Leeuwarden, Netherlands Travel Blogs

A walk and canal trip around Leeuwarden
Jul 7, 2009 (23 photos)

From Alice's diary, "TUESDAY – LEEUWARDEN – 07.07.09 Christien, Cor, Mac and I were very slow to get started after all the excitement of yesterday.  Cor did go and play tennis for an hour but the weather was not to good. Rain and wind a typical ...

With Alice's family and walking the local area
Jun 28, 2009 (15 photos)

Some comments from Alice's diary whilst with her family "MONDAY – LEKKUM – 29.6.09 We are now relaxing.  Pieti and Durk's backyard, beautiful weather, what more do we want.  I was up early as per usual but knew where to find the tea and coffee ...

Leeuwarden
May 24, 2007

... a much needed clean and chilled out in the sun.  Just out of Den Haag there is a miniature version of The Netherlands, 'Madurodam'.  The detail was quite amazing and it means we saw every building that was important... only on a smaller scale!& ...

x
Nov 25, 2008

s

x
Nov 25, 2008

s

Day 3
Aug 23, 2008

... interesting for the first 1/3 of the trip.  But the last 2/3's were really long.  After taking the tour I decided that the Netherlands is the Iowa of Europe.  Which means it was flat, lots of corn, and lots of cows.  After the tour ...

Day 4
Aug 24, 2008

Slept in nothing to do today.  My roommate showed up.  I talked to him for a while and then sat down to write in the travel blog.  That's about it.

Day 5
Aug 25, 2008

Monday I went to Stenden to meet with the other foreign exchange kids and the FReC people.  WE talked a little bit about what we were going to be doing for the week.  Then after that we headed down town and split up in to groups and went off ...

Day 12
Sep 1, 2008

First Day of Class.  Well I honestly had no idea what time I was supposed to be at class.  So I showed up very early an went to one office and then got sent to another one and another one and so on by the time I was in the fifth office I almost ...

Day 1
Aug 21, 2008

Well so I arrived at the Amsterdam Ariport around 8ish in the morning.  It was after long flight.  (So just to let you know when you get a seat in the emergency exit row take the middle or aisle seat.  You get more leg room.  The ...

North COuntry
Oct 20, 2007

An amazing time with great people.  This is where we spent most of our time while in the Netherlands.  The shopping was great.  Rode bikes everywhere.  Went to cafes and smoked the ganj.  Walked across the ocean for three hours.& ...

Day 11
Aug 31, 2008

Didn't do much at all today.  Nothing to do in town on Sundays.  Took a nap. Hung out with some friends.  Going to get ready for first day of class tomorrow.

Day 2
Aug 22, 2008

So I woke up at 9am after a nice long nap that started at 530 pm the day before.  I then headed to Stenden which is usually a 15 - 20 minute walk but I turned It in to a 35 min because I had no idea on how to get there.  I had to ask how to ...

Day 6
Aug 26, 2008

After a very long walk home from the previous night, I slept in.  We met at Stenden and then hoped on a bus and went to a western style bowling alley.  The owner tried to make it look like Texas or some thing of that style.   ...

Day 7
Aug 27, 2008

This was the most boring day of the week.  We met at Stenden in the morning and then just went over things for school.  Toured the school again and so on.  Had some lunch, then back to more stuff in the school.  After we were done ...

Stephen R. Covey changes our plans
Oct 2, 2007 (1 photos)

This is turning out to be a long travel day.  Finally we reach our destination, a small city in northern Netherlands called Leeuwarden where Gary's friends live.  We enter the city around 8:00 PM and head to one of Gary's familiar sights, then we ...

Day 13
Sep 2, 2008

Fun canceled do to rain.  Thats about it.  I had no class today.  I woke up at 9 to head to the bookstore at school to get books and it was raining.  Woke back up at noon. and raining.  Got out of bed and made lunch.  Done ...

Day 8
Aug 28, 2008

... at the bus station at 2 pm.  From there we went to a kayak rental place and we kayaked through the canal system in Leeuwarden.  After a nice afternoon of paddling we headed back down town.  A few of us went out for some dinner, we went to ...

Day 9
Aug 29, 2008

Recovery day.   Went Grocery shopping that's about it.

Day 10
Aug 30, 2008

Went around town.  Didn't do much watched a movie with some friends.  Had a good time. Went to the pubs.

In Leuwarden to teach the Silverlight Tour
Aug 22, 2008 (6 photos)

Spent the last week here in Leuwarden, The Netherlands and its been lovely. Its a small city with quaint streets and nice people. A big difference from the hustle and bustle of Amsterdam. English was not as easy to get and I feel like I am intruding a ...