Hampshire Classic - De Klinze Leeuwarden

No photo's this time guys!<br>I just wanted to share the fantastic news with you all that I am officially a Dutch resident.<br>The lawyer called us with the news on Monday morning.<br>We are ecstatic. This means I can reapply for a five year residency in July next year.<br>It also means I can now search for work.<br>I will keep you all informed of how that search goes and of my ongoing travels.<br><br>Wish me luck!<br><br>Shannon.<br>

Well I'm on my way at last: how strange after such a build up..... <br><br>Been resting, sleeping and chilling out with friends in Groningen after a mad dash onto the Dutch flyer overnight ferry and then connecting trains to Groningen. My friend Helen ...

... bit of lunch we all hopped into the car and drove to Grouw . This is a little place 15 kilometers out of Leeuwarden and where the family including Tiny used to go with their boats. Tiny used to sleep in the hotel and her room was permanently booked looking out to where the rest of the family were on the boat. In the morning she would open her window and groan good morning and when they all shouted back good ...

... lunch and then the four of us went into the city.  I just love Leeuwarden.  We walked around for awhile and then went on a little boat through the canals.  I learned quite a lot about the history of Leeuwarden that no doubt I had learned at school but seeing that, that is a long time ago I had forgotten quite a lot.  Before we got back we saw Christien&#8217;s sister in law Alie on her bike, camera in hand taking photo ...

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 ...

The trip was for Alice to help Pieti buy a new washing machine so we took the opportunity to have a look around<br><br> A trip of about 15km from Lekkum took us to Dokkum which is a dutch fortified town in the municipality of Dongeradeel in the province of Friesland. Not very big about 15,000 people.<br><br>This town (city) is also one of the eleven cities that form the 200km skating race which can only happen if all the course is frozen over. Averages about once every ...

... catching up to do.  Got all our washing organized and you wouldn&#8217;t believe it the washing machine broke down.  There wasn&#8217;t much we could do about that so we just left it.  A friend of Pieti&#8217;s called in and took my washing home and returned it in the afternoon.  We were laughing because we had to hang it on the line and after sitting in the backyard all day it was quite a big job. ..............  Spoke to Luke and ...

... a few people went back to their apartment and relaxed until we went to dinner with the group. The dinner was at the Pancakeship. Which exactly as it sounds, a big boat in the canal that serves pancakes. Then we went to a pub for a drink, then bed.

... and laughing then not even glancing at one while you walk through. So after that I made it to the STA Taxi service and sat there for about 20 minutes then got in the taxi and headed to Stenden University. After registering at the International Office and the housing office I got to my room, put the sheets on my bed and went to sleep.

(Originally published at http://www.troysgonewalkabout.com)<br>< br>From the very south-east of the country we spent the entire morning on four separate trains getting to the very north-east, ending up in the university town of Groningen. We enjoyed the afternoon in customary fashion, traversing the town&#8217;s squares and parks and passing by the rusty old boats crammed end-to-end along the canals.<br> <br>It was my last ...