Travel Blogs from Arnhem, Netherlands
Week 7
... we sat around and read (i had to prepare for an exam for monday), went to Marburg, then Frankfurt to catch my train back to Arnhem. I simply read the entire train ride back, I didn't meet anyone intersting on this trip. Iarrived back in Arnhem at 10:30 pm ...
Taking the tram to Rotterdam
... to go and see, and none will disappoint! On Monday after first taking Ben to the rail station in Amersfoort, we went on to Arnhem and spend the rest of the day wandering through the Open Air Museum. It was a very interesting place, they had some ...
Week 4
Week 4 Week four brought along with it my second week of classes. I am taking six courses and with those courses come a different group to work with. These courses also bring a lot of homework. It has led to quite a bit of time spent ...
Christmas in Holland
Here are some pictures from my Christmas time in Holland. Included are... Christmas Gala Christmas Market (Germany) Frosted Wonderland Enjoy!!! I will be back really soon! Merry ...
Who Drives From Munich To Amsterdam?
... do not wish to break up his collection, but cannot refuse the offer, so decide upon one to take with me. A small piece of Netherlands to carry carefully, I sit it on the table beside my bed, back upstairs with the DVD collection, the beanbag and guitar in ...
Winterzon here we come!
Nu in Nederland de NS weer begint door te glijden over de bladeren en de winterbandenwisselweken zijn aangebroken, zit ik af te tellen om heerlijk naar Aruba te gaan met Suus en de kleine man! Lekker op bezoek bij Bart, Jarre en Matthijs en daar heerlijk ...
A day out in Arnhem
After a really solid night out on the town on Thursday with Jonathan in Arnhem, I was feeling weak and weary this morning (Friday). Woke up, had breakfast and off I went in the car with Joke to see some things. Our first stop was the Openluchtmuseum (open ...
Family Findings
... day with Oma's sister’s daughter (niece for all you playing at home) Eline and here husband Marien. They live in Arnhem, which I am told is the place of forests and the slight incline considered mountainous terrain by Dutch standards. The walk to ...
Week 6
... , but the weather was quite horrid and they wanted to leave very early in the morning. Instead of going to that town, I gave Jen a tour of Arnhem. It was her first time seeing the city, so that made it a lot of fun! It was very rainy and wet, but we made ...
Week 5
Week 5: If I had written this yesterday before bed, I would have very little to write. My week was about the same as last week. School was extremely stressful and the internet was done, so homework was quite the task at times. I lived at school ...
To the woods of Arnhem
... sometimes, a 50 kmh downhill on my trike, a construction road climb, a quick refill, we finally reached the woods of Arnhem. We saw an abandoned appartment building but quickly forgot the idea of squatting there, due to the certain presence of criminals ...
I got a bit behind!
... last week. He is friends with some of my friends back home. I also met the guy who is from stout and coming to Arnhem next semester randomly because he found my friend Heather on myspace. One of my friends here from Germany studied in WI in high school ...
Wrapping up an Amazing Tour!
... a bus tour of the town of Arnhem, site of the famous WWII campaign codenamed Operation Market Garden. Students visited the Arnhem Bridge, the bridge featured in the film A Bridge Too Far, and had our tour guide Chris explain about why this battle ...
Week 2
... this morning and went to school right away. My friends and I walked there together. We had our orientation for ABS (Arnhem Business School) all day. First we met the international office staff, and then the international student event committee, then we ...
Week 1
... breakfast and we sat and ate it while I waited for Twan (Petra's ex husband.) He came to pick me up at 8 am and we drove to Arnhem together. It was an hour drive and he is not a good driver. I was a bit scared actually. We got to town fine, but then got ...
Openluchtmuseum, Arnhem
... picked mum up and headed out of the rain towards Arnhem. The Openluchtmuseum is a collection of old buildings from all over the Netherlands. They show life at different times from 300 years ago to the present and they range from the wealthy farmer to the ...
Return to Holland
Well despite all the controversy with organising flights ive finally arrived back in the Netherlands. This time to explore more of the country and get to know my Dutch background and relatives. I touched town at Schiapol airport near Amsterdam around ...
Open Air Museum in Arnhem
... bikes to get there along the designated, traffic-free bike paths. These bike paths, devoid of all traffic, are all over Belgium and Netherlands and it is no wonder that nearly everyone owns and rides a bicycle here. As soon as we entered the museum, we ...
Voorlaatste berichtje
Hey Wat gaat de tijd toch snel! Ondertussen ben ik al in Arnhem, en zo is deze fantastische fietstocht bijna ten einde gekomen. Aangezien de route sinds Gotenborg in Zweden toch door iets minder schilderachtig landschap ging (alhoewel Denemarken nog wel ...
Final preparation and saying goodbye
Dear family, friends, aquiantances, strangers and fellow travelers You are most welcome to read my new travelblog; "chasing the sun" First of all, the name of my blog. I was brainstorming with my good friend Chad about a name for it, when I came up ...
Het begin
Beste vriendjes, mamma's, pappa's, oma's, opa's en overige familie. het is vandaag 1 juni. We zijn de hele dag al druk bezig met alle (!) voorbereidingen. De spullen zijn gepakt, alles staat klaar. Morgen gaan we nog effe feesten op de bruiloft van ...
My Statue Friends
Pictured are some of the statues I met, became friends and had a great time with at the World Statues 2007. These photos have been found from various sites on the internet. After the festival we at together and went out into the nightlife of Rotterdam, ...
Stillman Theater: World Statues, Holland
Stillman Theater was invited to be a part of the World Statues Championship in Arnhem, Holland. I flew from Vienna early on the morning of the event as I had a gig the day before, and arrived tired but recovering in time for for my shows. They put the ...
A Bridge Too Far
If you have ever seen the movie 'A Bridge Too Far', you know the significance of Arnhem, Holland. This is where the Allies attempted to get into Germany (after France) through a narrow corridor; they had several bridges to seize first. They were very ...
#3
Three more nights of sleep, then I will finally start the biggest adventure of my life so far: my exchange in Canada. I will arrive in Vancouver on the 13th of August and I will travel through West-Canada with the Moose Travel Network as from the 15th. ...
Bijna zover!
He hallo en welkom op mijn travelblog! Na een jaar lang voorbereiding is het aanstaande vrijdag zover: mijn backpacktrip van september 2011 tot en met februari 2012 door een groot deel van Azië gaat beginnen! Op deze travelblog kun je mij gedurende de ...
Verrassingscomplot!
Hallo! Ik laat maar weer eens van mij horen al hebben sommige mensen het al gezien/gehoord. Ik ben momenteel niet in Cambodja zoals mijn laatste verhaal beschrijft. Het verhaal zit namelijk zo: Doordat de reeds afgereisde trip boven ...
