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We zijn er biiiijjjjnaaaa!
... bruiloft (niet die van ons :)).
Allesbij elkaar dus een heerlijke tijd!
Nu weer een maandje terug in Afrika en al weer helemaal in het ritme. Duidelijk wel weer even wennen aan de hitte, toen we aankwamen was het rond de 33 graden.. Maar ons mag nie kla nie (we mogen niet klagen)! Nu bezig met het plannen van de laatste paar uitstapjes hier, want het uiteindelijke ticket is geboekt. 30 januari zijn we weer officieel terug in Holland! Maar eerst nog een weekje ...
A little break
... stay at my friends house, Abby and Casper, in The Hague (or Den Haag) here in Holland. Just to chill out and not feel compelled to go everywhere and do everything. A place to catch up on computer stuff (when you're paying for computer access or have people waiting for you, your time on a computer is fairly limited). To have a homely atmosphere and to hang out with people I've met before. I've actually known Abby since I was 9 years old ...
Art and Surf in Den Haag
... waited for the second one, got on it fine but somehow managed to miss my stop (the tram didn’t miss it, I just missed it due to daydreaming) so got off two stops too late so had to wait ages for one going back. Anyway I eventually got to the train station and decided to go straight to Rotterdam.
To be continued...
Escher and Chandelier Museum Pics
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The Nether Regions!!
... Dutch and after checking in we took a tram to the central square and had a good look around the old church and Parliament square. The modern shops seemed to contrast the ancient architecture and cobbled streets.
Another tram ride took us out of the city centre to the miniature city of Madurodam which is scaled 1:25 and even the trees are pruned to scale. A huge complex on 18,000m2 with accurate recreations of buildings and villages from real Dutch towns ...
The culture shock,
... s not like anyone knows the difference
anyhow)- is supposed to sound like the Disney movie 'Lion King'. In
fact, I went to a Birthday party in Germany this weekend where they
sang Disney Sing Star and some one sang the King's song...right, this
'Ahhhh sepenya wakamahidiliduhhhh...', you know what I mean. Anyway,
the guy next to me said: 'They actually have a screen text for this
gibberish!Haha. Why don't they ...
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