Blogs from The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands, Europe - page 5

Hey everyone! These past few days have been full of wonderful small towns and checking out some great museums. The history that surrounds you in this place is amazing as does all of Europe. I'm very much looking forward to visiting Belgium this week. Anyway, so what did I do? I've been pretty lucky these past few days as the sun has been shining, it's certainly been holding in the crisp 20s and 30s but nonetheless, I can't complain as it has only rained once since I've been here. So here's what I've done so far... On Thursday, I headed out to visit the center of the city by taking a walk to one of the museums called the Mauritshuis Royal Picture Gallery, it holds 3 Johannes Vermeer paintings. He's one of the many famous Dutch ... read more

Tuesday 23.2.2010 day 133 The Hague Netherlands We drove to The Hague and then on to Belgian. ... read more

For a little time out we have decided to catch up with a friend we made on our Kumuka tour and a chance to have a break and turns out to enjoy some home comforts. We have about 5 days here to just chill. Jay's got a bit of a cold so a slow and easy stay is ahead of us. We did headed out Saturday to grab some tickets to the local soccer match for Sunday and Jay & Breezy kicked the footy around for a little while. I just chilled out on the grass and daydreamed whilst they were running around. Sunday after heading down to the local Irish Pub for all day breakfast, we set out to the stadium to watch to football (soccer) match. Unfortunately Breezy's team lost but was a reasonable ... read more

Welcome to my travelblog! During my travels in Asia 2007/2008 I met my girlfriend Anna from Finland in Cambodia in the city of Battambang. When I returned in Europe and after a year of traveling to and from Berlin and Finland, because she was studying and living there, we decided to take on another epic journey. This time we are going together! Meanwhile Anna got a 4 month internship for the Finnish embassy in Jakarta. This made the decision "when to go and where to start" a lot easier. Half July her work in JK ends and our travels together starts. Our plan is to go and travel as long as possible, aiming for a year! Starting in Asia (2 months Indonesia to begin with) and followed by work and travel In Australia when we start ... read more

Today, I went to the embassy of the People's Republic of China. I was told to be early, so I was. I arrived 35 minutes before it opened, but I was number 8 in line. Of course, getting a visa is not really exiting, although I thought at first... The province of Heilongjiang (the place I will be studying) has stamped my visa application, which ensures me a visa. However, the visa the lady wanted to give me was a 3 months visa. However, because of the traveling, I will need to have a 4 months visa. Because 'a combined visa for studying and traveling doesn't exist', she could not give me a 4 months visa... From someone else who is going to do the same (travel and study), I heard that he did get a ... read more

Jedino sto valja u Hagu jeste plaza. Sednes u tramvaj 1 i pravac - Sheveningen. I odjednom potpuno drugaciji grad. Lepsi zvuk, topliji vazduh, zivlja atmosfera. Apsolutni kontrast u odnosu na centar u kom nema zive duse. Voda, pesak i mir. A plaza kao iz americkih filmova, bez Mica Bjukenona, naravno. Ali sa gomilom ljudi, zaljubljenih parova, dece... Cini se da je to jedino mesto gde svi ljudi dolaze. Jedino normalno u celom gradu, koji je nevidjeno depresivan. I gde svaki drugi covek zna ponesto na srpskom. Cudno, ali istinito. Ruku na srce, vredi videti i muzej Mauricijus, gde se nalaze cuvene Vermerove slike "Devojka sa bisernom mindjusom" i "Pogled na Delft", kao i mnoga Rembrantova dela (najpoznatije "Cas anatomije"). Nije sve moglo u Amsterdam, naravno. Povrh svega, ljudi ovde znaju da kazu da bi bilo ... read more

Nasa poseta Tribunalu je okoncana. Posle celodnevnih predavanja, slusanja sudjenja, pisanja izvestaja i kafe s Bramercom, lakse se dise... Sad sledi zurka! Sirom Holandije proslavlja se Queen's day, kraljicin rodjendan. Na trgu pored biblioteke vec grmi stejdz, saobracaj je skoro blokiran, mladi se krecu ka Amsterdamu. Mi cemo takodje. Cim se naspavamo. Kazu da zurka pocinje jos veceras i traje do jutra i celo sutra. Gradovi su okiceni narandzastim motivima, po centru su luna parkovi, u vazduhu praznik! Bas se radujem. Naravno belezim, upijam, pisem...... read more