Apple Park Hotel Maastricht

... and the evening, and it was great to see everyone again, but when I woke on Tuesday morning, I was in severe pain all over the right side of my belly - so much so that I nearly fainted when I first got up. My host-sister Goele took me to the doctor, and was kind enough to stay with me the whole day after the GP sent me to the hospital, through a myriad of tests. We started with an X-ray and ultrasound as they tried to see my appendix. Once those showed nothing, we moved on to a CT ...

... for some hay. On the way home we dropped by a bakery and picked up some traditional dutch pies (apple, custard and berry) which looked exactly like the pies grandma makes! I had multiple pieces of each.<br>The next day was a Saturday so we headed into Valkenburg for lunch and We all had a go on the Rodelbahn (think go carts mixed with bobsledding) and went on a tour of an old coal mine - one of the last to be closed in the area and now only open for tours. My ...

During our stay in Spa we had the most scary, horrible, unpleasant experience ever in a restaurant.<br><br>The restaurant to avoid is "Le Bouchon Gourmand", the owner does not hesitate to insult customers, lock them into the restaurant if there is a dispute on the bill, and claim more money than is due. <br><br>See more on www.bouchon-gourmand.blogspot.com

... t much we could do about it.<br><br>FRIDAY &#8211; MAASTRICHT &#8211; 10.07.09<br><br>Got up in the morning and decided there was not much we could do about things so better get on with having a good time. Of course had to do the big trip to the police station and they are the same all over the world. It takes forever to make a statement total waste of time but one has to do the right thing. We did a bit of shopping ...

Hi everybody! One of the stores here ran a special deal on Netherlands train day passes so we got a couple and took a day trip to the most southern tip of the Netherlands, Maastricht. We had been to Maastricht before (see February 28, 2004, entry) and knew that it was a vibrant, interesting city. It has a very international feel due to its position on the borders ...

... the way to the station and then realized that we weren't going to make it in time and found a taxi to take us the rest of the way. We had to switch trains, and apparently got on the wrong one. We were reprimanded by the "train man" in French and paid a 10 Euro fine and made it just fine! Day One-We arrived in Paris at Gare du Nord (the train station) and began the search for our hotel. We busted out the map and began our weekend as tourists. Silly looking Americans! We ...

... fortified cities of Europe. It was during this siege that one of history's most famous military engineers, Vauban, synthesized the methods of attacking strong places in order to break down the fortifications surrounding Maastricht. His introduction of a systematic approach by parallels resulted in a rapid breaching of the city's fortifications. (This technique has remained until the 20th century the standard method of ...

... eat a lot so it was suffering on the good way. We finally went to a rip-off kebab by the Markt and had a short snack that wasn't filling. We continued walking in the city and the festivities and during the evening Sander was suppose to be a DJ at a party and I had the adress. So we moved there around 10hpm but Sander wasn't there yet, so it was slightly awkward at first and Maria was as well not ease feeling that I wasn't fine with ...

... Belgium&#8217;s two greatest commodities. After we picked our lunch items from the one-third of the supermarket aisles dedicated to groceries, Amber got side-tracked admiring the second third of the aisles, all dedicated to chocolate, while I went AWOL in the last third of the supermarket, eyeing off all the shelves stocked with beer. <br><br>We cycled back the way we came to return once again to The Netherlands ...

... je moest het maar iets nodig hebben en het thuis hebben laten liggen. <br><br>Maar zo, ik vertrek! Ik ga genieten van mijn jaar in het buitenland, aan het strand, tussen de palmbomen, de blauwe zee. Zoals ik het opnoem lijkt het wel een droomvakantie. Maar vergeet niet: de nieuwe taal, nieuwe mensen, nieuwe gewoonten, nieuwe omgeving, ... Hier lijkt het een avontuur dat ik absoluut niet wil vergeten. <br><br>Later meer.<br><br>Groetjes Stefanie