Die Raeckse Hotel
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Sep 02, 2012
... All seriousness aside, she was a wonderful girl who genuinely seemed happy to help us. This incident was our first indication of how warm and friendly the Haarlem people are. So we get to the hotel around 7 am and ask if the room is ready knowing full well that check in was not until 3 pm. Well guess what, it wasn't. But we were able to drop off our luggage and head out about town. They were just beginning to set ...
Time stands still.
... to not have too many expectations for this trip, that's usually the best recipe for disappointment, I really think I've designed this tour well and it will fit the duality of my nature. After three weeks of constant companionship with strangers -hopefully turned friends- I know I'll be ready to go off and explore Paris, Verdun, and the Alsace Lorraine region on my own. Ok, I better run and enjoy the blue skies that just opened in the ...
Long day of travel
... we both slept very poorly on the plane. Right after we got off the plane, we found the trains and headed to Rosendaal. Here, we met up with Cobij and Tjidde Heijboer, our distant relatives, to have lunch. After lunch, we got back on the train and headed to Haarlem, where we walked to our hotel to drop off our stuff. We walked around Haarlem to find a place to eat, and stopped at Sparne 66, which was recommended to us by our hostess. The restaurant is run by three sisters, and is ...
Day Twee - Haarlem and Keukenhof Gardens
... evening is when the real excitment of the day happened and not the good kind. After I had returned to my B&B I became engaged in a conversation with the lady of the house. I had met her briefly that morning at breakfast but hadn't really spoken to her. Her husband is the one who greeted me the night before and made me breakfast that morning, so all my interaction has been with him. During our conversation something seemed a little off with ...
Good tasting coffee is nothin' but a faint memory
... one of the most beautiful places we have been so far. The cobblestone streets in the small alleyways that house cute and cozy cafes and restaurants, is what we both had in our minds "Europe" in general would be like! We are in Zeist now, which is a suburb just out of Utrecht (45 minutes East of Amsterdam). This is another lovely and extremely old city with much the same buildings and parks and canals that Haarlem had, but it is of course not as touristy or vibrant and lively ...