Fletcher Hotel Restaurant Koogerend Den Burg

Some of Alice's Diary Notes for Harlingen
" ..................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 ...

... 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 ...

Ok so the bike that I bought... it sucks. I spent the night cutting through a tube I found with a butter knife to replace the main seat stem. After 40 minutes I was able to cut through the whole thing. It sucks not to have decent tools. This morning I woke up and the front tire was completely flat. That almost completely destroyed my plans ...

Day 2 we decided that we should take a guided bus tour of other parts of Holland. Brett and I decided to take a 5.5 hour bus tour of Holland. First we were able to see a little more of Amsterdam before leaving the city and heading towards the Hague. The country side was very nice - full of many new and old wind-mills. Our first stop was at a pottery factory in Delft apparently Delft pottery is very famous I am sure many of us have seen at one point in ...

... be WOW. Skip forward: I went back to the hostel to sleep, deciding I'd rather do more exploring with daylight than in the skeeze of dark/rainy streets. (Mind you, I'd started feeling kinda ****** during the morning. Runny nose and cough. Can't figure out if it's allergies, the onset of a cold or just exposure to so much smoke since arriving.) The place was crazy smokey and noisy...so I put in earplugs and slapped the mask on. Manage to doze off for ...

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!

... to mine) and everyone is friendly. There are a few other 'international' employees on my project, but most of the work I do during the day is conducted in Dutch. Last week I also received my "permanent" car from Accenture-this is the car I will ideally be using for the next 3 years. It's BRAND new (Sept 2008) and had 25km on the odometer when I received it. I've added a photo of the car :) It's a 2008 Opel Corsa 1.3 Diesel Driving to work is definitely a plus (the ...

... of the island where we passed a horizon littered of skydivers above Texel's tiny airport, fields of cows and, of course, sheep, before making our way into De Koog, a quaint farming town. We stopped for a stretch and reorientation before hoping back on our well-tuned bikes towards the forested section of the national park. Quickly losing ourselves in the maze of fiestpad (bike paths) we found ourselves amongst trees that didn't differ all that much from what I've come ...

... along the top of one of the precious levies that defend the Netherlands against the constant threat of water and on to one of the large ferries that shuttle cars, trucks, bikes, motorcycles and people across the north sea to Texel. The overcast skies dotted with seagulls and damp breeze made for an uninviting introduction to the tourism-dependant island. Our driver's cool reception did little to encourage us either as we boarded a bus operating one ...