El Corte Nijmegen

... reason to even be here, and like in Frombork, I set out to find something neat about a new place. I had my sights set on a coffee shop to kick back until the sun came up and then have at the sights and sounds.<br><br>So in the United States if you shift one state over to the next the people are pretty much all the same give or take a few teeth. I have moved one country over and I am in a world that I just do not recognize at all and this is the Netherlands of all places ...

... a door opening onto an upstairs terrace overlooking the shops), an attic room, A beautiful dining room with electric fireplace, a covered outdoor (alfresco) area, a double story shed and a cafe style kitchen.<br>We are very happy and can't wait to move in on the 1st of November.<br>Papers are signed and we a madly buying beds, TV units etc.<br>Hopefully we will see some of you there on your travels.<br>Shannon and Petra.<br><br>

... within maybe 50 metres of the train was just a green blur. Farm houses a kilometre away just zipped by. It was an awesome and exhillarating way to travel.<br> Unfortunately our speed was not great enough. We fell farther and farther behind schedule, until we arrived in Brussels 40 minutes late. We missed our connection to the Eurostar train that was to take us under the English Channel. Then, we got a bit of a run-around as to how to get on the the ...

... Daryl said to me that "I fought up this way through the town and when the battle ended I ended up in this park. Over on this intersection was a German 88mm gun that kept us occupied until it was taken out." Holy Cow! He was here crawling through a slit trench ducking an 88mm. Holy Cow! Amazing. <br><br>After we left the park, we headed out of town to the Grave Bridge. This bridge was used by Allied troops as a main way to get heavy armor ...

... and we have communicated via email since Paul died 5 years ago. It will be nice to meet him. I have also heard about his "museum" in his basement. Guess you will hear more on that later. Now off to meet the mayor.

The main reason I had decided to come to Holland in March was to celebrate my Tante Welmoed's 80th birthday with her. My cousin Judith did pretty much all of the planning and it was a fabulous party! <br><br>The guest began arriving at about noon and included friends of Welmoed's as well as lots of family. Of course Welmoed ...

The Fietserpad (cyclist's path) is a 574 kilometre-long bicycle route from south to north , straight across the Netherlands, We cheated and started in Nijmegen as that is where we were staying, we also had only 5 days , not enough to do it all and enjoy the trip. .We will finish in Groningen, appr. 370 km. from Nijmegen. The route follows small bicycle paths as much as possible, avoiding roads that have cars on it. The route goes almost entirely through scenic ...

... honorarium of 25 Euros. Never one to hoard her good fortune, Ilene picked up the phone and texted me an invitation to be her featured guest on her own Featured Guest Artist show. When I called her back she explained that she had a brilliant new living situation where I would have a place to sleep for the night, there was the promise of a free meal (always music to a poet's ears) and she would turn over her entire ¢25 stipend to cover my ...

We arrived in the afternoon. It rained all morning but there was a little sunshine specially for us. family there to welcome us and after an hour an half in the car on the most busy roads I've ever seen we got to my brothers house.Welcome dinner but for us really, a good night sleep. Next morning we went straight to the bike shop where my brother had bought 2 good dutch bikes for us and he decided we might as well try them ...

... in the Bayeux train station until 2:30pm for a train to Pontorson. From there I caught a bus out to Mont St Michel. By the time I got there, it was close to sunset...pictures still look alright though. It's really cool looking, but is smaller than I expected. There's one main cobblestoned street up through town to the abbey. It's all lit up at night too. Mont St Michel I had hoped to go biking around the Loire ...