Europe Travel Blogs - Page 5

The First day was Friday, no, not the 13th! But arriving very early on the airport in Rotterdam and viewing the timetable it looked like the 13th! The holiday’s in Holland were starting so they advised people to leave home early enough. And that is exactly what we did. Early! We had to check i…

A bit hungover after a great night at Bar 55 last night, didn't get up till 1 pm, ooofff my head :( I had some time to kill before the EURO 2008 Final so I did a bit of sightseeing, atleast stuff I haven't seen before in London.  I checked out the Tower Bridge, the Financial District, the Gher…

It's too late I have arrived at 11PM, Terminal B,  the airport is so empty, no people! in 6 Hours will be crowded again! Do you remember the Teens on the Saturday Flight, they have arrived on the same time but at the terminal A, They are the Catalonian selection of (I really don't k…

I always wanted to take some pictures from Arnhem from a different angle. This is almost impossible because all the places are private. So i had to look for a different way. Walking along the street close to the Rijn i met a very nice gardener, i told him what my idea was. He was willing to ask the…

     Today was a sad day because it was our last day of vacation. It had been a little over 3 weeks of heaven and the impending doom of getting back to real world started to set in. Despite our feelings of sadness we finished our last day with more beautiful sights.   …

Delft an old town just under Den Haag. Delft is built in the year 1200 and in this time Delft build a wall around the town. In the year 1246 Delft became city rights. What can you do on a Monday? And when the temperature is about 29 degrees?  Something on the water would be nice. Delft off…

I had attended the New Year day dinner meetup, it was really a great meetup, glad to see those familiar faces and also those new faces:) I was talking to Devi about arranging a day for a mini meetup, later I thought maybe is nice to have all the ladies gathering one time. So I shared this …

so I'm back in the UK now, doing the reflective thing.  I've lost, over the months, one scarf, one pair of leather gloves, a hat, and my dignity, at least twice.  But I've gained several good friends, some of whom I think will stay friends for a very long time, a grounding in research, so…

Hurtigruten or Hurtigruta (English: Coastal Express) is a Norwegian passenger and freight line with daily sailings along Norway's spectacular western and northern coast. Ships sail almost the entire length of the country, completing the roundtrip journey in 11 days. The trip has been described …

I've put this info on already but I can't find it. I will have to keep addding to the same blog and not recreating the wheel.

So today was my last day in London....I am finally starting to get used to the time change!  Hurrah! I have learned lots of new terminology here in London....London is such a fun city. It is very diverse.  It seems that almost everything goes and everyone is up to date on the latest fash…

The last two weeks the 19 historic windmills, which are listed at the UNESCO world heritage site, were spectacularly lit with colourful and energy-efficient LED lighting. This year was the first that these lights are being used. The lights are from Philips and they were installed by the TU (Techn…

The wake up was so funny, shaking Sylvie to wake up and she saying "mmmmm 5 minutes more...", I feel like her mother ha ha ha  Ket was also wake up so 15 minutes later I open the windows and everybody wake up I'm MAD I know Ket have to take the train back home so I have a shower, a…

I start the day with the sort walk down to the Winter Palace to for a visit to the museum. The place is so famous for all the art they have on display so I figure it is time to be really civilized and cultural. I get to the counter and pay - unfortunately my Russian is pretty bad ok non-exist…

I got a message recently from Adrian (hancock826) asking me about a picture she had taken in Italy.  She had a great panoramic shot of the Colosseum and wanted my advice on how to get rid of a couple of white vans that rather detracted from the photo.  She is quite familiar with photoshop…