Hotel Noordzee Katwijk aan Zee

"I wish that I could fly Into the sky So very high Just like a dragonfly I'd fly above the trees Over the seas in all degrees To anywhere I please Oh I want to get away I want to fly away Yeah yeah yeah" Leni Kravitz - Fly Away Six weeks holiday are over and I'm back in Europe again. Australia has been great and time has gone too fast. I saw beautiful nature, amazing animals and met wonderful people from all over the world. I ...

... is one I call the Get-Along-or-Die Theory. In warm places, this theory states, life is too easy; your next meal simply falls from a coconut tree. Cooperation with others is optional. In colder places, though, cooperation is mandatory. Everyone must work together to ensure a good harvest or a hearty haul of cod. Or everyone dies. Together. Necessity may be the mother of invention, but interdependence is the mother of affection. We humans need one another, so we cooperate - for ...

checked in at Lisbon airport, all on time and ready to roll when the captain comes out to inform us that the nose wheel is crooked (people inch to the windows and check, that thing looks damn crooked) after, somehow, on docking the sleeve pushed the plane. what to blame, remnant alcohol of christmas celebrations in portuguese sleeve drivers system? who knows....we're told wait and see. I realise the early mornign flight to ...

After many delays our friend Brad was scheduled to be in Amsterdam on business. After doing some fare hunting I found a great deal for another friend, Chris, to fly from DC to Amsterdam. I thought this was the perfect opportunity for us to spend a couple days in our favorite city and see our friends. Brad got into Amsterdam on Monday and Chris meet him there on Thursday. Kim and I drove the car there and meet up with them on ...

... house I feel a lot closer to her story-I think being there made it more personal for me and the story sort of came to life. (Way more than it did when I skimmed the book in 8th grade when it was required reading...) Anyway, I really enjoyed seeing it and I think I'll look at Europe differently too now. It's amazing to see the kind of impact the Nazis had on Europe... Ok...so favorite part of ...

... in the crowd. It was a bad night for the Dutch.    After the game, we strolled through the famous Red Light District. Pretty much everything you hear about Amsterdam is true. Everything is legal - including prostitution. These streets are covered with porn shops and theaters advertising live sex shows. I don't know about you, but getting aroused while watching a live porn show sitting in a theater next to a lot of people does not sound like fun ...

This month in the Netherlands I'm pretty busy with traveling around to meet my friends and relatives, thinking about my live and my plans, arranging some bureaucratic stuff and in the meantime I'm helping out with the organization of a BENEFIT DINNER & PARTY of the Amsterdam action-samba band!!!! So if you are around or planning a short Holiday ...

... town that specialized in cameras and we went out and found someone within the hour that would take a look at it (for 10 pounds...but that was the least amount we could find for an estimate)......We had to rush from there to make our appointment for the London eye....despite our warnings about the underground Erica and I mastered it quickly and absolutely enjoyed every minute of the trips on the tube...... The London eye was amazing and the views were great ...

The next morning I woke feeling scatter-brained and dry mouthed. I headed for the showers and freshened right up. Next I ate in the hostel cafe, some free breaky with bread and eggs. I sat outside looking at the large pond with a fountain which was nice. As I headed out the door I met the French guy again, this time he was with a Japanese guy, Takachi. The three of us decided to walk to the main trainstation and hire bikes ...

... so the building is occupied so this does not occur. The translation of the service is called AntiSquat. So I'm staying in something called an AntiSquat. It's really different, but really kewl. There is so much space because the building could hold about 1000 people in offices, but the offices have been turned into room's with share showers and toilets. After I dropped my stuff we went for a look around ...