Netherlands Travel Blogs - Page 15

Time’s ticking away very fast, especially when you’re having a great time. It was my last day in Holland and I was really sad about it. We got up kinda early and I went to the supermarket to buy some croissants for the long bus ride, chocolate for my friends and a new light bulb for Mar…

Just some of what I did in Amsterdam.

My head's pounding. My body aches. My liver hates me. But my heart is full of love. The TravBuddy new years meet up in Amsterdam.

It was Christmas day, our hips buckled on our seats, the 777 was airborne and cruising at 37,000 feet over at the Atlantic when I kissed and greeted my wife "Merry Christmas!". No fancy red wine, but only bottled water were in our hands. It was different, yet…

so,finally i find time to tell few things about this lovely and beautiful town of Leiden.As i mentiones in the introduction of my blog,Leiden was going to be for me the place that i was going to have my first TB meeting,and was really the right choose,that for sure!Everything was almostly perfect f…

  Besides travelling I have another great hobby which is a little less expensive, so that's always nice. It's oilpainting, but in the past I did also drawing portrets with pastels,pencils etc. I began to paint when the famous tv painter "Bob Ross" was showed on tv in the Netherlands for…

This was my second meet up. Queensday in Amsterdam

WOW!! We had so much fun staying at the Clara Maria! http://www.claramaria.nl/?lang=en  It's a charming cheese farm and clog factory southwest of Amsterdam that was just the perfect place for our family to stay and enjoy the delights of Holland. On this trip, it was my mom, dad, my husband, me…

A quick word on the meet up and a score of photo's: Ape was in the house!

Zeeland is easily accessible by road. From Noord-Brabant, the A 58 provides a fast route to Goes, Middelburg and Vlissingen. Since the completion of the Westerschelde Tunnel in 2003, Zeeuws-Vlaanderen can be reached from Zuid-Beveland day and night. The route over the Zeeland Bridge or the Oosters…

Abraham & Sarah tradition when somebody turns 50. When somebody turns 50 there is a saying that they have seen Abraham or Sarah. If it’s a man who turns 50 they say he has seen Abraham and when it’s a woman they say she has seen Sarah. To celebrate the 50th birthday of a person we decorate …

My friend Annette loves The Netherlands as I do and we both love the north sea so no wonder we spend a week in Zeeland but also in the west coast area. Since I'm a "bird of passage" I'm not able to stay longer than 3 days at one place.Our first destination was Zierikzee which is a beautiful town. I…

Some pics of Wendy and Rowena's active Friesland meetup.

The Kremer Collection is a fabulous collection of about 50 masterpieces of art (mostly paintings) dated in the 17th century. My personal favourites are "Jong dienstmeisje " ("A young maidservant") painted by Michael Sweerts and "Tronie van een oude man met tulband" ("Bust of an old man w…