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Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam August 18th 2002

I couldn't really experience the legal weed at my age at the time, but I'm aiming to go back there now that I'm older... read more

Amsterdam, Breda & Bruges

Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam June 20th 2002

The Greenhouse Effect, Amsterdam

Gini

Eurorail 2002 - Photos from: Amsterdam, Breda & Bruges... A 3 week escapade on Eurorail and night trains beginning in Amsterdam, then journeying through Paris to Lyon. After that, onto the Cote d'Azure through Marseilles to camp (and enjoy the "tent fever") in Antibes, Cannes, Nice and Monte Carlo before riding the North Mediterranean coast to Barcelona. After that, a mother of a train ride through France and Belgium to land just back across the Southern border of the Netherlands again to revisit an old stomping ground: Breda. From there, a penultimate jaunt up to Bruges then home from Brussels.... phew!!... read more

Feeling Smug having managed to grab 4 seats on the train leaving Amsterdam...

Happy Iain Boards Wrong Loco to France - whoops!!

Amsterdam 2002

Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam May 6th 2002

Amsterdam Canals 2 2002

Bellini

Like other European capitals, Amsterdam certainly has a distinct atmosphere defined by its architecture. Its sedated pace is created not by the overflowing coffee shops, but by the locution - boats inching down the canals, bike lane with long limbed Dutch riding to work, streetcars grinding along the tracks, ususally leaving only one tight lane for cars to squeeze through. The museums are quite good but I recommend walks outside of the city center, and a trip to Rotterdam for a more authentic window into Dutch life. There are more photos below.... read more

Amsterdam with Friends

Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam March 13th 2002

Amsterdam enjoying Fresh Roman Buffalo Mozzarella

The Skinners

Geo: 52.3738, 4.89095Now to meet John, Sean, Christine, Laura and David in Amsterdam.... read more

Holland, Part II of II - 2001

Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » Leiden November 8th 2001

Keukenhof Gardens

Kathy Bernie

PUT YOUR CURSOR ON THE ABOVE MAP AND YOU CAN MOVE IT TO BETTER ORIENT YOURSELF. YOU CAN CLICK ON ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT, THEN GO BACK TO THE JOURNAL OR GO THROUGH THE PHOTOS (CLICK ON THE NUMBERS AT THE TOP) IN THAT ENLARGED FORMAT. Again, this is part of my attempt to chronicle our five years of living outside the USA (June 2001 - June 2006). I've already done our final year, which was South Africa (click on "Previous Entries" top left of this blog page and you can see other blog entries). Now I'm going back to the beginning, looking through old journals and photos to put our adventures, one by one, into blog form. MORE NETHERLANDS This is the second and final installment of our first year (June 2001 - August ... read more

Moskou --> Hong Kong: Moskou

Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam July 17th 2001

Een lekker biertje

threels

Gisterenavond lagen we op tijd op bed, we worden om 9.30u wakker, ondanks de hitte en de hoge vochtigheidsgraad heb ik toch prima geslapen. Even een sprong onder de koude douche en daarna op naar de ontbijt zaal. Het ontbijt is niet helemaal mijn smaak, maar goed ik ben ook net wakker. Vandaag zijn we van plan een beetje te gaan acclimatiseren, misschien nog even het mausoleum van Lenin bezoeken en in elk geval omzoek naar een zwembad. Onze indruk van de russen tot nu toe is dat het een vreselijk slecht Engels spreken chagrijnig volk is, iedereen kijkt de hele dag boos, alle vrouwen zijn gekleed als hoeren. Het acclimatiseren is vandaag aardig gelukt. We hebben erg weinig gedaan vandaag. Na het ontbijt zijn we gaan schrijven en hebben we voor Wijnand een afspraak gemaakt ... read more

Moskou --> Hong Kong: Moskou

Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam July 16th 2001

Het eerste vakantie bier

threels

Eindelijk na heel veel dagen aftellen, gaan we eindelijk. Na wat gestress thuis, op papa en mama wachten en daarna zijn mama d'r auto sleutels kwijt, gaan we eindelijk. 6.20u zijn we bij Wijnand en dan op naar Schiphol. Susan gooit ons uit de auto op Schiphol en gaat snel door naar haar werk. Tassen insealen, inchecken, douane. Even wat rondkijken en dan ontbijten. Het ontbijt bestaat uit twee saucijzenbroodjes en een kaasbroodje, voor Wijnand die saucijzenbroodjes en uiteraard, traditie getrouw, het eerste vakantiebier. Wijnand had gisteren bedacht dat we Karin Rood nog ons mail adres moesten doorgeven, dus gaan we even mailen, gelijk de moeders gemaild dat we het eerst vakantie bier al op hebben. Nu nog wat inkopen; twee sloffen Gauloises en in fles Chivas. Na vragen bij de winkeldame leert ons dat we ... read more

Interrail trip 2001

Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam July 15th 2001

Mickle

Amsterdam Having waved goodbye to my girlfriend Cat’s dad at Waterloo, we trekked to Luton Airport to be met with the most rubbish airport in the world. It makes flying about as glamorous as shopping in Lidl or Aldi or something. Although Cat said they had very nice toilets, so top marks Luton for arse facilities. When we arrived in Amsterdam we immediately found our hostel and spread our shite everywhere. The 20 bed dorm was surprisingly cosy yet we had privacy (ish), although there was a clear Amsterdam casualty in the bed next to me who was always in bed and stared at me ALL the time. She was bald and had bug eyes on stalks. On the way into town I passed a stuffed reindeer. Had my picture taken with it. He looks like ... read more

Zaadvoort

Europe » Netherlands July 1st 2001

Zanvoort

nomadicguard

Geo: 52.3718, 4.530251 -... read more

Holland, Part I of II - 2001

Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » Leiden July 1st 2001

Central Leiden

Kathy Bernie

PUT YOUR CURSOR ON THE ABOVE MAP, CLICK AND HOLD AND YOU CAN MOVE IT TO BETTER ORIENT YOURSELF. YOU CAN CLICK ON ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT, THEN GO BACK TO THE JOURNAL OR GO THROUGH THE PHOTOS (CLICK ON THE NUMBERS AT THE TOP) IN THAT ENLARGED FORMAT. Yes, another trip back in time in keeping with my getting our 5 years of living outside the USA onto my blog site. This was originally written in July, 2001 right after we moved to Leiden, The Netherlands. Much happened after that, 9/11 for one and I’ll tell you more about our experience on that day - we were traveling in Ireland at the time. When we returned to Leiden a sea-change had taken place among the Dutch. But that is for another installment; all was ... 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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