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Utrecht Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Utrecht, Netherlands
Visiting Emmy & Pieter in Houten
... to experience a walk which is held each year over 4 nights. This was the last night and bands joined in the procession around Utrecht, approx 5kms. Pe, Emmy's Dad played the bass drum in one of the local marching bands. When asked why they do it, no one ...
always pack your toothbrush in your carry on.
... my toothbrush in my carry on... this coming weekend is Orange Festival, or Queensday... which apparently is a HUGE festival here in the netherlands... its damn near impossible to get a bed or a room in amsterdam.... we have friday nite booked, i hope we ...
Packing
It's the day before my departure to New Zealand! I am very excited. I did have to say goodbye to my friends today.. I'll miss them:( But I'll keep in touch with everyone via Facebook and this blogging site. I'm going to bed now, tomorrow the last ...
The End!
Dear all, Our South American road trip has unfortunately come to an end and we arrived back home again:-) We've had a great time and we have met some great people along the way. South America will stay in our hearts forever and we know that ...
Utrecht for a day
... August Utrecht was the last city on our list to visit. We had not even touched the north east of the Netherlands let alone those countries to the north and south of us like Denmark and Belgium. We had had grand illusions of visiting ...
To Limmen
MONDAY, 24th July Another wonderful breakfast although they did not have my favourite fruit bread. We made phone calls to S in Sydney to check out the state of our house and to G, our son, who had moved out and had found accommodation ...
Spinning heads
Nog maar twee weken... Opeens komt ie binnen, het besef dat we precies over veertien dagen met onze gehele huisraad in het vliegtuig naar Johannesburg zitten. En we moeten nog heel wat regelen om dat te kunnen bewerkstelligen! De planten een ...
Welcome to the new member of the family
... station, buy tickets and get on a train heading in vaguely the right direction, without knowing a word of Dutch. Arriving in Utrecht we jumped in a cab bound for Turner Cars and Campers to finally see what our deposit had reserved for us. We ...
Dinner in Abcoude
... . L left to go to work in the local cinema ( but returned before we left at 11pm ). She was on leave from Utrecht University where she was studying psychology. D, on holiday from high school, was doing an essay for the International Baccalaureate exams on ...
Utrecht
This transportation hub in the middle of The Netherlands is where we went shopping almost every weekend during my year in ...
Discovery of Dutchness
... by catholic Spaniards who were chased southwards in the 80 year war with the Dutch. The protestant dutch remained in nowadays Netherlands and given granddads protestant past, there is no other conclusion other than that Pete is part Dutch. This explains ...
Hommels and Hagelslaag in Holland!
Again apologies for the delay in writing, it seems mum likes to keep busy which means I am also keeping pretty busy! We had a fabulous time in Holland and saw so much courtesy of Hans and Marjoke who are excellent guides~ Mum and I made a random visit to ...
The difference between an I-phone and a Blueberry?
First things first I need to apologise with the long stretch between blogs... I had no idea so many people were following them and have been reprimanded for not doing it more frequently - sorry folks! Around 2 weeks ago now we took the long drive from ...
TestLokatie Nieuwegein
Was een hele toer om hier te komen in de spits. Nu zijn we klaar en gaan we ...
Last day in the Netherlandds
... imagined. The cities and towns are like Venice, and boats are just as much a part of the transportation as bicycles! The Netherlands are a people to take of their own decisions and their own well being and safety. It is refreshing to be in a ...
Welcome
Nog 7 weken en dan is het zover: dan ga ik voor bijna 3 maanden naar Zuid Amerika. Eerst 3 weken vakantie vieren waarbij we via Buenos Aires, Saltas (Argentinie), Atacama (Chili), en de zoutvlaktes van Bolivia naar de Galapagos eilanden reizen waar ...
The Netherlands do have hills!
21st July 2012 Woke up to a sunny morning but with some clouds around, so will wait and see what the day brings. We set off at 8.45 knowing we didn't have any lifting bridges to wait for and then we came to a lock which is not on our chart plotter and ...
Finally met the fam-damily
... some pictures of the Suik kids with their kids (oh and what wonderful 80's photos they were!). Ron showed us around the central part of Utrecht and it turns out he is a history major so he's a great tour guide. We toured the Dom Tower before we met him ...
MRI in Radiotherapy - Day 3
... so you can hold them, Findus pancakes! I chatted with several people including one of the oncologists from Utrecht. I mentioned I was trying to decide where to eat and was recommended a Belgian restaurant called Goesting (pronounced Hwesin) which ...
Utrecht
Old Refuge for Kaiser Wilhelm II
... the last German Kaiser, Wilhelm II. After the German defeat in World War l, Wilhelm flew to the neutral Netherlands and he lived on this estate in the Utrecht Hills from 1920 to 1941. In Doorn he surrounds himself with objects reminiscent of the past. ...
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen to NL
Well kids, it's nearly time to make our way back to London after a fantastic 1.5 week sojourn in the Netherlands. This afternoon we fly back through Gatwick in what looks like a 4 minute flight on paper - whoo! Much better than the long ...
2 dagen voor vertrek
Onze reis naar Canada komt steeds dichter bij. Vandaag hebben we nog even van het heerlijke weer hier in Nederland genoten, morgen gaan we toch echt inpakken en vroeg naar bed. Zaterdag hopen we dan met vliegtuig naar Canada te gaan. Het is ons nu echt ...