Bilderberg Oranje Hotel Leeuwarden

From Alice's Diary<br>"WEDNESDAY &#8211; LEEUWARDEN / GROUW &#8211; 08.07.09<br> The weather has turned sour but never mind we certainly can't complain as we have only had 3 slightly bad days in 5 weeks. Easy morning although I did spend a bit of time just to organize our cases ready for the big trip home. Christien and I went to the supermarket to get a few things and at 12.30pm Fenna arrived. After eating a ...

... 8217;s of us and waving at and every bridge we got to she was there again with her camera.  It was very funny.  After we got off the boat everybody of course had to have an icecream and then we went to Alie and Thewis house.  We sat outside in their garden, the weather had improved to a sunny day and the wind had dropped.  Thewis was home as well and it was great to see him I hadn&#8217;t seen him since I left Holland ...

Some of Alice's Diary Notes for Harlingen<br>" ..................We didn't realise how much time we had spend at the cemetery (locating the graves of Alice's infant brothers) so we took off and drove to Harlingen.  Harlingen is the harbour of Friesland and a gorgeous little place.  Lots of beautiful boats waiting to cross the Wadden which is the sea between Friesland and the islands of ...

... years or so. They are very proud of this as there are many much larger places close by that maybe called cities but have missed out on being included.<br><br>One of the things that is rather difficult to get used to is the vision of a sailing boat seemingly sitting in the middle of a paddock hidden somewhat by the farmers crops but moving along at a steady pace. More so in Friesland than other parts of Holland do you see this.<br><br>Thanks for the emails and messages

... whole house was awake and everybody was drinking coffee at 7am.  After the early start we did settle down and Pieti&#8217;s daughter Afke called in for coffee after she dropped the kids off at school.  Little Joey 5 months old is gorgeous.  We all went for a walk through Lekkum and Snakkeburen where my grandparents lived and my mother grew up.  Mac enjoyed it very much and the weather was overcast so it was a lovely day to go for a ...

... Zwolle, for lunch. When we got there, we saw the dinner menu, which was expensive, and saw that it was in a swanky hotel, so we were surprised when we saw the cheap prices on the lunch menu. We ate a delicious meal and were soon back on the road, first to visit Mom's third cousin, Arthur Nieman, whom she hadn't met before. After meeting Arthur, we went on our way, to Wim Jonkman's house. Wim is not a relative, but he and ...

... campings erbij, waar eet je en hoe reis je. Het is heel luxe, wij gaan met 2 auto's, ook dit is aangeraden. 2 weken geleden een nieuwe tent gekocht, dus het kan zijn dat hij de eerste tijd op de foto er nog niet helemaal netjes erbij staat. In de meivakantie lopen wij tot Hardenberg en hebben regelmatig een rustdagje (al dan niet verplicht), dit ook omdat Bambi toch een dagje ouder wordt en wij natuurlijk ook. Al met al, wij hebben er zin in!!!

Today we met at the bus station at 2 pm. From there we went to a kayak rental place and we kayaked through the canal system in Leeuwarden. After a nice afternoon of paddling we headed back down town. A few of us went out for some dinner, we went to Pompeii Pizzeria. It was a nice restaurant but a little ...

... went to dinner. After dinner Me and Paul The Canadian headed back to Burmania where we live. We decided to head to the city center for the concert that was going on. So Paul and I and two German girls that we live with went to the concert. This happened to be an orchestra concert that was a Trans-Siberian want to be orchestra. They were actually pretty good and it was fun to see. We then went to a pub for a drink and then went back to Burmania.

... From here it was to Den Haag where we splashed out on a camp site and gave Wattie a much needed clean and chilled out in the sun. Just out of Den Haag there is a miniature version of The Netherlands, 'Madurodam'. The detail was quite amazing and it means we saw every building that was important... only on a smaller scale! After a stroll on the beach... we headed north to see the famous Holland flood controls. And across to the German boarder ...