Blogs from Netherlands, Europe - page 338

This next set of entries will be mostly pictures as it will memories from a previous trip and I would hate for my words to distort or fog over the truth of all that has happened. As I look over my travelogs from time to time, it looks incomplete to me without the story of my first trip overseas. This trip would start, as it should with any rightous stoner, with a mecca to the holyland.... Amsterdam. This trip would also mark the biginning of my travel addiction. One of the things I still recall most vividly about Amsterdam is all of the damn bikes. The dutch ride their bikes very fast, and they do not take kindly to stoned tourists wandering around the city. I higly recommend visiting Amsterdam with a friend, if only so ... read more

Selam millet, sizlere eindhoven izlenimlerimi aktarmak istedim:) haftasonu dayımın yanına gittim -kendisi orda yaşıyor. gözünü sewiyim walla, bahçeye mangalı koyduk köfteler pirzolalar....ohh Diyeceksiniz Türk yemeği gibisi yok, haklısınız da walla. Gerçi çok şükür aç kalmıyoruz hiç, ewde sürekli yemek pişiyo yiyoruz bişeyler ama bizim yemekler gibi olmaz tabi:) Her şey iyi hoş ama şu patates olayını bi çözemedim hollandada. Ulan herşey patates! insanın zeka gelişimini etkiler yaw. Bu kızarmış patates olayı (frit) tamam, itirazım yok, ne de olsa abur cubur... amaaa, bi de yemeklerde de ufak patatesler wardır ya, onları garnitür niyetine weriyolar. sırf restoranlarda değil, ew yemeklerinde de meraklılar patatese (aardappeltje deniyo). geçenlerde bana titreme geldi "yeter bea patates yemicez bu ay" diyerek tawrımı ortaya koydum:)) neyse ama mutluyuz şu an:) Onun dışında eindhoven'da şun... read more

Let me preface this post with a disclaimer: This Amsterdam entry is not going to be filled with tales of wild adventures. I'm not particularly keen on putting any such adventures, which may or may not have happened, in a public place such as this where they'll sit in Google's cache for eternity. So, what you have below might be boring, and for that I'm sorry, but you'll just have to use your imagination... I took the early afternoon ICE train from Cologne to Amsterdam. This was my first border crossing by rail and I was interested to see if there would be some sort of border check. As it turns out, there was absolutely nothing, and we rolled into Amsterdam around 5. I was actually a little disappointed with how easy it was. I just ... read more

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Geo: 52.308, 5.13412So before I knew it, it was already my final full day in the Dutch countryside. Up fairly early, fed, and out. The first destination for Jan and I was the region of the famous "bridge too far" in arnhem, or today, known as the "Frost Bridge" after the British commander who valliantly fought to defend it.The bridge was quite nice, but the nearby museum much more informative. The "Airborne" museum, was full of information regarding the region of Arnhem, and the Netherlands in the second world war. It was full of war artifacts and items, a video, and assorted info. From here, we returned for lunch, before heading out towards Alblasserdam to meet many of my relatives including; Betty, Jan & Lina Struik (and their daughter) and Dik. Our major outing was to ... read more