Netherlands Travel Blogs - Page 11

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…

Here are some pictures of my home and my garden. With sun, snow and rain. the wetter is never the same here in the Nethelands!

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'…

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 …

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 have now been working more than 3 years in the lovely city of Brussels and I have the last 18 months had the fortune of living here full time. One of the first things I have become to understand is why expats don't want to leave again. When I arrived I had a goal of walking the streets of Brussels and driving the roads of Belgium. One of my goals here is to visit all large cities in Belgium and afterwards know a lot about Belgium.

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…

After waking up at 06.30 and not being able to get back to sleep (too hot?) I ended up getting dressed and going downstairs for some fresh air. My roommates Sonja, Anouk and Mariska were still fast asleep. I spent some time reading downstairs and eventually went back up to have a shower and change.…

Sinterklaas!  The Feast of Sinterklaas, or St. Nicholas, is an annual event which has been uniquely Dutch and Flemish for centuries. St. Nicholas' Feast Day, December 6th, is observed in most Roman Catholic countries primarily as a feast for small children. But it is only in the Low Countries…

English version can be found below Een paar weken geleden las ik dat Patricia (PMS70) maatjes zocht om na een presentatie wat mee te gaan drinken en daarna eten in Apeldoorn. Nou, dat leek mij wel wat maar om nou zo'n eind te reizen voor "alleen maar" borrelen en eten dat zag ik niet zo zitten dus…

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…

On Monday morning I was up in good time, as I needed to pack, and I also wanted to stoke up at the Hotel's breakfast buffet, as it was going to be a long day, with my flight not leaving Schipohl until ten in the evening. After checking out I carried my bags up to the train station, where there were…

Hostel Utrecht is a new youthhostel in the center of Utrecht, near the canals, the cathedral and the city theater, in an old, just renovated building from 1870.http://www.hostelutrecht.nl/ Prices from € 18,50* (dormitory) * Free breakfast (open buffet) 24 hrs/day* Free lunchbag* Free dinner (…

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!)