Travel Blogs from Netherlands
City of Canals
This is a top pick! ... trait known as "gezellig"). They are also considered to be very progressive as far as social issues are concerned. The Netherlands was the first country in the world to recognize homosexual marriage and have a very liberal education system. They have ...
Rotterdam, still...
This is a top pick! This might be a new city, but bloody oath they've gone overboard with the strange buildings. This is just a public square but it's certainly a striking piece of art they have to one side. They look like gigantic desk lamps. Went for a jog (of ...
The Hague
This is a top pick! I had to head off to The Hague today to try to find the Ukrainian embassy. Just in case I want to jump across the border from Slovakia I thought it might be handy to have a visa. I got off at the wrong train station according to the directions given ...
Return to Utrecht
This is a top pick! ... Barbara told us that bad children go back to Spain with Sinta. Christmas has becoming increasing important to people in the Netherlands, but they do not exchange gifts. Rather, the day is spent visiting with family and friends. Perhaps we could learn ...
Back in Rotterdam
This is a top pick! Back from The Hague just in time for the written part of the Esperanto exam... Who'd have thought I'd be in Rotterdam doing an exam. A spur of the moment thing. Not sure how smoothly it will go considering you're also supposed to know something ...
Zamenhof
This is a top pick! I decided that these photos deserve their own entry; the reason being that the fellow in the photo is none other than Zaleski-Zamenhof, the grandson of the founder of Esperanto. He seems to like the t-shirt. I forgot to ask him whether he ...
Last Full Day In Rotterdam
This is a top pick! ... Papiamento names and I was able to buy a Surinaam t-shirt, I'd have to presume that the black population comes from the Netherlands Antilles and Surinaam. The food was great despite having to eat standing up at the stall. It was pork with potatoes and ...
Layover in Europe
This is a top pick! Greetings from Europe! One of the best parts about the trip has been the time warp. The last international news I had heard was an oil tanker sinking off the coast of Spain. Since then, the world's stood still! My sister and her PC ...
Winter wonderland
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A rainy day in Madurodam
This is a top pick! The best thing about the NH hotel is endless Sunday. Checkout is not till 17:00 and the breakfast buffet is open till noon. We all slept in, even Quentin did not wake up before 09:00. We took it real slow, and just made the breakfast. After checking out ...
To Brabant
This is a top pick! Quentin woke me up early (as usual) and we decided to let Linda sleep a bit. We went out together to walk to the shopping mall to get some breakfast. It was a beautiful morning, the sun was shining and the skies were blue. Quentin took his wave-board ...
Arrived in Holland
This is a top pick! We arrived in Amsterdam a bit later than planned. But travels went smooth. A quick visit to the Noodle Bar before we picked our luggage up from the belt. We had to wait a bit for our Rental to be ready, but it was worth the wait. We got ourselves a nice ...
Barcelona, Happy anniversary
This is a top pick! Today we are married for one full month, and are traveling around for 75 days. We are both still alive, better still, we still love each other and have a lot of fun together. Today is our last day of travels through Spain. But I have a feeling we will be ...
Rotterdam (Excursion Day)
This is a top pick! Traditionally the Wednesday of the UK is set aside for excursions so the congress itself is closed. The Germans have been on enough excursions to know how bad they are so we decided to create our own. We started off walking towards the Erasmus ...
keep you posted?
This is a top pick! Ah, Amsterdam. Like an old love, whose body you know well, I know Amsterdam. All the nooks and the crannies - the exciting and the mellow spots, all so familiar to me. Over thirty years I have lived here, on and off. Our children born in the house ...
A long day in a packed theme park
This is a top pick! Efteling, a theme park in the south of Holland. The ideas of Anton Pieck converted into roller coasters a fairytale forest and some other rides. The place is not too big, about the same size as Disney Paris I guess. But the quality of the park is ...
Oops - still one left :)
This is a top pick! Well, that was all a good six weeks ago - I am now back in Amsterdam, where life goes on, no, rushes on, Amsterdam time :), and I am already dreaming of my next visit. My last two days in East London were rather tumultuous. The weather seemed to echo my ...
Travels continue
This is a top pick! Today our travel continues, as our stay in Holland is kind of a break to catch our breath and recharge. Our destination for tomorrow is Cannes where we will meet up with friends. But our train leaves very very early, so we stay at the airport / station ...
Arrival in Rotterdam
This is a top pick! I got so engrossed listening to some overbearing New Yorker mother (woman in the foreground of the pic) terrorise her husband and son 'don't do that', 'no we're not taking the train... I'm not going to shlep the luggage for ten minutes'... that I didn't ...
Family seeking, Noord Holland
This is a top pick! This was a seeking family day. Our Family is too numberous to mention, but they know who they are, and we thank them for the 14 cups of coffee and 14 pieces of cake. Des and I had the luxury of sleeping in doors again in the 'Stippen kamer' which my ...
Brad and Kelly visit!
This is a top pick! Hi everybody, At the beginning of December our friends Brad and Kelly visited us from San Francisco, California, USA. We had a great time showing them around Amsterdam. We also took a side trip to Ghent and Brussels, Belgium. Here is their account of ...
Happy Birthday to Me!
This is a top pick! Hi everybody, My birthday was Friday, so I thought I'd share some Dutch traditions surrounding birthdays. It is expected that on your birthday you will bring a birthday tart (verjaardagtaart) or another treat to work to share with your co-workers. ...
Rosie's excellent adventure
This is a top pick! Hi everybody! We recently came into possession of a hand puppet named Rosie. Rosie was made by Kendal, a Girl Scout in Butler, Ohio, USA. Rosie is traveling the world, visiting different people. Melanie received Rosie from Kendal's Aunt Rachel. Since ...
Moving Day!
This is a top pick! After many months of preparations all of our things were moved out of the house and into storage today. We had packed about 70% of it over the past few weeks and on Monday a team of 2 people came to continue the packing and then came back on ...
Culture Shock
This is a top pick! For those of you who diligently follow the travel pods, you know that Melanie's mom was due to arrive here last week. Well, she made it after a long journey! We have the text of that tpod written and just need to work on pictures, but in the meantime ...
Let's go fly a kite!
This is a top pick! Hi everybody! Yesterday we went to a kite festival at the beach town of Scheveningen. It's just a few miles from The Hague, so we took the train to The Hague and then rode our bikes to the beach. Some of the kites were HUGE and many were ...
Two weeks later...
This is a top pick! Hi again, So, you're probably wondering about all the fun times we've been having during the past two weeks while Melanie's not working. Well, let's just say it's been far more stressful than expected. Melanie has been busy updating her resume, going ...