Bastion R Dam Terbregseplein Rotterdam

... Fernando in Peru !! I am SO happy!<br>I will be there from December 12th until 30th and spend New Years Eve in Den Haag. <br><br>So many exciting things are going to happen, hehe... and please come and visit me in Dublin, you are all very welcome!<br><br>Big Hugs,<br><br>Jo x<br>

Het is bijna zover! Mijn studie is afgerond, de laatste inentingen zijn gehaald, en nu is het inpakken en wegwezen... Op naar het avontuur!<br> <br>Ik hoop dat ik op reis genoeg gelegenheid zal hebben om af en toe van me te laten horen, en mijn belevenissen aan jullie te vertellen, en ook zou ik het heel leuk vinden om af en toe van jullie te horen hoe het thuis gaat. <br><br>Hopelijk tot onderweg : ) <br> <br>Veel liefs, Claar<br>

... afscheid nemen van vrienden en familie, nemen we nu ook afscheid van onze huisdieren en ons huisje. Het is nu thuis stiller en het voelt een stuk anders...<br><br>Nog even het weekend de laatste dingen doen en dan gaan we het beleven. Tot nu toe is het vooral heel veel doen geweest en is er weinig tijd geweest voor om te realiseren dat we echt voor een lange tijd op reis ...

... open to the public, as a 'showcube' and is called the 'Kijk Kubus' - obviously I had to go in!!<br><br>I've taken lots of photos to try and explain how strange it was...but take my word for it, it was...weird...but I liked it (from the inside - wasn't keen on the outside colours!) Every room was at strange angles, and there were 3 floors. The ground floor contained a living area &amp; kitchen, the second floor had a bedroom ...

... to get to speak Dutch so much. I still think it's because there are so many foreigners in Rotterdam that nowadays they're used to speaking with people that don't speak perfect Dutch. Even at the railway station where I spoke German because I didn't want to get things wrong, the woman at the ticket counter still replied in Dutch(but nice and slooow). The bus with one of the two drivers. There were a few stops to pick up passengers and drop off but not ...

... motor in 12 hours. Very near the mills, we saw a small plant with massive Archimedes Screws to get the water from the central canal up and out into the river. It did not appear to have to be turned on too frequently. After wrestling the short ton of luggage we had from the airport, to the train station, back off at Central Station in Amsterdam, we arrived at our hotel. I will do a separate entry to update the map properly...

... we sliped into Sky High coffee shop just near the canal to study the map and plan our day. We marked all the places of intrest and had our first look as to the scale of the city. Rotterdam itself seems rather small, everything is within 20-30min walk away, and its streets are full of bikes, cars and trams, not always a good thing when leaving from a coffee shop! Our first destination was to be a art gallery called via kunst, quite ...

... latest reducti*n *f p**s*nal (and entrepreneurial) freed*ms. The sm*k**-cum-drink** can get a sm*ke at the c*ffeesh*p and take it t* the cl*sest bar t* mate it with a drink, which w*uld seem t* lead t* great** rath** than less** s*cial pr*blems if th**e are g*ing t* be any c*nnected with this s*rt *f behavi*r. Me, I d*n't drink, s* it d*esn't really affect me t** much, but I think th*se wh* enj*y a drink sh*uld be able t* have *ne, just like th*se ...

... becoming crew baglady and sipping coffee at the cafeteria as if he was our mother. But as it turned out, the rides we'd frequented up until this point were nothing. The monster of all rides was yet to be experience. Enter GOLIATH. With a 100 metre drop from the outset, Goliath was the wildest, longest, most stomach-ravaging, teeth eroding ride i'v ever been on, and it rocked big time! A photo taken at the last few stretches of track attested to how balltearing ...

So this week we both got bikes. Andrea spiffed up her bike from Johan and splurged on an awesome basket, and Nate couldn't take the jealousy any more so he finally gave in and bought a bike of his own. Today was our first day riding our bikes together in the city.... oh what an experience!!! Think of as many bikes as you can imagine and then cram them all into the same street. Now add cars, trucks, buses, pedestrians, and ...