Carlton De Brug Eindhoven

Well, I'm back again and so much has happened since I last wrote - enough to turn my trip very nearly on its head...<br><br>I'm in Belgium now and back on an AZERTY keyboard, so this is difficult to type, but here goes: After leaving Sara's place in Aarhus, Denmark, last Wednesday, Claus and I spent the morning wandering through Aarhus in the rain, looking at a church and hunting for the town hall. We then headed to Odense, also in Denmark. On the way, we stopped for a traditional ...

... left Holland to avoid going to work in the mines and after experiencing the working conditions these coal miners were exposed to every day we can understand why.<br>On Sunday we relaxed for the day; Whitney went with Maud and Peter to ride the horse whileI stayed home with the boys and played ps3 and soccer on the trampoline. :) Renee and his wife Ricarda came over for a visit during the day and we met their son Tim. That evening we went to the ...

... somewhere you will probably never have the occasion to visit...Eindhoven in The Netherlands. <br><br>You know how Seven Up calls itself the uncola? I need to borrow their creativity and propose that Eindhoven market itself as the uncity because I really have yet to figure out what this place exactly is. I arrived at Central Station around 5:15am and was looking forward to killing a morning here before a 6 Euro Ryanair special to Bristol, England. Actually, Ryanair is my ...

... 22 uur later in Sydney te arriveren :]<br>Oke met een tussenstop van 5 uur in Dubai.. waar we helaas niet van het vliegveld af mogen, maar op het vliegveld zelf is denk ik ook wel genoeg te zien.<br><br>De laptop gaat mee, nu maar hopen dat overal internet is en dan kan ik nog meer berichtjes plaatsen<br><br>Liefs Jonne<br><br>

... Cards and presents were delivered along with other care packages from home. Job number two was now accomplished and we retired for the evening to get some much needed sleep! Day two in Eindhoven saw us meeting up with my family (from both sides of the ocean). Theo and Ans had picked up my brother Mark and his wife Julie in Maastricht and drove up to meet us at our hotel. We checked out the Van Abbe Museum in the afternoon and then headed out for a couple pints ...

... kids were there: my cousins Marc, Taco &amp; Judith were there along with Judith's husband Taeke and son Wouter. My sister Henriette came from Hoorn and my sister Jaaike and her husband Horst came from Germany. There was even family from my mother's side - my cousin Pepi and his wife Bogusia from England. <br><br><br>Jaaike ...

... like a beautiful place where you are. I wish I could be there. It's beautiful here in the Netherlands. Very green - the morning had blue skies and lovely green grass. On my way to Eindhoven, I saw a little village to the right with a windmill and an old church (I think it was called Beesd). I decided to stop off and pay a visit. After winding through some cobblestone roads and quaint houses, I found a parking place. It's Sunday and I guess everything is ...

Met zo'n anderhalf uur vertraging vertrokken vanuit Eindhoven. We hadden vrije plaatskeuze dus na een kort sprintje zaten we lekker ruim bij de nooduitgang. Heb m'n ogen dicht gegaan en werd wakker toen we gingen landen.... kan soms snel gaan zo'n vlucht. Was ook wel aardig brak na al die dagen inpakken, schoonmaken en voorbereiden.

... drums, brilliant corners of modern civilization flooded with light &amp; intelligence, a bright beacon ahead through the desolate landscape of post-war america- &amp; sitting in the corner at minton's playhouse in the middle of the night digging the band like crazy, a hip football player &amp; would-be sportswriter from lowell, massachusetts who also wrote stories for the school paper, like "lester young is 10 years ahead of his time," so well known at ...

... je moest het maar iets nodig hebben en het thuis hebben laten liggen. <br><br>Maar zo, ik vertrek! Ik ga genieten van mijn jaar in het buitenland, aan het strand, tussen de palmbomen, de blauwe zee. Zoals ik het opnoem lijkt het wel een droomvakantie. Maar vergeet niet: de nieuwe taal, nieuwe mensen, nieuwe gewoonten, nieuwe omgeving, ... Hier lijkt het een avontuur dat ik absoluut niet wil vergeten. <br><br>Later meer.<br><br>Groetjes Stefanie