Hotel-Restaurant De Beukenhof Leiden
Terweeweg 2-4, Oegstgeest Leiden, Zuid-Holland, 2341 CR, Netherlands
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Go to Leiden to learn the Haka
... for the western world….NZ was of course named after Zeeland, just up the road from here.
And therein lies a tale. On a wet day (we have had plenty of those) we went along to the local cultural museum, only to find a replica Waka (Maori war canoe) floating outside.
Inside, the museum was mostly closed for renovations, all but for a special wing devoted to Maori and New ...
Opening Ceremony of Maori Boathouse
... gotten stronger and stronger. Steven Engelsman and everybody involved has achieved so much and it's thanks to their dedication and support for a project like this, that ties have been forged between both countries, that will last forever. Of course, it's also thanks to BankGiro Lotterij, who funded the project.
After the speeches, the Njord rowers wheeled the waka taua into the boathouse and did a very good haka. They ...
Chillin on a dutch couch
... they still want
some knowledge of dutch so that idea went out the window.
After about 5 days of not achieving very much at all, we started to consider venturing out of a 5km radius. We did check out the windmill and the castle in Leiden as well as several day trips.
We had a day trip to the Hague and
Amsterdam, another to Rotterdam and then a road trip that included
more of the Hague, ...
NETHERLANDS ADVENTURE
... many of Wilma's Relatives as we can and have lots of other interesting stops along the way! Hopefully visiting Brugge, Brussells, and a small town where Mago lives in Belgium and then Eindhoven in Holland. Wilma has connected with many of her Kinfolk of her very large family and is willing to share lots of Big Hugs from them ...
Pakken
De laatste voorbereiding: pakken. Dit is zo'n beetje wat dorien mee gaat nemen, en dat is een vrouw. Het motto hier: reis met weinig bagage, dan heb je ruimte over voor herinneringen. Dit is een oude aboriginalwijsheid die we in Australie geleerd hebben. ;-).
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This hotel was formerly known as: Hotel De Beukenhof



