Netherlands Travel Blogs - Page 10

In the beginning there was.... Well nobody exactly knows how Kampen arose on the left shore of the river the IJssel. Archeologic research proved that the origin of the settlement is to be seeked towards the end of the eleventh century. In the twelfth century, trade attracted population and the sett…

I have captured some photos during the meetup and do some editing on some of the photos. I hope u guys enjoy viewing the photos. I'm really glad I'm able to make it for this meetup, is really wonderful! Is really amazing how TravBuddy bring people from different parts of the world come together and…

After months of anticipation the day had finally come when I would go to my first TravBuddy Meet-Up. Organised by Wendy and Rowena a whole weekend of activities had been planned to coincide with the Sneekweek in Friesland, a province in the north of The Netherlands where they both live. Unfortunate…

First thing in the morning when I woke up, check the messages in TB, and saw a message left by Wally.He said he will be meeting Brett and Erin at 2pm in Eindhoven, and asked if I wish to join.Gosh... now the time is close to 12noon and in about 2 hours will be the meeting time and I still need 2 ho…

This trip to the Vakantiebeurs with fellow Travbuddy's was very different than the ones I have been to before. We walked around in small groups which seemed to change all the time, and sometimes even alone. Some people were there from the start of the fair, others joined in the afternoon or late ev…

I have a wonderful mental picture of Amsterdam I will never forget & a few Fuji Film S8000 fd pictures- 2 day total, a ridiculously low 48.  Two days in Amsterdam spent with zero thoughts of how this or that would fit into a blog, how to caption a picture as to location.  I have spent…

Photo's I took on a nice sunny day.  Arnhem is the capital of Gelderland, the biggest province in the Netherlands. It's a city with 144.101 inhabitants with a village character (30 june 2008, the additional 1 is me!!) Last year Arnhem was given the award "The Best Inner Town" for the period …

Devika thanks for organising this wonderful weekend meetup;)

Well, this is definitely a first for me… waking up in the same room as an American, a Fin and in the same bed as a Greek man! “Yelp!”  I think I’d better get me showered and down to breakfast quick!  I don’t think there are any questionable stories behind these circumstances?&nb…

Monday morning, wake up.... oh my, I felt cold that night, I was glad I gave the kids extra blankets in that tent, and yes, like me they had needed it. But they were eager to start the day, so I sent them off to the supermarket to get fresh baked croissants and kaiserbrötchen, while I made hot tea…

A few weeks a go keiko had an idea, she wanted to organise a small meet up. Anna and i where helping her organise it and after a bit of discussing whitch date and what we would do, we came up with the idea to do something with valentine's day. We chose the high tea because it wo…

Another review of a TB meet-up…   There are people who suspect a cynic in me. I’ve even been called a pessimist by people in desperate search of the meaning of life, or at least of theirs. I do have a somewhat critical outlook on life so I prefer to call myself a well camouflaged optimi…

Well I wasn’t going to write a blog for this (mainly because I can’t remember half the stuff that happened!), but seeing as though most people have made an effort (some as soon as the meet-up was over i.e. Lauro and Hanie!), I thought it only fair if I documented my side of the story…:S &nbs…

This week a friend asked me if I wanted to join him to go order his new kitchen at the Ikea. I always like to go to the Ikea. We wanted to go as early as possible, because it is weekend and everybody in the Netherlands go to the Ikea at a saturday. So we arrived at 10:00 in the morning. We went to …

My first full-day in Amsterdam after returning from my short trip to Madrid. I slept in and did not leave the house until near our meet-up time. A mini-meetup of:I.) A Filipino-speaking, English language-hating, German-language teaching Pole,II.) A Filipino-Australian architect based in Las Vegas, …