Hotel Terminus Den Bosch

Hi my dear friends,<br><br>it is now official, I am going to write my thesis in Dublin next year :):):) This means, that I will move there beginning of January 2010 until at at least end of May! Yeahhh, I cant wait to be back!<br><br>And I got more great news: I will spend Xmas ...

Het is bijna zover! Mijn studie is afgerond, de laatste inentingen zijn gehaald, en nu is het inpakken en wegwezen... Op naar het avontuur!<br> <br>Ik hoop dat ik op reis genoeg gelegenheid zal hebben om af en toe van me te laten horen, en mijn belevenissen aan jullie te vertellen, en ook zou ik het heel leuk vinden om af en toe van jullie te horen hoe het thuis gaat. <br><br>Hopelijk tot onderweg : ) <br> <br>Veel liefs, Claar<br>

... few hours looking round Amsterdam and visiting the Anne Frank house before heading to Utrecht by train and bus to his place. That evening with some of Gersons friends we headed out for a few drinks and onto a student party finally leaving at about 5am. The Dutch always amaze me, here I was the foreign traveller speaking no Dutch but could speak to anyone I wanted thanks to their fantastic language skills (Paul take note...). The following day was spent mainly in bed ...

... creating my own home somewhere in the Netherlands! As this is one of the things I found out over the summer: Really want to have my own place, a place I can call 'home'. Which I can leave from and come back to whenever I want. Does this mean I am settling down again....nope, not really ;-) Hé, at least now I'm not walking around with a plane ticket in my bag... yet hahhaha Yes, Dutchies, I will be around for a while, at least till ...

... dinner, catching up, having some good laughs over Betsy's new present, the game of Crocodile Dentist. Betsy gathered up on her bicycle her naked baby doll, a blanket, a red dog on wheels, a deflated soccer ball, and Crocodile Dentist and rode off "to Utrecht on vacation," where she visited someone named Josie who lived in a pink castle. Guus learned the art of pushing himself up on all fours. A very good night indeed. Love to all of you!

... for my next adventure; just booked a flight to Delhi on the 28th. of february. At the moment i'm, reading about the country, arranging a visa, packing my backpack, saying goodbye to friends at home, stuff like that. Well, since pictures tell a thousand words i've posted a few to give you an idea..

... the traveler's cheques I bought many years ago) was very low right now. I got about 30 Euro for $100. It started to rain in earnest so I found a place to have lunch, called the "Hazz-Bas": I had a pannenkoekken with cheese and mushrooms and it was delicious - even if I am not a pancake person. Added sprinkled sugar and stroop (syrup) and it was just great. Carried on walking about and walked past, I think, the Staadt house where people were getting married - at least a ...

... Then I didnt even have enough money to buy a train ticket so I bought one with a reduction thinking it would go smooth. The traina rrived and of course they asked me for a justification for my reduction I simply showed my student card and faint the dumb unknowing tourist saying it's not my fault. I simply received an explanation of the system and it was all ok. but well not much could have had happen I only had 2 euros in my pocket!!

... down off my soapbox now. So, we haven't actually done anything here in the Netherlands yet. But I can tell you about my day yesterday in Germany. We started off heading out to see this Horse Stud Farm, a famous breeding place of Hannovarians. You horse people out there will know that this is a very prestigious breed of horses? I don't know anything about horses, but I know these were very pretty, and it was amazing to see the temprement of these guys. They ...

... the zoo was awesome. We'll have to go back another day when it's not quite so crowded. EATING OUT I don't know what it is but everyone knows Julie. We were going to out for lunch the other day and Julie said she wanted to go to a specific place because they have a really good salad. So we went to the place but Julie didn't see a salad on the menu. So she asked the waiter if they have salad to which he said 'yes, the same one I told you about 2 days ago'. It was ...