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Amstelveen Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Amstelveen, Netherlands
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Meeting with Ms. van Laar
Ms. van Laar traveled to the Netherlands over the February school break and she was nice enough to meet up with me to have breakfast during her short stay in her native country. (For those of you who don't know Ms. van Laar, she is a teacher at the same ...
13,4 kilo
Zo, luitjes..... het rugzakkie ;-) is ingepakt. De afgelopen maanden zou ik extra gaan fitnessen zodat ik een betere conditie zou hebben op de vakantie... ehm... nou dat heb ik niet gedaan :-( Maar met de 13,4 kilo die ik gisteren ingepakt heb ...
De voorbereiding / A preparaçao...
Zo, nog 4,5 week en dan is het zover... wordt toch tijd om te kijken of ik alles heb.... Zou het allemaal gaan passen in mijn rugzak? Volgens mijn broer moet ik gewoon 20 kilo meenmen en ... hij zegt " dat is toch helemaal niet veel?" Maar goed, ...
Visited Gyongyi's English Class
Today we got up and went to Gyongyi's work again. She was very busy so I read a book, drank coffee and visited with some of her colleagues. We left about 11:00 and came home for lunch. Her mother made borsos tokany which is a ...
Bye bye Australia
Hi mates, Zo, het is zover... ik ga Australia weer verlaten... terug naar huis :-(((((( Ik het zo'n ontzettend mooie, gave, leuke, geweldige, gezellige, leuke, fantastische, wondermooie superrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr goede vakantie ...
A Relatively Relaxed Day
... I tried to sleep in a bit as we had such a storm last night. Gyongyi came home around 11:30 and we went to Amstelveen for her to teach her English students. They are all such lovely people and seemed genuinely glad to see me again. We ...
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[ Bikers galore and funky clogs ]
... able to conclude that the Dutch are a very laid-back and amiable group of people. At Klompenmakerij Ratterman in Amstelveen, I purchased a bunch of Dutch souvenirs. They ranged from quaint and quirky to horribly touristy things like little Dutch clog ...
Maureen's visit to NL
More coming soon... Maureen's visit (albert cupystraat market, fish & meatball dinner, pannekoeken with nutella, canal cruise, biking in the bos, van gogh ...
Our Apartment & IKEA!
I have included some photos of our apartment here. The modern decorations are not really the style I would have picked but they are better than the "posters on the wall, mattress on the floor for a bed" - college style I have been used to. The men that ...
My Third French Love: Arras and Picardy
... actual text, to come latter, will be dedicated to Arras in Picardy. It takes just about three hours tough driving from Amstelveen (via Utrecht) to reach Arras without entering either Antwerpen (Anvers), Gent or Lille. Earlier, 5-6 year ago, I could do ...
Day Trip with Driver - Day Nine
After yet another amazing breakfast, we were picked up for our private day tour by Ray from Private Holland Tours. Ray was a wonderful guide who showed us quite a few interesting towns. We started out in Monnickendam and Ray walked with us explaining ...
School and Farm on Tuesday
... about farming and regulations governing farmers with them. Then we visited Merel's pre-school class in Amstelveen. How delightful to see the 30-some 5 year-olds sit down quietly on their chairs and listen to their teacher. We gave ...
Vreeland, Nigtevecht and the garden center
We saw so many wonderful places today that we can hardly remember the names of the towns we visited! Serge and Renate took us out for a spin and we covered quite a bit of territory looking for tractors, windmills and birds. It was a ...
bos
lived in a shed, actually it was smaller than a shed, and was like 20 tram stops from the city ...
Thalys from Paris to Amsterdam - Day Six
We checked out of our hotel and used the hotel shuttle to get to Gare du Nord. We deliberately arrived early in order to purchase snacks for on the train. We had booked first class seats on the Thalys, but wanted to be prepared in case we weren't ...
Small things around Amstelveen
We are getting ready to leave on our cruise. We re-visited the farm in Amstelveen and went back to Vreeland to check out the stores there. We hung out with Serge and his ...
Getting ready for the Olympics
Now, time comes when family secrets need to go into the open. How do you pack for a trip with Olympics in mind, with a number of 1-2-3 stars Guide Michelin dinners, with shopping porcelain and residing from 0-stars to 5-stars establishments. How do you ...
Anne Frank and More - Day Seven
We got up reasonably early and had our complementary breakfast at Banks Mansion. Wonderful included breakfast, with a large range of cold cheeses, meat and breads, as well as an egg chef cooking eggs, pancakes, bacon and sausages etc. to order. ...
Amstelveen and de Hortus Botanical Garden
... container plants in the Western world. That plant, originally from the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, was brought to The Netherlands about 300 years ago. In 1850, the Hortus purchased this cycad from the collection of the deceased King William II. ...
Serge and Renate's
We have had a wonderful time this week with Serge,Renate,Merel and Sterri. We have a lot and just done everyday things which has also.en interesting beseen ...
Europe to Singapore - Days Ten & Eleven
On our final morning we got up early and packed and had breakfast before taking a walk to have another look at the flower market. We would have loved to have purchased some bulbs, but Australia has such strict rules we knew we would never have been ...
Amsterdam Airport
After a relatively short flight (of 6 hours) we found ourselves in the ultra-modern Schipol airport in Amsterdam. We had a lovely coffee, a pastry and hurried off to our gate for the long (11 hour) flight to Capetown. Thanks to a lot of ...
Almost!!!
It is 4:11 AM at the moment and I simply cannot sleep. I finished all my packing but somehow my nerves are keeping me awake. I leave tomorrow and it is going to be a journey to never ...
Amstelveen Friday and Saturday
We left Des Moines early Thursday morning, March 15, 2012, flew to Minneapolis and boarded the jet for Amsterdam. It is a very long flight, compounded by the fact that we added 7 hours to our clocks on the way over. ...
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