Bastion Hotel Geleen

... hotdog, which is eaten with both raw and fried (Asian-style dried) onions, remoulade, ketchup and pickles. It was fantastic and I'm really beginning to think I could have made this into a purely food-related blog... We arrived in Odense fairly late and walked, again through the rain, to meet Emil at the birth-house of Hans Christian Andersen. Emil and I rushed around this pretty awesome little museum. We were there for nearly an hour, but could easily have spent 2 leqrning about his ...

... we were picked up by Peter, Ingeborg and Maud.When we arrived at their home in Boukoul, Hugo and Twan were playing the ps3 so before longI had joined them and we had already settled in. Ingeborg's brother Renee also popped byto say hi.
Dinner was a homemade lasagne, and although there was plenty I think we polished it all off. After dinner we went across the street to meet Sef and Trees (Grandma's sister) for the first time, after receiving many birthday ...

... of course), and a pillow for 107 Euro. About as good a deal as I could get!

I was thinking about trying to get the mattress on the bus, because I couldn't get ahold of Nil on her cell phone, but then luckily I reached her at home. She immediately came to the mattress store and helped me load the purchases in the car. I thanked her up and down, needless to say. She then had to go to a meeting so I took the bus home. I sat next to this ...

After popping into and out of Germany, we were now back in Belgium. It was beginning to get a bit dark, and we still had at least 200 miles left to drive.

Gaz's motor was struggling, and threatening to overheat, so we stopped to let it cool down.

With the vehicles all decorated with stickers, we attracted a bit of attention, and a Belgian couple took our ...

Once in Elsloo, we stopped to find postcards (having completely missed the observations again), only to find that the only card shop was closed that afternoon.

Up the road a bit, and Kieran was dropping a card into the door of a Landy enthusiast they had met on the recce. The guy turned up at that moment, and so we were invited in for a refreshing cold drink. The Landyprikkers overtook us at that point, and went on their way. We then ...

Hoewel ik vanaf mijn plekje aan de tafel de viooltjes van Opa en Oma zie bloeien, kan ik toch niet wachten totdat we vrijdag eindelijk vertrekken naar Bangkok. Ik verlang naar zon, warmte en het onderweg zijn naar nieuwe mensen,steden en ...

... brought a case of Sekt which is a German sparkling wine. She said the tradition in Germany is to greet each guest with a glass of Sekt which was a task I happily undertook. There was plenty of beer and other beverages as well as an abundance of yummy food.

I don't know how many people came in and out of the ...

Aanstaande vrijdag vertrek ik voor 19 dagen naar midden Amerika. Dit is in het kort de route: 1 Vertrek uit Nederland - aankomst Cancún 2 Chichén Itza - Mérida 3 Mérida 4 Via Uxmal naar Palenque 5 Palenque 6 Agua Azul - San Cristóbal 7 San Cristóbal 8-9 Naar Panajachel- Meer ...

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< br>The slight morning drizzle did not hamper us from exploring the centre of Maastricht, and it felt nice to be amongst the local goings-on in the busy market square. But, although we were enjoying being in the midst of life on the other side of the world from where we were born and raised, Amber and I soon got a surprise reminder of home. In a park on ...

... natuurlijk een jaar lang niet zien. Ik vraag me nu al af hoe het gaat zijn als ik terugkom. Vooral naar studiekeuzes van vrienden, hoe mijn broers en zussen er gaan uitzien over een jaar, ...

Ik ben er dus volledig klaar voor. Koffer is gepakt (en ik hoop dat ik ook alles bij heb) en zit niet over de maximum limiet van het gewicht. Moet je ook kunnen: een jaar weggaan en maar 20 kg meenemen. Al zou ik het liefst met al mijn hebben en houden ...