Hotel Emmen

... the battlements which we went straight to and watched until it finished.<br>Bourtange is surrounded by a series of hexagonal moats and large man made hills which have cannons at every point of entry.<br>We watched live sword fighting, celtic music, celtic dancing, archery and an array of other medievil treats which were all top quality and fantastic!<br>Most people there were dressed in period costumes and at the end of the day, all of the market stall holders ...

... farming communities on the German border, where things were slightly better. Dad used to tell us the story of when a bomb fell on the zoo. Opa cycled over there and came back with a chunk of the elephant's trunk, which they ate for a week. It was somewhat stringy, I believe.<br><br>Anyway, Dad was a thin and skinny thing, in danger of starving to death, so my Oma and Opa cycled all the way to Hengelo from Utrecht, in search ...

... with horses and foals gambolling in the fields outside the windows. Sander and Renata are very friendly. They greeted us at the backdoor next to their metre-deep paddling pool. Despite the tepid temperature, the kids donned their costumes and leapt in, before we even got into the house.<br><br>After putting the children to bed, we talked for a bit. I had been on the go for 18 hours but I was having trouble sleeping. I guess the adrenaline was still pumping. Eventually I snuggled ...

... en een tripje naar een eilandje van 7 X 14 kilometer dat zuidoosten onder Bali ligt. Daarnaast willen we natuurlijk zoveel mogelijk van het eiland zien, dus we zullen ook zeker een goed aantal weken aan het rondreizen zijn, maar dat zien wij dan wel weer!<br><br>Dat is het weer voor nu, er ligt nog een goede hoeveelheid inpakwerk klaar, dus laat ik daar maar zo zoetjes aan mee beginnen. Ik blog nog even weer vlak voor wij daadwerkelijk vertrekken. Tot dan!<br><br>- Alex<br>

... into smaller transports for the gas chambers of Bergen - Belsen or Auschwitz. The inmates, however, lived in constant fear of this deportation. The entire day was quite sombre really and it was a sobering thought for both Petra and myself when we realized that this camp had been operating only half an hour away from Gieterveen where both sets of her grandparents where living at the time and where the majority of her family still live today! Enjoy the pics.

Hoe ver zijn we? Vanavond hebben we besloten om de reis naar de eilanden Bali en Lombok eens goed te plannen. Maar hoe zijn we op dit punt terecht gekomen. Ter gelegenheid van Wim en Elly's 35e trouwdag op 13 - Dec. - 2008 is er besloten om het lang besproken plan om naar Indonesië te gaan, uit te voeren. Een mooie gelegenheid natuurlijk. Maar ja, zonder ...

Well peeps.... Blog is created, route is 1/2 planned and we have 14 days, 12hrs, and 10 mins to go! Susie has been reading other peoples blogs and wants to move to Chang Mai already to have a pet tiger cub, ride to work on an elephant and have 2hr massages every day! We shall see hey ! :)

... who always shares what he has. My eldest brother was 7 when I left... he is now 11 years old! His voice changed and he has become more mature. I don't need to run after him and feed him his food. He is taking care of his brothers now :) Dad has grown old a lot... This is the first time in my life having the feeling that I must go home more often or I might ...

... Haren (Ems, Dld), kregen zomaar prachtig plekje toegewezen, direkt aan een meertje. Mooi uitzicht. In het meer drijven ook nog van die gele bloemen en prachtige felroze waterlelies. Hoe die gele dingen heten weten we niet, plompeblaeren? Verder is hier niets, en bijgevolg ook geen vervelende mensen. Vervelende mensen houden namelijk altijd van vertier is ...

... paper, steel and shiny things Tell them they have more value More then memmories More then experiences Promise them the best that money can buy That thieves will take And time will breake RUN, little lab rat RUN! Run past the grey walls Climb your cage No more time to waste No more time to wait Run, Run away on your own Or stay and run with crowd Run but remember if you don't run on your own The only time You are taken out of that cage Is when your dead