Blogs from South Holland, Netherlands, Europe - page 18

And so it begins, The first entry of this blog is mostly going to be a rant of what the plan is and a basic introduction to the nutters that have decided to go on a journey. So, a long long time ago (... a year give or take) Duncan met Rebecca at a bar. This bar was not just any bar, it was also the workplace of the two which will be the main focus of this tale. Friends they decide to embark on a road trip around Scotland and a visit to T in the Park. They fall in love and end up in a relationship bla bla bla. After already having plans to travel to Asia before either had met each other, earlier plans fell apart and made way to a shared journey. ... read more

um langsam in die Stimmung zu kommen, und von Mutter Natur mit gutem Wetter gesegnet verbrachten Mysic und ich ein paar stuendchen am See ,kaum zu Glauben ja das ist Rotterdam... read more

Wednesday 17th August, 2011 The Hague. We arrived early by train, and enjoyed a starbucks breakfast at the railway station. We set off on foot, armed with google maps on the iphone to find our main destination for the day; the Maurizhous, an art gallery with a collection of Dutch masters including Ver meer, Rembrandt, Jan Steen, Franz Hals, Holbein and others. The most famous painting they house was featured in a film,The Girl with the Pearl Earring. We walked down the quiet streets of closed shops, past the houses of government, where important looking people were arriving for work. We arrived at the museum just after opening. There were no throngs of tourists at the entrance. The building is a grand house with an imposing foyer featuring a double staircase up both sides of the ... read more

It must have been a terrible summer in the Netherlands thus far. Everyone is so white. We are sitting in the train from Nijmegen to Rotterdam. It is a beautiful new train. Even wifi is aboard. Unfortunely graphitimakers have found their way here already. I am afraid the Dutch have the worst graphitimakers in the world. Nowhere in the world you see such a lack of phantasy. It is cold and it is raining. When we arrive at the Central Station we see Robin, my son. The last time we saw eachother was in Chili a half year ago. And then we see next to him also Majorie, my daughter. We thought her to be in Dubai. The last time we saw eachother was in Syria, about 11 months ago. It is a big surprise to ... read more

This blog I'm writing from home, DDN did bring me safely back. I left Reykjavik rather early: at 8:30 we were airborne in a beautiful morning sun. This time Reykjavik was free of clouds, while the rest from Iceland was covered with low stratus clouds (just the opposite from my arrival a month ago). But all mountains peaked through the clouds, and it looked very beautiful - I spent the hour over Iceland just gazing down and taking pictures. Then came more Atlantic, partially without clouds, and the low sun revealed long wavelength waves in the open ocean. Its a long flight over the water, but we had a nice tailwind to make it a little shorter. The first destination today was Wick, the most Northern airport in Scotland. Far North Aviation, the FBO there, has ... read more