Best Western Pax 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>

... to get back to Groningen (they must REALLY love hockey!), but it was great to see her again, and meet her boyfriend, and it was great that they could spare some time before they headed back - plus I'm not sure I'd have been brave enough to have eaten in a Dutch only African restaurant, so that was also a fab experience :-)<br><br>PS. I wasn't going to attempt to spell Sintha's boyfriend's name - which is why he's nameless throughout!

... Anyway, I now have a visa incase I want to nip across the border for a couple of days. Notice the strange Dutch spelling on the sign. My name might have had to have a couple of those 'oe's in it if I'd been born in the Netherlands. In my walk from the embassy back to the railway station I seemed to have managed to fit in a fair bit of sight-seeing... Typical grandiose European building. Just about all the ...

... hosted by the Captain - that was nice. Especially since free wine was distributed. I had a Caesar salad, a beef in brioche, and tiramisu. As I have mentioned, all HAL ships have a ton of art work. They also have on board art sales. Every day during the cruise, Teresa and I would walk by a large original oil painting by Slava Brodinsky called "Violet Hills", and had admired it. The painting is easily ...

... picked the prime spots in the back on the sofa's. After a beer and a smoke we awaited more people and the food, soon another person entered, Jaap. Jaap had brought both his parents to the meal, who had come to town to vist him before he started back studying. More and more people began to filter in, Co and Ronda who sat opposite Cimi and I and Shyra who was along side us. We all shared the meal together with many others in company, the meal ...

... pr*ducts at a licensed *utlet, which pretty much takes care *f even the m*st extreme fire-burning cannabis habits *f all time. Michael Veling, the pr*priet*r with his wife Diana *f the 420 Café, gives me the *pp*rtunity fr*m time t* time t* extend my research int* the cannabis culture and c*mm**cial industry *f H*lland by w*rking behind the c*unt** at his c*ffeesh*p, and this time it's even m*re fruitful than usual due t* the retracti*n *f alc ...

... hearted. Anyway, ride after ride, my body was starting to feel totally whacked, overdosed on adrenaline and kinda hazy. My head felt shady, my legs seemed detached from my torso and working totally on their own accord, and yet, there was so much more riding to be done. A few more Expresses, a few more Goliaths, and come 8.15, we decided to call it a day, and head wearily back onto the bus and onto the train station. To our advantage, the bus managed to pass by a ...

... intersections as she lets everyone in the world go by before daring to cross. To her defense however, she is still alive and in one piece. Now picture "Pedal to the Metal/Road Rage" Nate. Nate THINKS he's as good a biker as the locals, but the problem is that he's not... not even close! The best part of the day was when Nate got cut off by a crazy local biker MOM riding with one kid in the front and another kid on the ...

... to London. <br> <br>People came and went, going about their daily lives. There were trains, trams, taxis, buses and subways &#8212; along with ferry boats, water taxis and bicycles &#8212; providing a hum of activity.<br> <br> Erwin carefully took a sip of diet Coke and breathed out a deep sigh. He placed the cup on the ground, put his elbows on his knees, his head in his hands. And then puked his burger and fries all over the concrete in front of us ...