Netherlands Travel Blogs

... 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 ...

A travel blog entry from Amsterdam by kimandmartin
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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 friends were ...

A travel blog entry from Amsterdam by eric
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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 course ...

A travel blog entry from Rotterdam by budz888
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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 ...

A travel blog entry from The Hague by budz888
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry from Amsterdam by kimandmartin
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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 ...

A travel blog entry from Rotterdam by budz888
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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 wanted ...

A travel blog entry from Rotterdam by budz888
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry from Rotterdam by budz888
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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 travel blog entry from Amsterdam by katherine-anne
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Meeting Lisa Gig in evening

A travel blog entry from Amsterdam by jawad
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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 ...

A travel blog entry from Amsterdam by chronometers
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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. ...

A travel blog entry from Amsterdam by chronometers
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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 ...

A travel blog entry from Amsterdam by chronometers
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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 we ...

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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 multi ...

A travel blog entry from Scheveningen by chronometers
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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 ...

A travel blog entry from Amsterdam by chronometers
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... to commemorate the Second World War and celebrate the country's liberation from five years of occupation. Unlike most countries, the Netherlands sets aside two days to mark these events. The first is Rememberance Day, a day of solemn commemoration for ...

A travel blog entry from Amsterdam by chronometers
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Our friend, Dave Rheingold, came to visit from NYC. Here are his impressions of Amsterdam: Amsterdam was a very pleasant trip with lots of surprises. Mel and Chris were gracious enough to put me up for a week, albeit fighting for sleeping space in ...

A travel blog entry from Amsterdam by chronometers
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... lesson, got some things done around the house, and took a day trip to Friesland. Friesland is the northeastern part of the Netherlands. We drove up to it hoping to take a ferry to the Wadden Islands -- very remote islands with big sandy beaches. ...

A travel blog entry from Friesland by chronometers
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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 ...

A travel blog entry from Rotterdam by budz888
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A travel blog entry from Amsterdam by elsewhere
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Hi everybody! Each year in August the Gay Pride Parade takes place in Amsterdam on one of the principle canals, the Prinsengracht. We take out little boat out with our landlord, Rob, and some of his friends and tie up along the side with canal to ...

A travel blog entry from Amsterdam by chronometers
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... brewery under a windmill periodically. We are looking forward to the Olympics, planning a few day trips by train within the Netherlands, going to London for several days at the end of the month, and, of course, looking forward to the annual Belgian Beer ...

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Winter has finally arrived in the Netherlands. It snowed continuously in Amsterdam for over 24 hours and parts of the country more snow then had been seen in 25 years! It was a warm, sticky snow so lots of snowmen and beautiful trees coated in snow! The ...

A travel blog entry from Amsterdam by chronometers
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After almost a week in our new apartment, it is still a mess! I think we're finally realizing just how much stuff we have! On April 23 Chris has to go back to the U.S. to finish working through the end of the month. So, our goal of this week has been ...

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On April 30, the Dutch celebrate Queen's Day. It is the birthday of the Queen's mother and is the only day of the year when people can sell things to each other without a permit and without paying taxes. Thus, it is probably the world's largest garage ...

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Hi everybody! This is one of those travel-pods where the pictures really do tell the story. The Dutch do not celebrate Halloween and we had not yet had a housewarming party, so we decided to throw a Halloween party. It was a huge success! We ...

A travel blog entry from Amsterdam by chronometers
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A travel blog entry from Amsterdam by chronometers
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... see the Cathedral. While there we took a walk along the Rhine as well. November 11 was St. Martin's night in the Netherlands. For this night the children make paper lanterns in which they put candles. They then light the candles and walk from ...

A travel blog entry from Heidelberg, Germany and Amsterdam by chronometers
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Hi everybody! For the months of April, May and June we had an abundance of visitors! This was great fun, but when they all left and we had are first weekend along in 8 weeks we decided to do something fun for the two of us. We were going to go to ...

A travel blog entry from Den Haag by chronometers
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