK ON ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT, THEN GO BACK TO THE JOURNAL OR GO THROUGH THE PHOTOS (CLICK ON THE NUMBERS AT THE TOP) IN THAT ENLARGED FORMAT. Again, this is part of my attempt to chronicle our five years of living outside the USA (June 2001 - June 2006). I've already done our final year, which was South Africa (click on "Previous Entries" top left of this blog page and you can see other blog entries). Now I'm going back to the beginning, looking through old journals and photos to put our adventures, one by one, into blog form. MORE NETHERLANDS This is the second and final installment of our first year (June 2001 - August ... read more

Holland, Part I of II - 2001

Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » Leiden July 1st 2001

Central Leiden

Kathy Bernie

PUT YOUR CURSOR ON THE ABOVE MAP, CLICK AND HOLD AND YOU CAN MOVE IT TO BETTER ORIENT YOURSELF. YOU CAN CLICK ON ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT, THEN GO BACK TO THE JOURNAL OR GO THROUGH THE PHOTOS (CLICK ON THE NUMBERS AT THE TOP) IN THAT ENLARGED FORMAT. Yes, another trip back in time in keeping with my getting our 5 years of living outside the USA onto my blog site. This was originally written in July, 2001 right after we moved to Leiden, The Netherlands. Much happened after that, 9/11 for one and I’ll tell you more about our experience on that day - we were traveling in Ireland at the time. When we returned to Leiden a sea-change had taken place among the Dutch. But that is for another installment; all was ... 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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