Bastion Rhoon Hotel Rotterdam

Hi my dear friends,<br><br>it is now official, I am going to write my thesis in Dublin next year :):):) This means, that I will move there beginning of January 2010 until at at least end of May! Yeahhh, I cant wait to be back!<br><br>And I got more great news: I will spend Xmas ...

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>

... half jaar geleden al geoefend. Ze leken best relaxt, grote kans dat ze over een half jaar niet meer terug willen. Ook heb ik mijn fiets ingepakt en weggebracht, dit was een lastig karwei en hopelijk ben ik niks vergeten. Nu is het een kwestie van het huis nog een keer schoonmaken zodat onze Duitse huurders hier kunnen komen wonen. De tassen staan al ingepakt klaar ...

... revive an area of urban life, and to connect the city to Oudehaven - the city's first harbour from 1325, which escaped much of World War 2 damage, and is now surrounded by cafes etc.<br><br>The Kubuswoningen is a series of houses in the shape of cubes - oh yes! - and as normal furniture won't fit in them, it does state on the sign outside, that the owners must have a bit of imagination to be able to live in them! One of the cubes ...

... trip. Well, it might be a big deal for someone from Australia but it's probably nothing for the Europeans. I must say it's a very cramped bus for an 18 hour trip. It's horrible in fact. My gps is suddenly working again. We're 799 km from Vienna - as the crow flies and our speed has maxed out at 80 km/hour so this is going to take a while. I enjoyed the UK and Rotterdam. It would have been nice to explore the neighbouring towns a bit though. I was ...

... Our guide on the tour was dismayed to see that many of the new type of windmills - the big white electricity generating variety - have begun to pop up around The Netherlands. She considers them ugly, when compared to the classic variety. (They are much more attractive than the smoke from coal fed powerplants.) But she did acknowledge that the water moved in a year by a typical windmill can now be moved by an efficient ...

So, where to begin... at the moment im sitting in Allon's house in the suburbs of Rotterdam. How I came to be here is quite a long story of events. We left Athurs place and headed for the city center, we wanted to find a place we could crash more central, and save money by not taking the metro. We walked the city looking for a fabled coffee shop where "hippy/squaters" often inhabit, although to no avail. After we were given a "budget guide" to ...

... h*l pr*ducts und** the same r**f, and bars-with-weed-and-hash w**e declared illegal thr*ugh*ut The Neth**lands-except f*r Amst**dam, wh**e the traditi*nal cafes c*ntinued und** a special exempti*n while their numb** dwindled thr*ugh attriti*n and cl*sures t* a t*tal *f 53. On Sunday th**e will be n*ne, and it's n*t a happy m*ment. As with m*st *f the idi*tic strictures pr*pagated by the War *n Recreati*nal Drugs, th**e's abs*lutely n* sense t ...

... kid again. After every ride, Legion Dave, an arguably mature 32 year old man regressed at least 25 years by running ahead like a fool with a wide, shiteating grin asking 'Can we go on this, Can we go on this?!'. Sanna and i were greatly amused at Dave's antics, though we too felt the pangs of childhood excitement return in great force. Corey seemed a bit put off by the force of the rides on his wellbeing, so with regret, he opted out of the rides for the rest of the ...

... Criminal Court. Many of the people are originally from America and the pastor's son is actually living in the US right now attending law school. We really enjoyed meeting everyone and are glad to have found a place that we feel so welcome. The only draw back is the commute (1.5 hours), but for now it is definitely worth it! If you are interested in learning more about the church visit this website: http://www.apch.nl/