Blogs from Netherlands, Europe - page 378

OCT 21st, 2005 Woohoo! I made it. Well at least almost half-way… Arun, I LOVE YA (hahaha wait ‘till the next part of my sentence before you have some kind of panic attack…) cause your recipe worked: 2 Gravols 1 hour before + at least 1 drink during flight = AMAZING! thanks as well to JF for your awesome email… it felt safer knowing that you were controlling & watching my plane take off!) So yeah, I have managed to overcome my fear of flying (about time!!!!); well ok I still don’t like take-off… but I manage to relax as soon as we’re up in the air. Anyway the flight to Amsterdam was very good… hardly any turbulence… the Italian guy sitting next to me wasn’t so entertaining nor was he too chatty… but I think ... read more

Another whirlwind stopover. Spent the night in a Christian hostel with the Boys and Girls Club of Poland... theres a first. I involentarily got to attend their meeting as well. They took over the lounge in the middle of my dinner. Didn't understand much of it but they had cool pictures. They also had a sing along in Polish. I laughed at how unbelievable this trip has been. Amsterdam was beautiful. I really didn't get to see much of it at all. Saw Anne Frank's house from outside. The end of October and there was still an hour line. I went into shops and admired their blue and white china. Thank goodness it was really expensive. My back was killing me at this point with all my stuff! One tiny glass ornament was 40 Euro. So ... read more

I wanted to get these pictures up so you could see them. I will write here when I have more time. Big exam tomorrow. ¡Mierda!... read more

So we arrived in Amsterdam yesterday, Friday morning. By the time that we got through customs and caught the train to the city, it was about 8am. We went to a cafe called the Grasshopper, which was a good time. And by 8:15am, we were having a really good time. So we wandered around for a couple of hours until we found a hostel and got a room for 2 nights. Friday we spent sleeping and walking around. Today, Saturday, we decided to see some sights. We visited the Rijksmuseum. It housed many art works from the Dutch Golden Era, which was the 17th century. There was lots of amazing paintings, the best being Rembrandt's Nightwatchmen. It was huge and very interesting. I haven't been to too many art museums, but this one is consedered the ... read more

flew into holland on the 5th to go visit the family...however no one had any idea I was coming! had good fun turning up on the doorstep of aunties and uncles, and the grandparents! Turned out to be a good timing while I was there as it was my cousins birthday, my aunty and uncles 25th wedding anniversary, and I discovered I had a new born cousin! hung out with the family for a week and then headed up to amsterdam for 2 nights. we ended up staying in this christain youth hostel, which was strangely situated in the middle of the red light district. Had some interesting things to look at just outside the door! Visited the Anne Frank house, did a canal cruise and strolled the red light district at night. had a good ... read more