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Leiden Slideshow
Leiden
Travel Blogs from Leiden, Netherlands
This country is so small
... plays chess. Then we took a train to Zaanse Schans, the location of some of the last working wind mills in the Netherlands. The wind mills were interesting, and the old village that is still occupied was like going to Upper Canada village and ...
Newyear
This will be an exciting year for us! In May we will leave for a trip around the world in 12 months! Be a witness of our preparations and our whereabouts and adventures during our trip. Our first stop will be in South-Africa. ...
Chillin on a dutch couch
I was very excited as we were on the train from Schipol airport to Leiden in the Netherlands. We were en route to meet my brother who I hadn't seen since Christmas 2009 and to see his wife and most excitingly his son, my nephew, Oliver! Ollie was born in ...
pre-trip fun: checking the blog
Heya guys! This is my first blog entry. Just trying to get the hang of this website to see how it works so that when I'm in some Argentinean wacky cyber cafe with a super slow connection I don't have to waste time! Also, I hope my Dutch friends don't ...
Wooden spoons
... O but it was fun when I got going, really fun!! Another colleague from the Programmes department also took me out for dinner in Leiden with a friend of hers which was lovely, it's a really vibrant and pretty town and some great places in the streets ...
Hard graft & cold running
Last Thurs I visited AMREF UK, they have a surprisingly large team. I met with some of their fundraising and comms teams and their Director of Fundrasing as well as spending a good couple hours with Mark who is another PULSE volunteer working with AMREF. ...
Smart phone
Als dit werkt is het een stuk waarschijnlijker dat ik dit blog bij ga houden: verstuurd vanaf mijn mobieltje... ...
Venlo to Leiden - Day 3
... usual to set up. After a late lunch we decided to have a look at the town, but after walking a fair way it seemed that Leiden Lammerschans does not really have a town centre as such. We decided to take the train into Leiden itself to have a look around. ...
Pretty Delft, Sint & his controversial helpers
I visited Delft on Sunday, very pretty and well worth a walk around (nice coffee shops too). I have some pics for you as been a bit remiss with this. Turned out nice I thought! Also a pic of a children's parade of Sint and his "helpers"; interesting ...
Bijna vertrokken
Ik kijk nog eens goed om me heen. Ik heb nog nooit heimwee gehad, maar er zijn toch wel enkele dingen die ik zal gaan missen. Uit ervaring weet ik dat ik op een gegeven moment ongelofelijk veel zin in melk of vla zal gaan krijgen. Dat zal niet goed te ...
Lebanon At War
So this morning, I found out that Hezbollah kidnapped two Israeli soldiers in Lebanon, causing Israel to retaliate with measures including bombing the runways at Beirut airport. Unfortunately, I'm canceling the Lebanon portion of my trip. I'll probably ...
Counting the last days...
Heya guys! Counting the last days until I leave...Monday morning at 10.25. Very long flight ahead:( See ...
AMREF - First Impressions
... an HR lady and a one man Finance / IT specialist. They are also fortunate to have a couple interns from the famous Leiden university who are hard-working and highly prouctive despite their lack of pay. Plus one person who works on voluntary basis ...
Leiden 10k Run
After little to no training, we decided to join our friends in Wassenaar for a 5k run. After meeting EARLY in the morning with the group, we waited patiently for instructions on where to go for our big 5K run! We ate, we drank plenty of fluids, got our ...
Leiden
... back from leiden I kept trying to think what left the biggest impression in my mind. Water brown brick and pebbled streets. Leiden a small city north of a region of Zuid Holland, actually it's quite a youthful university city. Petite cute and very ...
Madurodam and Den Haag - Day 4
... ! There is a very large, noisy funfair occupying some parks in the city with some hairaising rides. At about 5 oclock we return to Leiden and then to the campsite. After cooking and eating dinner we retire early and sleep really well again after a lot of ...
Trips around Holland
While living in Eastern Holland I traveled a little on my weekends off to Utrecht, Den Haag, Delft, Leiden and Amsterdam. A nice thing about Holland is that the country is so compact, everything is close together and the trains are so efficient and easy ...
Gratuitous Flower Pictures
In case you were bored with the pictures from the last entry, here's even more pictures of flowers to excite you.... warning... they are a bit ...
Photos of our trip thus far
Click on the photos to read a little about the stories behind them if you are interested. There are a couple of cool stories and anecdotes. For those of you interested in where we are located, tonight is our last night in Rotterdam. WE had a more ...
Rotterdam and Leiden
... can,a dn I dont know if this is true, see the next 'invader' since they have ben invaede so many times. 70% of the netherlands is farm and it is all subsidized by the EU because otherwise it would go bankrupt. Their are 5 levles of high school. Class ...
A severe case of wanderlust
I am bored and looking for an adventure. Writing down my bucket list the other day, I realized that I may complete the whole thing by the age of 21... well, if I hurry up a bit. Although there is no need to rush, I feel like right now is the perfect ...