De Pelikaan Texel De Koog

... Terschelling West etc.  Had some lunch(typically dutch "warm sandwiches" at the seaside of course and then walked around looking at everything.  At 6pm we arrived back home after a long and emotional day and cooked dinner.  We had potatoes with raw witlof just like mum used to make and a piece of steak.  Yum, Yum.  The weather is still fine not cold now we will see what tomorrow brings."

... houses, city hall and shops. We had dinner in the Center Square at a small hotel. There are houses built directly on the canals (the canals are very shallow). It is really interesting. Again, I had to watch out for bicycles--I swear I'm going to get run over before I leave, but at least I don't have to travel by one. (By the way, Cejae, Adam, Bucky and Melody: Gyongyi ...

... I headed off to buy a bike pump only to find out that almost all the shops were closed. The only shop I found to be open on Sundays is a tiny bike rental company next to the main train station. There I bought a pump and headed back home. Of course the pump didn't fit. I walked to bike to the company. I had them fill it up and I ...

... It was very dangerous but very fun, Brett did really good! We were able to see so much of the city and our tour guide (who had a huge potty mouth) was great we even got to stop off at the pet store so he could get some food for his pet hamster that had no name. We thought he should name him Hamsterdam but he didn't go for it. We ended up riding our bikes for three hours all over Amsterdam before heading back. The couple that we were with were ...

... EVERYONE. Cigarettes, pot, all manner of material. If it can be lit on fire and inhaled, the Dutch have found a way to do it (as well as a way to package it for individual sale). Back to it: So everything seemed cutesy. I checked into the hostel, pushed the seediness factor to the back of my head and went out in search of food. After eating, continued to walk around (it's now dark outside and raining). If one word were used to sum it all up, that word ...

I took a day trip out to The Hague before starting work. While my guidebook calls it "Amsterdam's stern maiden aunt", the city had several nice museums. I made it to the Mauritshaus, the Binneof, and the International Court of Justice before my feet started to throb and I had to go home.

I blinked and Munich was over. Such a great time and I met such great people. I have a theory in life that good people attract other good people and this trip definitely helped solidify that. Our last night was super fun and we met some cool ass chics. The weather in Munich stayed beautiful for us. Just 2 days of rain, the rest were amazing. Arriving in Amsterdam in a bit, a little hungover but totally psyched. Thank you Munich for the time of my life!

... thanks for the updates! I hope the rest of you are doing well and I look forward to hearing updates from you as well. We are looking to book a flight to the US for Christmas, and plan to arrive sometime around December 19th and will be staying for 2 weeks. We hope to travel a bit during this time as well, but hopefully we'll get to visit many of you while in town! In the meantime... have a great rest of September and I hope to talk to you all soon! Veel liefs, ~Leigh~

Hi everybody! When we first moved here several people told us to go to the Wadden Islands on the Northern edge of the Netherlands. Well, if you remember our first attempt at this you'll know that so far we hadn't made it. So, 4 years later we decided to try again. The closest, largest and easiest to reach island is Texel. It is just over 1 hour drive from Amsterdam to Den Helder and then a 20 minute ferry ride from ...

I got to see my other cousins today! Yay! Jurjen popped over in the afternoon, and we had a chat about insignificant things - music, study etc... but it was fun. I'm so sad I have never had much time to spend with my cousins, but never mind... nothing can be done. But it was fun anyway - he had recently got a spanking new phone, and it had a really good camera ...