Hotel de Palatijn Alkmaar
Dillenburgstraat 1 Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, 1814 JV, Netherlands
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Slapen met Sokken
... is dusdanig afgestompt door jarenlang te laat zijn, dat ik de priemende blikken van mijn schouders af kan laten glijden. Toch maar beetje opschieten dan. De zon, een hevige plensbui. Nederland is in de war nu de Lapré's op stap gaan.
Wij komen op tijd aan op het vliegveld waar we meteen aan kunnen schuiven bij de andere vakantiegangers. We nemen afscheid van ma en duiken de wereld van Schiphol in. Alle lampjes en bezigheden blijven ...
Licorice, Cheese and Bicycles
... a show for us tourists than a serious piece of business, but it’s great fun nonetheless.
In a big square beside an algae ridden canal (isn’t it a lovely shade of green?) and in front of the weighing house, huge rounds of cheese are laid out for auction, and then, presumably sold on the basis of so much a kilo.
They are carried on sledges to the scales in the weighing house ...
To go or not to go, that is the question....
.....but is it the right time to already answer it at this point?
Of course what I am talking about is the present situation after the horrendous events that took place on March 11, 2011 and the continuing developments in the aftermath of it all.
For those that were not on the planet in the last week: the Northeastern part of Japan was hit by a 9.0 earthquake on the Richter scale, and large parts of the ...
Do You Think You Might Just Be A Little Bit Dutch?
... city that I was going to just because it was the most convenient for Lucy and I to meet up, I absolutely loved it. First of all, Amsterdam is gorgeous. Second, everybody is so nice. Third, it's fun to listen to people speak in Dutch, it sounds like coherent jibberish.
After about an hour on the boat, Lucy and I came to the stop at the Central Terminal. According to the schedule, we had twenty minutes till the boat left from the other stop. We realized we were ...
Biking in the rain sucks a$$!
... say what it is. Plus there is a good balance in terms of work/life. The pace is not so fast but just enough. I wish I had more chance to explore it but I was quite sick the first few days. Thank god they have a direct flight to Amsterdam from Calgary. :)
It's sad that my trip has ended but in a way I did get homesick too. I actually missed the regular routine. But I'm already thinking about where to go next year.
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