Hotel Central Roosendaal

So I had a nice couple of days in Lille, where I had the chance to spend some time with my Peruvian friend Monica, who I had met in Lima during some volunteering stuff. I saw some pretty cool stuff in Lille, most notably the Museum of Beaux Arts (Arts Museum, of course), and some nice architecture.

Then, last ...

... Fernando in Peru !! I am SO happy!
I will be there from December 12th until 30th and spend New Years Eve in Den Haag.

So many exciting things are going to happen, hehe... and please come and visit me in Dublin, you are all very welcome!

Big Hugs,

Jo x

I've been here so many times & I never take pictures... so I decided to remedy that this time. Dordrecht is one of the most picturesque towns I've ever seen, & I'm lucky to have the opportunity to stop there often on my way to Africa to visit my good friend Colette.

... the countryside are some traditional windmills and it was always a highlight for me when I spotted one. Today we left Amsterdam in the thick of an incredible fog. You couldn't actually see the petrol stations on the sides of the road or read the road signs it was so thick. The whole thing had a very eerie feel about it. It did make windmill spotting a little difficult though. We headed south to a place near Rotterdam called Kinderdijk, or the Children's ...

... zijn we dan ruim op tijd voor onze vlucht van 17.20u. We komen vrijdagochtend aan om 10u (lokale tijd) en dan gaat het grote avontuur beginnen!!! Ik heb een hotel geboekt voor de eerste paar nachten maar verder staat alles nog open... Onze route zal er ...

... just only scratched the scratching of the surface where you scratch.... something like that... With this trip I become more and more excited to experience new things everyday. Actually being on the trip is overwhelming, to know that I'm actually here doing what I've wanted to do for little less than a year is... AWESOME! Goodnight for now! Hope all is well! Let me know how everythings going! Miss you guys!

... I managed to find a subway that went under the river, dividing the north and south side of the city, where there wasn't a bridge in sight. I punched on north until i found a narrow strip of grass beside Rotterdam Airport. It was well after midnight when i pitched my tent, locked my bike up and had chocolate digestives for dinner. Scary stuff. I'll put it down on the experience list, and will try avoiding a repeat performance.

... ed from Oktoberfest, they were irreversibly stolen (or thrown out) from my hostel in Brussels. And I wasn't exactly prepared to do the rest of the trip in flipflops. I've already mentioned how they perform in the rain and I'm spending a month and a half in Ireland and the UK. My first day in Rotterdam I actually didn't really spend in Rotterdam. Once the new sneakers were purchased we hopped a train to Hellevoetslois, Mandy's hometown (and if you just read out the ...

... Dutch have some odd ways of doing thins....like you will always get charged for everything here...every time...but they don't have conductors on the #5 tram and many tourists think they can ride for free. But they DO NOT have change machines so you can get change to buy a ticket, but if the station is open and you go to the counter and purchase a ticket you pay a service fee.... EXCEPT - once in a while the ticket agent will have tickets printed out sitting in front of them and the ...

... in the little lounge area near the reception. The hotel was great about it too which was nice. They knew that most people were still drinking and they just let is enjoy the night. People were running around into others rooms and dancing in the hallways it was kinda crazy. I'm not sure what time I went to bed but I think it was around 4 or 5. I know some people never even ...