Hotel De Leeuw Deventer

As you all probably know, I will go to New Zealand in January 2010. I am doing the study Architecture at Victoria University in Wellington and this means I will be there for at least 5 years.<br>Everything has been taken care of, and I'm pretty much just counting the ...

... diverse people live in harmony... at least we try to. <br><br>The Netherlands Youth and The Seaforth Highlanders are a no show. No mention is made as to why but I suspect that summer holidays make getting people out to organized functions difficult here just as they do at home. We meet a few families on vacation. Parents are bringing their children here to remember the sacrifice of Canadians- their Liberators. It seems "the torch" of remembrance continues to be passed here.

... a treat. He uses mannequins to set up a variety of scenarios, or life size dioramas. He has collected uniforms and artifacts from people in the area, who remember the Canadians as "lover boys and water rats." He reminded us that all the able bodied Belgian men had been shipped off to forced labour camps in Germany four years earlier, so when the Canadians arrived they were "warmly" greeted by the local female population. As a result, there are many Belgians ...

... food. Given that this journey took me nearly two hours in a car, it was no mean feat on a bicycle.<br><br>Some farming family took pity on Dad and took him in. I don't know how long he stayed or where exactly the farm was, only that it was somewhere near Hengelo. For all I know, it was Sander and Renata's place. I doubt if there is any way of finding out now, either. At the end of his stay, they put him on a bus back to ...

The cashew nuts were in a huff with me, after their earlier failure to give adequate directions. They folded their nutty arms and refused to tell me when to change motorways. I ended up back-tracking through a small village with no useful signposts, and some locals who waved every time we drove back past them looking for the way out. The cashew nuts smirked at me.<br><br>It was quite late by the time we got to Sander and Renata's farmhouse on the outskirts of Hengelo. It is a lovely ...

This is a great place to stay while exploring this area! It is a Family-Run effort, and Jeffrey and Nathasja work far too hard... I found the help and encouragement they offered me in my explorations to be far beyond any possible repayment. Located in the Center of this elegant town, the Hotel is just down the hill from the lovely St ...

... was on the news, which is bringing the quality of Nederwoon's housing under investigation. It is about time from what I hear. These buildings have been in need of serious repair for years. It will be an interesting week I think. I really hope they don't send us to the housing next to the insane asylum. It actually shares property with the asylum and I do not want to live there. My friend Maria offered me a place to stay if they kick us out, at least until ...

... dext** g*rd*n in t*wn fr*m the west c*ast with the benny cart** *rchestra & m*re cats fr*m harlem with their lady friends, this w*uld be the cr*wd between 4 and 8 in the m*rning when the music w*uld start t* take *ff & bird w*uld play s*me **** *n "ch***kee" that w*uld make pe*ple's jaws dr*p, whew, wh**e did this ************ c*me fr*m, thrusting his intelligence & drive int* the heart *f the *ld music, cutting a new channel wh**e s*mething c*uld be ...

... and there were barely a handful of pedestrians anywhere around us. It was eerily quiet, the intense kind that if it lasted day-in and day-out would drive you to jump off a bridge just to put an end to it. I may well have not been the first person to think that. As we crossed the footpath of a bridge over the canal we had to step around an elderly person&#8217;s walking frame and a toddler&#8217;s tricycle, both tied ...

... whip cream to make whipped cream for the pie. It was a contest to see which team could whip the cream to the point that it could be held upside down over the opponent's head without dropping. The thing that made this so funny is that the contest took place under a rotating disco ball with the theme from "Flashdance" playing. Whip, whip, whip, "she's a maniac, maniac on the floooor. . ." whip, whip, whip. The crowd went ...