Netherlands Travel Blogs - Page 6

As I was realizng that I did not write for so many blogs and I'm too lazie to study at the moment, I'm going to write about the adventur in 'dusseldorf' that took place about 2 months ago. I hav to say that I forget so much, but I will try to recover with is left in my blond brain. I think it was …

As Brett decided he needed a lot of people around him to help celebrate his birthday I thought I'd oblige and join him in Eindhoven for the festivities along with many others...

Three lousy hours of sleep was all I got, frequently disturbed by Biedjee’s visits to the toilet. Since my head was positioned at the doorstep of his room my dreams were haunted by gigants trying to trample me like some helpless insect. Fortunately the gigant could contain himself long enoug…

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-…

Now I was counting how many meetups I have had. I am just a member since February 9th this year (2008). Lets see.. 1)      Mini meet-up Amsterdam, Wendy 2)      Mini J meet-up in Dusseldorf, Lauro 3)      Meet-u…

This is the city I live in, Den Bosch. Officialy it is called 's-Hertogenbosch. We say and often write Den Bosch, but unlike 's-Gravenhage which also can be called The Hague of Den Haag, 's-Hertogenbosch may officially not been spelled as Den Bosch. Why 's-Hertogenbosch? The name comes from the Her…

I woke up and faced that I just had 10 euros in my pocket! hahaha.... I had to leave that day to Paris, and I was wondering how I was going to deal through the rest of my trip with just 10 euros!!..... I just had one card and the bank took a week to send me a new one, so I needed to take some a…

I'm normally not the first one to admit these things, but I think I might actually have been stretching myself a bit too much lately. Not only had a situation of undermanning meant some additional work, but the sheer number of projects I was working on at my day job was also slightly overwhelming. …

To explain why I've been wining about the cold so much, a little info first. You, the reader should know The Netherlands is a coastal country with a mild sea climate. This means that we don't have extreme teperature differences throughout the seasons, unlike a continental climate would. It has been…

And Also few more places...

Meeting friends in late sunny September and enjoying the canalride, walking through and having dinner in Delft :-)

Jacob van den Ban was born in Nieuw Helvoirt at 28 december 1860. He was married to Anna Kater born in Appingedam 29 August 1859. Jacob van den Ban studied Architecture in Delft he was lectured by E.H. Gugel.  He combined Jugendstill with Renaissance and i have seen neo classistic b…

Meatloaf sang: I don't think that I can really surviveI'll never break my promise or forget my vowBut God only knows what I can do right now But I did. I lent my Coolpix to my daughter and took the Sony out on an evening stroll. We walked out our street, crossed the 'big' street.went along the f…

Only four more weeks before I start my adventure in Oz. By this time, in four weeks, I'm flying somewhere above Asia I guess... One week at home, two more weeks working my ass of in  Belgium and then one more week at home. Time is flying. I'm getting really excited, but on the other hand sca…

This morning i opened the curtains and looked out of my window. RAIN, too bad, but it was pronounced to rain the whole day. And i organised a walk during the whole day!!!! At 10.12 the train should arrive with Wally and Keiko. But i received a call from Wally, he had to leave the train because the …