Netherlands Travel Blogs - Page 8

Den Haag was  created as a residence for the count. They have a statue from Jantje People say, it is the son of the count. (but it is probably just because Jan is a common dutch name.) This is the song about Jantje.          In The Hague there lives an…

Every year tens of thousands visitors come to the harbour festival in the third weekend of September. In that weekend there are a lot activities to do in Alblasserdam. Since 1991, the havenfestival is on the calendar. In 1991 it was still a one-day festival. The Havenfestival now has grown into a&n…

We decided we would drive out on Friday so we didn’t have to get up so early on Saturday.  Wendi Carter (Austxlady) had arranged to ride out with us.  Wendi and I met where we keep out car stored and drove to Volendam to pick-up Rob (RobBPinAmsterdam).  Rob had to finish up some wo…

Just recently I bought a digital camera. I'm not an early adoptee you see. My first camera was a very simple one, then I moved on to aps and now, finally to digital. I have to confess; I should have done this years ago! Although I'm just a hobby photographer I only now realise the true potential…

Oh I am the happiest girl on earth!!! We booked our last tickets from Brisbane to Cairns.. We will leave on October 4th.. Ve booked our campervan from Melbourne to Brisbane @ a Dutch company here in Holland (www.aussierental.nl) AND today (May 26th) we booked our Dive course @ The Great Barrier Re…

1985 I was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka and adopted by a family from the Netherlands when I was 2 weeks old. My parents Harrie and Ine travelled to Sri Lanka to meet my mother and to take me back home to NL. Since then I have lived here in the south of the Netherlands. I also have a brother who is a…

For those who are traveling to The Netherlands in the Autumn, here you'll find photos of what to expect. For your convenience, photos are all dated on the same day. (easier to watch). Of course, these photos are taken on different days and places.

Once in the two years, Zeewolde changes it's name to Sailwolde.A three day watersports event with boats, music, markets and demonstrations of the Army, fishermans,police ect. This year we had great weather, so the harbor was full of old boats, new boats, big and small and lots of people in the…

I think it would be the best to start from my last memory of the meetup in Amsterdam. I find it that Hanif Kureishi says it best in Intimacy when he opens with It is the saddest night, for I am leaving and not coming back. That thought went through my mind while I was going back to the Steyokey hos…

Blog about the Friesland Meetup, August 2008

December 31, 2008, 9 am  -  I woke up ready for the last day of the passing year. It is always that exciting.  High time to finish in one day everything you haven’t done this year and evaluate results. And also a bit sad. Like saying good bye to someone who was with you for a long …

When i woke this morning, i felt a bit better, but still a bit cold. Thinking: If i can't go, Alex could take over the Idols meetup and you guys have fun tonight. But i pushed myself to go! Ate some bread and packed my stuffs, coz i was meeting Alex in the train to Amsterdam!!! When we arrived…

True friendship is forever,it’s in your heart.You built on it togetherfrom the very first startand when it’s quiet on the other side,this friendship hasn’t gone away.Or when one of the two wants to hide,even then true friendship will always stay.True friendship grows like a tower without a cl…

The night was very short and I did not sleep very long. At 9:30 we got up and took showers and 10:15 we had breakfast. Then guido got a call from Anna-isabel. We should arrange two cars to pick up the girls who had slept at Anna’s place. Guido and I took our cars and picked them up. I was just th…

With my sugar-kLumpel we left our christian hostel in the middle of the sin-district after breakfast and headed off for see the canal-town;)We went first to see this "I AM STERDAM" sign. Then we were freezing and freezing trying to reach by metro the port... but after we got there it was too far to…