Amsterdam Travel Blogs - Page 4

Last day of the year... 31st December 2008... It didn't feel like the last day of this year. A year that had been so great for me because of many travels and great experiences. A better end I couldn't wish. With many fellow travelers from all around the world celebrating the end of 2008 and the sta…

Everybody thought I was crazy traveling to Amsterdam by myself.  But boy did I have fun!  I didn't know anybody when I arrived there.  Within a few hours, I had a crazy crew of 5 Irish and one Canadian new buddies.  Although the Irish guys flew in from Ireland just for the conce…

I am special. Why? Because I am an alien. Let me help u to understand... I've got that special german passeporte for foreigners. I was born here, lived in Germany all my life but I am a foreigner. :D Which means that I do not have a german citizenship. It's a bad thing I tell ya, to love to travel …

I decided to get up extra early and walk around the city a little more… The is something to getting up real early and seeing the locals go about their day, while knowing the whole time that you don’t have anywhere that you have to be and anything that you need to do hahaha. Amsterdam is amazing…

It was a hot Saturdaymorning. JC arrived the Airport Schiphol in Amsterdam about 8.50am. Sylvie and I were supposed to be there around 9am to fetch JC, but we were late! About 7.30am in the morning Sylvie's sms woke me up, i looked at the time and i was shocked like: Shit, i'm fucking late! Within…

Manuel organized this awesome Q-Day blast. I didn't decide until the last minute that I'll go and didn't join them from the beginning because I needed my beauty sleep in the morning ;)

Prior to the Amsterdam NYE meetup, we had the opportunity to go visit Germany, France, Luxembourg and Belgium. What a treat and thanks to Brett & Erin for inviting me along and making this happen!! Once we got back into Amsterdam, it was time for the Amsterdam Idols meetup (minus the karaoke!)

Amsterdam was much smaller than I had remembered. On half a dozen one- or two-day transits through the city over the years, I had never really left the central tourist areas so it was a real thrill walking the transition from Helmut's place in the 'suburbs'. Saturdays bustle in Amsterdam and we saw…

In the afternoon, I was online to check messages from my Facebook & Travbuddy. Was great to meet Sal online in Facebook, and really lovely to have the opportunity for a small chat. He told me there was dinner plan for that evening but no concrete plan yet.He said he would try to get them to go …

Feel free to skip this message it will be just a little rant. Wherever I go people seem to assume that everybody in Belgium speaks either French or "Belgian" or, in the very rare best case scenario also "Flemish" which is supposed to be something completely different than Dutch. Now of course I …

So here I am, 16 months after my last visit to Australia, ready to go back and enjoy life. I've worked hard for this trip, but I'm sure it was worth it. I've worked at the Comedy Cafe in Amsterdam fulltime for the last five months, met great people and generally had a good time. I made some good fr…

After a long night of touring, the Heineken Experience and long walks in the city we needed the sleep and a good breakfast.  The hotel included a breakfast buffet for 10 euros that was one of the best I have ever had in Europe.  It featured the usual meats, cheese, bread, juice and fruit …

My last meetup of the year :) Number six organised by Anna, Alex and James.

Another Saturday has come and it is just beautiful out, nice and sunny.  There is a bit of a chill in the air though.  A friend suggests we hit the pancake house, which I am all for.  We head to a great place in the Jordan.  After a belly filling brunch we head to a bike shop to…

Amsterdam, Netherland for a night, Arizona, Nogales, Mexico, then finally back home in Philadelphia (December 30th - January 9th of 2009)