Travel Blogs from Venlo, Netherlands
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Venlo
This was a short trip that just consisted of driving into the city, getting out of the car, walking up a few streets, taking lots of pictures, returning to the car, and driving home. But in just those few hours that we were there it made an impression on ...
The Floriade [Day 22]
... very persistent in trying to get you to buy something. 4.) Indonesia had a large section, thanks to its importance to the Netherlands, which included a beautiful model of a city, people henna-dying cloth, and a musical group. Since this is the last ...
Dinner with old friend_nice surprise!
... me with any map that even remotely shows me how to get to Köln....what!!! All kind of border-maps available but none for Venlo-Köln or surrounding area, let alone further along. But I do find something else in the ANWB: an old friend and his wife, ...
Training
... as a train station so you can easily pay for and connect to your onward travel. We were heading to the South of the Netherlands. Funny story to tell at this point. We brought train tickets to our friend's place and we had about 5 minutes before ...
Een toch nog onverwachte trip!!
Net terug uit India en nog niet helemaal bekomen van mijn jetlag heb ik toch maar besloten om mijn resterende onvrijwillige sabbatical op te vullen met een trip van 2,5 maand naar Panama en Colombia. In de eerste plaats om een beetje Spaans ...
HOLY CHRIST!
wow....i cant wait to get the video up for this. Amazing stage, amazing sound, amazing crowed. I was actually pretty nervous. just walking back and forth on the stage and seeing all those eyes follow you is creepy. also a girl named nina came up to ...
Floriade - Day 2
... for the shuttle bus to Floriade which leaves form the nearby bus station. After a 15 minute drive through the industrial suburbs of Venlo we arrive at the floriade entry point. It seems that Venlo, which is very close to the Dutch-Germany border, is an ...
Floriade
I am doing a second batch of photos from the Floriade as I don't know whether it will accept so many all ...
Voorbereiding
De voorbereidingen voor ons avontuur zijn in volle gang. De reisgidsen worden alvast doorgebladerd, op zoek naar mogelijke bestemmingen op onze reis, de laatste benodigdheden moeten nog aangeschaft worden, zoals klamboe, muggenlotion, eventueel malaria ...
Venlo
We zijn weer terug. Na een vlucht van ongeveer 11 uur zijn we vanavond om 18.21 geland in Düsseldorf. Het was een fantastische reis en het zal wel weer even wennen zijn hier in Nederland. We willen ook meteen iedereen bedanken die onze site heeft ...
To Floriade
Venlo - prize for knowing its existence without the help of Google! A restful time with a family and the beauty of Dutch Flowers. We have stayed 3 nights with a young family this time - a couple with 6 y o Jordy and 1 y o Luc, ...
Preparing for the big trip!
Zo dan is het nu tijd voor het eerste berichtje. Allereerst wil ik jullie allemaal van harte welkom heten of zoals ze in China zeggen: Ni Hao! 3 oktober kwam het verlossende woord: jullie zijn aangenomen bij Star Professional Programs in Beijing. ...
Meeting Arjen in Venlo
... of course a 3km hiking after our first ride (around Haelen) to find another decent HH spot. We started walking to the center of Venlo and stopped somewhere for a lunch in a park bench and later on reached the center of this cute little town and got in ...
one night in Beijing
De laatste week in Beijing begon druk met op maandag een flink postpakket versturen naar huis met onder andere souvenirs en dvd's. Vooral voor dat laatste was ik benieuwd of het wel zou aankomen, vanwege de hoge illegaliteitwaarde. 's Middags moest ik ...
Floriade
September 14 The Floriade. So much packed into a few hours. The day was perfect; no sun, no rain and no wind. I have just read that the Outram- Middlemarch road is open again. I hope spring has arrived by time I get home. I can only give a hint of ...
Reuniting with Family
... and went to Venlo to meet my aunts and uncles. My uncle picked us up at the train station and thus began our marathon tour of Venlo, Germany and Tegelen (where my dad grew up). At one point we managed to fit 5 adults in a 2 door fiat. It ...
Almost there (Nog 4 dagen)
Nog vier dagen en dan gaat het grote avontuur echt beginnen...Dan pak ik het vliegtuig naar Beijing. De laatste loodjes wegen het zwaarst zeggen ze altijd. Ik begin nu wel enigzins zenuwachtig te worden... Alles is er zo goed als klaar voor. De laatste ...
Tweede optog
As die Burgermeester dit goedkeur sal ons hier wees: http://www.nvu.info/pers/120610/1.html ...
Dernier jours en Hollande
Ouff... enfin! Venlo c'est une ville ou il n'y a aucune route droite qui arrive. Apres un joli dodo dans les bois dans mon gentil hamac, m'y voici enfin! Demain on m'attend a Duisbourg, Allemagne. De Dunkerque a Duisbourg a Velo... ca va ...
Acres of Flora-Horticultural Exhibition
... 2.5 hour drive to the Floriade in Venlo. The Floriade is a horticultural exhibition held once every ten years in the Netherlands. Lizzie had picked this as her preferred extension to our river cruise as she is very interested in nutrition, plant ...
Waterwerk
We drove down to Venlo, to see the Delta Waterwerk. On the way down, we got separate from Joop & Andrew, so we pulled off at a gas station to wait for them. While we were waiting, I found that there was a geocache nearby, so I sent Dejo, Jerome & ...
The Netherlands!
... a ticket from Monchengladbach to Venlo since the ticket machines there only gave tickets up to the last station before the Netherlands, Kaldenkirchen. After 20 minutes or so and after finding noone to ask for information, I spotted some small text saying ...
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