Hotel Kogerstaete De Koog

Some of Alice's Diary Notes for Harlingen
" ..................We didn't realise how much time we had spend at the cemetery (locating the graves of Alice's infant brothers) so we took off and drove to Harlingen.  Harlingen is the harbour of Friesland and a gorgeous little place.  Lots of beautiful boats waiting to cross the Wadden which is the sea between Friesland and the islands of ...

As you can see, my understanding of pronunciations is not always the best. Most of the day, I just hung out with Grandma who again cooked for me. Today we had a mushroom soup and something like cheesecake balls. Again, it was all very tasty. Gyongyi had meetings today and I didn't need to be there, so I had a quiet day here. When she arrived home, we went to Delft which is ...

... off.. 20 minutes later I returned to the shop with the same flat tire. Most of my day was spent like that, back and forth. Finally, with my bike in running order I biked off into the horizon. Literary. I biked until I reached the beach. Den Haag (The Hague) is only about 16km away from Delft. It makes for a nice bike ride of around 40 minutes.

... fun - a couple from Boise Idaho. We ended up going for lunch with them at the Pancake bakery (apparently famous). The pancakes were not at all like home they were more like pizza's, Nina from our travel group got one that was full of Bananas, chocolate, whip cream (sorry Darol and Patty I am saving that for IHOP) I got a bacon and cheese pancake while Brett got some kind of sugar pancakes. Overall it was a great experience, and Steve and Nina ...

... the middle of nowhere. Got off. Walked around. Continued to walk around. Found the only hotel. It was booked. Taxis aren't running at that time of night. The next town looked slightly more promising...but would've been quite the walk with everything in tow. Miles. Several miles. Executive decision two: Stay at train station for three and a half hours. I bundled up at one point and tried to sleep for a bit. Got a little chilly so I walked around and ...

I took a day trip out to The Hague before starting work. While my guidebook calls it "Amsterdam's stern maiden aunt", the city had several nice museums. I made it to the Mauritshaus, the Binneof, and the International Court of Justice before my feet started to throb and I had to go home.

I blinked and Munich was over. Such a great time and I met such great people. I have a theory in life that good people attract other good people and this trip definitely helped solidify that. Our last night was super fun and we met some cool ass chics. The weather in Munich stayed beautiful for us. Just 2 days of rain, the rest were amazing. Arriving in Amsterdam in a bit, a little hungover but totally psyched. Thank you Munich for the time of my life!

... people and any children who come along (they don't do that for Halloween like we do), and I'm just hoping no one cuts a finger off while trying to carve a pumpkin ;-) Needless to say it will be a HIGHLY supervised event. The weather here fluctuates between 60 - 70 degrees during the day (boo!) but at least I'm getting used to it. On the bright-hand side, it's been pretty sunny for the past week so at least that's an improvement. I've heard from some of you at ...

... unique and endangered birds. Again we were joined by elderly Germans as we moved down the steps, across the swampland and to the beach. The wind seemed to pick the cold up from further out in the North Sea and slap it in our faces, forcing our jackets tighter around our necks and our heads further down as we trudged across the shell-strewn sand. The ocean was predictably cold and sent us quickly back across the wet grass and puddles to our bicycles. We veered east to the ...

... back to Enkhuizen (after Jose laughed at me cos i tried to sit in the driver's seat! - stupid right-hand-side-drivers...! Lol) But Oma and Opa were there at their house and so was Ron and there were lots of hugs and smiles and laughter and it was all lovely. We had a family dinner there with Oma's danish food - and it was so lovely! I think i went to bed quite early - sitting down seems to tire you out! It's so nice to be with family again....