Middelburg
Travel Blogs from Middelburg, Netherlands
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Den Haag to the Delta
So, Den Haag (The Hague) to Middelburg has been a fairly interesting journey, although the wind is totally relentless the coast here is actually really scenic and great for riding. As a consequence I have chosen to continue South instead of heading ...
Sing It Like You Mean It
... detailing of the corners showing that while they are one people, each person still has their own personality and thoughts. What is Netherlands without a windmill or two? Middleburg has one towards the south west of the city – or bottom left of the ...
Kaffee 't Hof in Zeeland with Mark Ritsema
... , the Stooges, the MC5, Mitch Ryder doing "Gimme Shelter," one of the finest musical sets I've ever heard in a bar in the Netherlands. We stuck to the new CD of criss cross for our first set like you're supposed to, then stretched out a little bit on ...
How To Push Back The Sea
... list for some time to see, so they had hoped to make a full day of it. Trains had failed them, arriving later to Middelburg than expected. Then the bus driver had misdirected them to a different set of dykes, thinking that is where they wanted to go. ...
Meetings in Middelburg
... just like Helvetica is the Beatles of typefaces. I think this says a lot about the mindset of Graphic design in Netherlands. There as a duality present where people simply know what works and at the same time continue to strive forward, pushing ...
The Last of The Netherlands
... is actually under sea level: They have more hydro engineers than anywhere in the world. Today was Queens day in the Netherlands. it's their national holiday. Everyone wears orange and sell their things in the streets. We found some time today ...
U.S. vs. John Lennon in Middelburg
(Middelburg, Saturday, May 19, 2007)-Middelburg is a little town in the south of the Netherlands, near the Zuider Zee, where Mark Ritsema's sister Maaike directs the local film society, and she's engaged us to enhance their screening of the U.S. vs. ...
Windmills, Thunderstorms and Bikes !
... (the reason why there is land despite it being below sea level) . Camping is also a very popular past time in The Netherlands and even though there were 1000s of people there with us the campgrounds are so well organised that you dont even ...
By the Sea, By the Sea..By the Beautiful Sea
We spent the weekend in Zeeland...the southern coast of the Netherlands. We visited the small villages and toured along the coast. Spent time strolling on the sandy beach as it was a beautiful, sunny day. Our hotel was a classy place..we got a real ...
Country Holland....
Today we thought we would see a little bit of country land Holland. Netherlands isn't just the red light district and weed! Who would’ve thought hey?! We went to Alkmaar Schermerhorn. They have 3 windmills and one is still working ...
Under My Umbrella ella ella...
... of the rainiest days I've ever experienced. Jessica and I were trying to run some errands in the hurricane happening in Middelburg, but it was so windy that my umbrella kept turning inside out. And by my umbrella, I mean the umbrella Carolina ...
Happy Halloween!
Today was the Halloween celebration. I realize that it is not quite Halloween, but Tuesdays are the night to go out here, so Roosevelt Academy had the Halloween party Tuesday instead of Friday. Sadly, it doesn't really matter which day they ...
Wennen
En zo eindigt de reis dan weer in Middelburg, waar het regent en er 's avonds zelfs een flink pak sneeuw valt. We hebben wel geluk gehad. Als we een dag later hadden gevlogen hadden we hoogst waarschijnlijk niet kunnen landen of vanaf Londen niet meer ...
More of Middelburg
... , Jake, Alli, and I went for what started out as a walk around town and what ended up as a tour of the outskirts of Middelburg. We walked through this great park Jessica found and sat on the benches for a while. We had lunch at this cute ...
Road trip to Zeeland - Walcheren Island
... got so tired that I slept on the car there for about 4h so I lost a part of my day. After Veere I went back to Middelburg which is really nice and look like Amsterdam, in more little and more clean. I then drove the whole island making some stop at ...
Class?
This morning came early for all of us. We all made it to class, but our teacher could tell we were all a bit tired. After only an hour and a half, Jake started falling asleep, and instead of getting angry or annoyed, he got ...
26 Hours of Travel
... people, but I also have my own door outside because of the room I got which is really handy! I got completely lost in Middelburg looking for "De Mug" a bar in town that translates to "The Mosquito". I was supposed to meet Jane and some of the ...
Taco Tuesay The Sequel
Today was the second annual taco Tuesday, as well as Jane's (our program director) last night in town. Quite an eventful day! Alli and Kelly hosted it in their room tonight and everyone brought a bit of the most Mexican-like food they ...
Sinterklaas
They are setting up the Christmas market in the square today! They put up a huge tree and an ice skating rink! We're all planning on going skating tomorrow night! Today is Sinterklaas Day in Holland! It is basically their ...
Dress to Impress
Today we started MCTS classes! I was a little worried about Social Psychology because it all depends on the teacher. My teacher is from Sweden and said he wasn't sure how we did grades here, but there it's pass, fail, or very good. So ...
Ghent
Today we took a field trip to Ghent in Belgium! We had to ride the train this morning to Goes and then get on a bus that took us to Ghent. I slept the whole hour and a half on the way there. When we got there, since it was Sunday, ...
Taco Tuesday
Apparently Mexican food is rather limited to Mexico and the surrounding countries. Unfortunately Mexican is probably my favorite food in the world. Jessica and I were reminiscing of days filled with queso dip and bean burritos when we decided ...
Middleburg and Rotterdam
We docked in Middleburg and had a walking tour of the town, much of which was destroyed by Nazi bombs in 1940 and later rebuilt. The Dutch East India Company played an important role in the port. Our Roosevelt Presidents families are from the ...
Calvin weekend in Middelburg
... to spend time with the other Calvin students and get to know them a little better. We are all having varied experiences here in the Netherlands (and Heidi in Germany) and it was a lot of fun just to tell stories. It was also such a great blessing to ...
Laatste avond in Nederland
Morgen gaat het dan gebeuren. Onze reis naar de andere kant van de planeet gaat starten. De koffers zijn gepakt, buren geïnstrueerd. Morgen hopen dat de NS fatsoenlijk ...
Modernization Theory
Today Drew and I gave our presentation on the Modernization Theory. I think it went ok. It was not nearly as in depth as the people that went last week, but I think we at least pulled a B. That was pretty much the highlight of my day ...
1st Day of School
... is an abnormally over-achieving country, which they obviously cannot be if they're famous for smoking pot, then they are just big talkers. I have discovered the secret of The Netherlands; they are good at bullshitting, and I like ...
I'll Take You to The Candy Shop You Piece of Trash
... we had to check through security and have our purses picked through before we could enter. A little odd for a club in The Netherlands, especially in the province of Zeeland. Oh well, at least we were safe? There were a bunch of half ...
Mizzle, drizzle and rain in Marvelous Middelburg
... Town hall although it had to be re-built along with the Abbey and its tower following a retaliatory bombing raid in 1940. Middelburg thrived during Holland’s golden age when warehouses of the Dutch East India Company lined the canals. Most of ...
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