Hotel Carlton President Utrecht

... wedding and not open again until 3.30pm, which was too late for us. Not to worry, we had the whole of Utrecht to explore, so we walked through the town and along some canals and had pancakes for lunch. I bought Mum something for her birthday and some sale rail kids clothes. It was quite nice.

We had arranged to meet Tonny and Peter at the hospital where my other uncle Ries is still an inmate. This involved a bus journey, as it was too far to walk. I managed to locate the ...

... Oh it was tasty tasty stuff. Lapping up the stereotypes we ventured back into the city via a classic old windmill. More cheesy photos and back we went. A really fun day. Alicia is now a bonafide cycling pro!

Spent a fair bit of time shopping for souvenirs, which was indeed a task. Do you know how hard it is not to look at every single item when they have your surname on them??? Think we picked up some pretty cool stuff. Some may be called lame. I don't care ...

... t care a thing about what other people think and you like to be on your own completely, then the Netherlands is great for you. For famous people this whole story doesn't apply exactly the same. If you work for the media or you're in it often, you'll be admired, however crazy you are. That may explain even more why foreigners think we're tolerant. You can publish whatever you want. Freedom of speech is thought higly important ...

... and allows me to trust, simply trust. August 2008, last August, I went to Cádiz, a small haven city in the south of Spain. After my first fixation on Tarragona (but colder and Catalán), my eye fell on Cádiz, for its size mostly (small, don't like big cities too much) and its location, right at the beach with the wind blowing through my hair making the temperatures amazing, it's huge Atlantic ocean waves and it's smell of sea all throughout the city, so I was told ...

... Restored Rembrandts are far more impressive. There were some Vermeers, but most are in his hometown of Delft. Headed over to the VanGogh museum next. It reminded me a great deal of the Picasso museum in Barcelona. It does not have his most famous works, but does an excellent job of showing his development as an artist. They place works in the context of his influences and peers to give the visitor an idea of how the VanGogh technique evolved. VVG did not start painting ...

HELLO to you all again as you can see iam back in freezing cold europe looking for work again i had a great time in south east asia but the bar was not to be this time martijn (dbb) has let me stay with him for the time being here in AMSTERDAM so i think this is my last blog for some time you can still contact me thanks for listening EBB

... in the midst of so much sex and sexual tension; it was like nothing we'd experience before.   In any other country if you go to a live sex show you're considered a freak, if you light up a joint you're considered an addict, but here, it's one of those things you have to do.  The older generations might frown upon these liberties but it is here where people feel free. Control and ...

... like European cuisine! Today was really just a day of wanderings and last minute souvenirs. And smoking today has only made me more homesick than ever. Everything I think to do I counter in my head because I wish I was home: call Luke, don't, it's expensive; use the internet, don't; call him, you want to hear his sweet voice, etc. What to do?! I need to wean myself of calling ...

... of the stylist crew from LA in the Hilton Bar. It was pretty entertaining hanging out with these stylists talking about hair, color, and all kinds of other hair stuff. I asked them what they would recommend that I do with my hair and they all said, "grow it out" to which I replied "yea right". I also held a pair of $700 scissors, yup $700, I didn't mess up any zeros, seven hundred dollars. crazy, I gotta meet the owner of that scissor ...

... 27 dagen
In vier weken reizen we langs de natuurlijke en culturele hoogtepunten van Thailand en brengen we een bezoek aan het fascinerende buurland Laos. Een afwisselende reis met en interessant kijkje in de keuken van het voormalige Franse Indochina.De reis begint in de intrigerende hoofdstad Bangkok, waar je kunt genieten van vele fraai gedecoreerde tempels en het koninklijk paleis. Uiteraard maken we een boottocht door de kanalen ‘klongs’ van de ...