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Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam October 30th 2006

Two weeks ago, I was in Amsterdam with my friend Sarah (from Seattle). From Tuedsay at noon until Wednesday at 9pm, we wandered the city. It was my first time in Amsterdam (well, first time outside of the Schipol Airport/trainstation), and my first time in a hostel (if you've been to a summer camp like many of the ones I've been to, consider yourself hostel-ready). We got in a noon, and it rained all day. We walked from the Central Station (in the north of the city) to our Flying Pig hostel (in the south), and by the time we got to the Pig, we were soaked. Especially me, with my pants too long and soaking up all the puddles until my pants were wet up to above my knees. We dropped off our stuff and ... read more

Weg van de Parkweg

Europe » Netherlands October 30th 2006

Zutphen

Liekkie en Luukkie op reis

Zaterdag de 28e begon onze reis vanaf de Parkweg met twee rugzakken (voor in China enzo), twee grote boodschappentassen (voor Zutphen, Rotterdam-Zuid etc.) en nog een hoop rotzooi. Ons laatste paar sleutels door de brievenbus weer naar binnen gegooid voor de huurders, de meeste bagage in de auto achtergelaten en toen na het missen van allerlei treinen uiteindelijk in Zutphen belandt. Daar werden we opgevangen door een medewerker van de plaatselijke voedselbank (de moeder van Lucas) en van eten en onderdak voorzien. Omdat onze katten op dezelfde locatie worden opgevangen voelden we ons er al snel thuis. Bovendien heeft Lucas er acht jaar gewoond. Hoogtepunten van de excursie waren het maken van een konijnenhok (ook groot genoeg voor bijv. lammetjes), lekker eten en het bestellen van koffie en thee in het Volkshuis aan de markt in ... read more

finally time to catch up

Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » Rotterdam October 30th 2006

Swiss Alps

bekmac

Hello again, Well, finally have a huge chunk of time and unlimited internet access! Currently in Rotterdam, finished the tour, so I'm warning you now, this will be a long one. We left Paris and headed for Switzerland. Really long drive day, but totally worth it! Totally fantastic scenery, and we arrived in this valley that was really something out of a movie. We were staying at Lauterbrunnen, this little village, which was great. Just beautiful. Nothing exciting that night. The following day was possibly one of the best things I've ever done. We had an optional to go up to the top of europe, the highest point, calld Jung Frau. Took a train after breakfast all the way up 3000+ metres, and it was freezing, covered in snow, and totally fantastic. The views were amazing, ... read more

Fighting the cold and some blood shed

Europe » Netherlands October 28th 2006

Myia

Okay, so the title is a bit dramatic, but I sparked an interest perhaps? =) The past few days have been pretty crappy. I try to keep my spirits up, but I'm sick with a runny nose, throbbing headache, and I lack the ability to call my dad and complain about my ailements. Today I went grocery shopping for some fish and stopped into a store called DA! to find a pick-me-up elixer or something. The closest I found was a bottle of echinacea and vitamin C fizz tablets. Hopefully this will get me on my feet and I can get back to....studying for my exam on Thursday. I'm about ready to book my hostel in Firenze for November, but I have some options. Do I choose a shared dorm male female mixed with 12 people ... read more

Kamp Westerbork

Europe » Netherlands » Drenthe » Assen October 27th 2006

Fence for the Prison Area

Alison S

On October 15th, I went with the International Student Organization ('Wings') to Camp Westerbork, a Nazi camp in the northern Netherlands. It was a day trip by tour bus that was actually only 5 hours total, but it was really interesting, and I'm glad I went. There is actually basically nothing left from the camp at the location; in the 1970s, the Dutch government asked the jewish community what they wanted done with the site, and the jewish people didn't want to be reminded of what had happened, so they requested it be demolished. There are currently raised mounds where many of the buildings were, and a few have a reproduction wall at two of the corners, just to illustrate the scale. The only things left are a bunker where cabbage and potatoes were stored ... read more

Begin van het weblog

Europe » Netherlands » North Brabant » Breda October 26th 2006

Femke and Rob

English-readers: This blog will be in Dutch only, sorry. (for friends & family) Hallo daar! De vakantie van Femke en mijzelf komt nu toch wel steeds dichterbij. Het heeft even geduurt, want ondertussen is de rest van Nederland al op vakantie geweest, maar nu gaat het er toch echt wel van komen!! Op 11 november a.s. vertrekken Femke en ik via Schiphol, Parijs en Bangkok richting Chiang Mai in het noorden van Thailand. Daar hebben we via internet al een kamer geboekt in een hostel voor twee dagen. Vanuit Chiang Mai is het idee om vrij snel de grens over te gaan bij Chiang Khong naar Laos. Van daaruit is de route verder nog niet exact bekend, maar dat zien we wel als we eenmaal onderweg zijn! Uiteindelijk trekken we in Laos steeds meer naar het ... read more

Studying and Sniffling

Europe » Netherlands October 26th 2006

Myia

There's nothing much to report other than exams are next week. Fortunately I only have one, but I'm still kind of nervous because I don't know what the teacher is expecting. It's on the readings (about 30 articles - some long, some longer) so I'm going back and rereading every article and taking notes about it. It's a big pain, but it's worth it. The weather is up and down here. Some days have been cold and the wind is crazy here. With no hills to block the wind, it just hits everything in it's path. I definitely have to give more time to ride to the university now. I think yesterday's ride back from my last Dutch class did me in. This morning I woke up with some pressure in my head and the sniffles. ... read more

Netherlands - Utrecht

Europe » Netherlands » Province of Utrecht » Utrecht October 25th 2006

FemkeWillemtravels

We bought our Around the World ticket !! One World: 4 continents (europe - south america - Pacific - Asia) Starting in Brazil, Argentina, Easter Island, New Zealand, Tonga, Samoa, Australia, Japan, Philippines and Indonesia. ... read more

The Netherlands: R'Dam & A'Dam

Europe » Netherlands October 24th 2006

Typical Amsterdam canal

Darcy

After having a great time in Belgium (despite so many people telling us it was not worth a visit), we headed north to The Netherlands. We started in Rotterdam for 5 days, which surprised us by how much it had to offer. After resting the first day, the second we did a self-guided walking tour of the city, checking out the port, buildings with the coolest and most modern architecture of any city I've seen, Chinatown, some parks, a tower, the river and the city. That night found a great Thai/Vietnamese restaurant and ordered things without knowing what they were before continuing on to a little pub called Vitte Ap, or White Ape. Here we met a funny Mancunian (guy from Manchester) who kept buying us drinks all night. Also came across a group of five ... read more

One Night Only!!!

Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam October 23rd 2006

Our smelly hotel room!

Loz walton

On the 23rd, Luke and I headed off on our two week trip through europe. We began in Amsterdam, which to be honest, didnt give our trip the best start!!!! When we arrived in Amsterdam the first thing we needed to do was find accomodation, which we thought would be simple....until an hour and a half later, when we had walked around the whole city in the pouring rain at night with our backpacks on being constantly informed by each hotel that they had no occupancy! Finally, we found a little hotel, in which we got a terrible room covered in grafiti and reeking of marijuana!!! So, then and there we decided that one night in Amsterdam was enough! However, the next day we decided to make the most of the day and still try and ... 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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