Europe Travel Blogs - Page 7

After a hectic day at work on the Bank Holiday I was eventually able to set off for my Innkeepers Lodge where I am staying overnight before catching my flight from Stansted airport tomorrow. It seemed as if everybody who lives within a ten mile radius of the pub realised I was hoping for a qu…

After getting our stuff out of the room Mandy and I were ready to go back home. Downstairs we ran into Ante and Jeff wich was great so we could say goodbye properly then. They still had another day in Amsterdam left so that was nice! On the way back home people were actually staring at me since I …

Third and final part (for me) was the dinner at "Zollhof Trattoria" which is located in the media harbour. To make a long story short: we had a great dinner which resulted in an 2,000 Euro invoice! :-D After the dinner (0:30 am) some of the others went to a nearby club. Unfortunately I had to call …

It's 6am and I've been up for about an hour and a half whiling away my last few moments in Rome. The distinct smell of baby spit is permeating something.. I can't figure out if it's my hair or my sweater. Spending 2 days away from sometimes screaming, sometimes smiling and always charming Asia real…

Well, I arrived in Paris around 8am and my train to Metz leaves at 12noon so I decided to spend a leisurely breakfast in an anonymous Cafe by the Seine, over-looking the Ile de France and Notre Dame no less! I'm pretty sure the little eatery is the Cafe du Pont Nerf (not 100% certain though). Firs…

It was around 5 pm that we finally made it to Tim's house in Groningen, almost two hours later than anticipated due to the awful traffic around Kiel and Hamburg. I went straight on, pushing the last 200 km stretch eager to get home. As I said before, in hindsight taking the car probably wasn'…

It was -1c or 30f when I let the cat out this morning. The sky was almost clear, and you could see the sun breaking thru the lower clouds in the distance. My car was all icey, and the the ground was partially covered in frost. For some reason the frost was sort of in sections on the ground. But m…

Finally Sylvie suggested to have a meetup in her beautifull city Antwerp. For me this came as a surprise! I remember her words quite clearly after the Amsterdam meetup, 'I will never going to organise such a meetup at my place'. After different attempts to convince her otherwise I gave up. She didn…

Just before New Year last year Bill wrote to me that he was coming to Brussels and asked if we could go for a beer one day, probably shortly after New Year. I was naturally okay with the idea and just waited for the call when he arrived. When he called he was together with Eric another TB. We agre…

Almost time to start the trip. Can hardly believe these days have past so fast, they flew like a jet plane. Within 48 hours we be on our way to Prague ! Today I did get the groceries for hubby, so he can make his meals easy, without the thinking on planning the meals, and go to the supermarket. It…

I somewhat reluctantly checked out my hotel in Nice this morning. It always seems that by the time I figure out how things (trams, metros, buses, etc) work its time to leave. Oh well, guess I'll be ready for the next time I visit. When its warmer of course.  Anyway, I found my way to the Kiss-…

i just got home, tired and now i plonked my ass in front of the computer - it was great - no - ASTOUNDING to meet you all. i never ever expected a warm hospitality from our dutch friends - eventhough eef was about to choke me since i ordered becks beer in a dutch pub. hahahah hahahahmost of the guy…

A few weeks ago Rob told us about the vondelpark meet up organized for Sue. They call it pot luck!! Never ever heard of it. We used to call it an American party. But it seems to be the same. What can we bring to have something different. Mandy made a choice, empanadas and a pasta salad. Than J…

Today is my last day in Paris and as planned I'm visiting the Louvre.  It's a HUGE museum so I decided to start early.   I've passed by it the week before so I've pretty much already admired the pyramid and the Jardin des Tuileries.  I have a strategy.  First, I de-stressed…

At least.. the spring has come and the winter is gone!!! (as for winter, it could be cancelled for me).I got a message from Beata - my katrabaho (LOL, =my workmate), who wanted to go biking, cuz the weather was 'splendide'! But since she lives 20km from my town we had to make an appointment somwher…