Hotel Bor Scheveningen

Well, the trip has finally started! After getting up way too early (nerves I guess) and repacking my backpack twice, I traveled to Schiphol. I tried to get a seat with enough room for my legs, but unfortunately those seats were already reserved. (So why does it say on the China Airlines website that those seats cannot be reserved?) Here we (a friend of mine who's also going to Bangkok and I) enjoyed a last meal on Dutch soil (a nice tosti) and afterward we boarded the Boeing 747 to Bangkok.

... differently and very unique shapes. Out to wander around the town. LOts of window boxes full of flowers. Also wine vines growing over door ways and across the streets over head on wires. This town is just what I thought Germany would like to me. Steve say's I look like a local....don't worry I don't know enough German to stay! The weather has been beautiful and we enjoy a Heifewuessan (beer) on the back patio with a view of the Rhine!

... at me, and her knowing that I know that she knows that I know she's a slut really tripped me out. At the show I stood front row for PGroove's last show. John Di Maggio (voice of Bender in Futurama) had been introducing the bands throughout the concert, and the last night he even pointed out Matt Groening (creator of Simpsons and Futurama). I danced hard and with many. An inside joke among us came after the show when I started asking Jeff and Drew, "have you ever had your face ...

... flight with no hassle since we were the first ones to check in and board and this was my first time flying within Europe so it was interesting to note the differences between American and European flights. The whole show about the emergency exits and how to inflate your life jackets is done by a recording. I found it hard not to laugh so I just closed my eyes and turned up the music. Upon arriving ...

... about the stairs, climbing and descending them as little as possible, but she will become used to them over our days in Amsterdam. After hauling all our things into the apartment, Gary and I head out to the airport, and after circling around and wending our way there, we finally manage to beat aside traffic and occupy the correct lane taking us to the airport and the car return location. It seems that we didn't cause any great ...

Scheveningen is a good example of a Dutch word I can not really say...I'm always too tempted to slur it all together. However, it is an amazing place to while away a few hours. Scheveningen is a small suburb of Den Haag on the North Sea coast with long sandy beaches, fantastic bars and restaurants along the beach front and a very cool pier. Pretty much ...

While, I am a little behind. The teacher tour ended in Frankfurt with a trip to an apple wine farm and the Heidelberg Castle. The experience was wonderful and I learned so much. I never thought I would appreciate the German culture, but this has been an eye opening experience. Mike joined me on June 30th and we ...

... canal and as it turns out, it was an audio track although the driver was very helpful in playing the audio CD in 4 languages and pointing at things it was talking about as he drove by. That was pretty boring so we headed to the Heinekin experience to liven things up. a good experience, with some beer making, some history of the company and a little ride/film of a day in the life of a heineken bottle. however is wasn´t long before we ...

... Admirals play at the 50,000 seat Amsterdam Arena, home of Ajax, but had been bumped by Justin Timberlake's appearance. I guess that shows where NFL Europe ranks in priority. For those that need a refresher on NFL Europe, here's what I've learned. From an original league of 10 teams located throughout Europe (London, Glasgow, Barcelona) the league is down to 6 teams - 5 based in Germany and 1 in Amsterdam. The ...

We were very cultural today and actually quite organised. we visited the Rijks Museum and the Van Gogh museum this morning before playing on the 'I amsterdam' sculpture, exploring some markets and then heading into the Jordaan region to visit the Ann Frank house. The Rijks museum was having building work done so there was lots closed off unfortunately, Roz loved this place, I ...