Europe Travel Blogs - Page 17

We woke up pretty late - some had already absolved the bath in the river - and this without telling me a word!!! Jerks! I wanted to swim as well! Ok i will do this later in the day. Maybe i could fall into the water unexpected - or we find some nice place for swimming on our way.   T…

Meetup in the beautiful city - Delft.

I guess my first real inspiration to start travelling came from Michael Palin. His programmes, but even moreso his books have been quite a source of inspiration for my travels (and my writing). This is commonly known as the "Palin effect" and not unsurprisingly many of the destinations he visits ex…

The weather forecast was showed sun with only a few clouds and I just had to go to Mount Hananipa. Mount Hananipa is sitated 714meters above the Sørfjord , which isnt a spectacular fjord, but the views are nonetheless stunning. You can drive upto 350meters and have to walk from there. To the place…

Gouda is a pretty little place some 25 kilometres of Rotterdam. When you take the train from Rotterdam, it brings you in about 20 minutes to Gouda. The town is definitely worth a visit. It has a lot of charm and a lot of old buildings and about 300 monuments. Gouda is famous for its famous chee…

I have exactly 4 minutes to do this.  here goes: (free expensive breakfast.  always nice) fourth hostel in four days.  not so nice. poeple drinking on the tube starting at 11:30am because of the FA Cup.  Funny. Saw the FA Cup.  Boring. Beautiful day outside, everybody …

i woke up so late today about 1:00 pm, i was supposed to go to belgium in liège, but its too late to go.  the weather was damn good today, and i had a crazy idea to go to the cemetery in düsseldorf. i picked the oldest and most grandiose of them all - golzheim friedhof. since düsseldorf is …

at the airport in düsseldorf, as i checked out, i just showed my passport and they let me go! wow - they really have a connection and idea of how the system for foreigner permits were! unlike in greece that they were so unorganized and chaotic. i was smilling while i was waking inside the airport …

Our trip ended where it started just at a different hotel in Frankfurt. We had our last dinner and hung out and talked with what was left of our group which included 2 tables full. It was great talking with everyone and got our last pictures of everyone. The answers to the rest of my questions from…

In 2007 we went to the lovely Home & Garden Fair "Fleurig" with friends  in the Gardens of the Most beautiful castle of the Netherlands " Kasteel De Haar" te Haarzuilens. We also did a guided tour through the castle! I can recommend it to everyone!!!

Coming to the last day of a trip always involves some mixed emotions for me. I want to keep travelling - but on the other hand it is also nice to get home. The last day is usually a day where I can’t really find something to do - this day is the same. I just go get breakfast go to the interne…

Last day in London for the semester before I head home for Christmas, and then come back for another crazy four months. Today I wanted to sit and reflect on my time here thus far, but instead had to run a bunch of errands, pack, AND go to class. Oh well. 

February 23 is a national holiday, The Day of Defenders of the Motherland, celebrated as Men’s Day here, and ��" what it more important for a lazy girl like me ��" a day off J   This year it falls on the first day of Maslenitsa, Russian Carnival, the last week before the Great Len…

I need to find someone that can invent a teleportation device... I seem to spend just as much time getting to airports and hanging around waiting for my flight as I spend on the actual flights themselves! Oh well... it gets the trip started that much sooner! My friend Jude and I decided that we wa…

The scenery on the Santorini volcano is just breathtaking. I am sitting on the terrace in front of the hotel room on the highest point of the caldera, admiring the magnificent views on Ia and Thirasia... Its great to be back on this island even if as I expected, in August it is quite hot and crowde…