Mercure Arnhem

... to be around that time, I wasn't able to book a hostel for just a few days, so I had to book for 11 days in a row. Gives me at least some time to get a good impression of the city (I hope). Maybe I'll even go visit some musicals, like Mamma Mia and Wicked. :-)<br>

As you all probably know, I will go to New Zealand in January 2010. I am doing the study Architecture at Victoria University in Wellington and this means I will be there for at least 5 years.<br>Everything has been taken care of, and I'm pretty much just counting the ...

... morning mist provided a slight haze in the distance. The grid pattern could be clearly seen below with the predominantly flat roofed terraced blocks, grouped around areas of open sapce, both public and private.<br><br>Whilst walking through the development I amanged to catch the refuse vehcile with one operator at work. In the lower density parts, wheely bins are still used. Rubbish is collected twice a week and tranpsorted to a transfer station. Material is sorted and ...

Well,<br>We have finally found a house in Utrecht!!!!<br>It is located in a picturesque village 20mins from Utrecht called Doorn.<br>Doorn is surrounded by a lush forest and has many Mountain bike riding tracks and lok out towers where you can view the city of Utrecht and the surrounding areas.<br>Our house is located in the centre of the shopping district of Utrecht which is very handy.<br>It has two bedrooms (the guest room ...

... Na zondag nacht mezelf elke 7 minuten wakker geslikt te hebben toch maar naar de dokter gegaan. Deze zag mij nog wel op het vliegtuig stappen. Hij stuurde me door naar de KNO arts in de hoop dat hij nog een truckje kon doen zodat ik minder last zou hebben. Een paar uur later zit ik op de fiets naar huis met volgens de KNO arts een Pfeiffer virus. 's avonds belt de huisarts met het ...

... I didn't get disconnected every few minutes and I actually got to carry on a conversation with my family. I even got to wish Nick a happy birthday! Over that weekend I also visited Delft which is the home of the blue and white hand painted china. I loved the town! It was so quant and wonderful! I would love to spend more time there. I did some of my Christmas shopping so that I could send it home with the people that I was staying with (they are from MN near Maple ...

... failed and the occupation of the area lasted for about another year. The Museum is informative, but the cemetery is poignant, stirring - I can't really find the right words to express it. The others go quickly back to the car, but I am deeply touched and spend quite a bit if time wandering among the headstones, reading the inscriptions. I think of all the kids who served, kids the ages of my kids, leaving ...

... than what you would pay in sydney (Enkhuizen to Utrecht: EU14.30, the same distance in sydney would cost $2.20!). But never mind, i enjoyed the journey! I got to Utrecht at 6.15 - where Eveline met me at the station, on her bicycle! I'm not exactly skilled at riding on the back of someone's bicycle - but here I was riding sidesaddle on the back of Eveline's bicycle - i had no idea it took so much concentration (or ...

... van mijn eerste reisje door NZ. Vanaf het vliegveld naar de pond en dan naar Waiheke Island. Ik kom om 5.15 am aan op zondag. Of er dan wel een bus gaat? En hoe laat vaart in godsnaam die pond op zondag?? Ik zag mezelf daar al uren wachten! Gelukkig is er dan iemand die tegen me zegt: "Maar je bent daar toch voor 3 maand? Haal een kopje koffie, rook een sigaretje... Op een vliegveld zijn altijd wel mensen en wie weet moeten er nog meer mensen wachten op de eerste pond..." Precies. Wat ...

... een onverwacht financieel tegenvallertje, maar niets houdt mij nog tegen: ik ga naar Nieuw Zeeland!!!<br>Nog iets minder dan 3,5 maand, nog 14,5 week, oftewel nog 101 dagen!!! De planning is om 20 november vanaf Schiphol naar San Francisco (America) te vliegen. 25 november vlieg ik dan door naar Auckland (NZ), waar ik de 27ste aankom (jawel: ik vlieg over de datumgrens!). 26 februari 2006 vlieg ik dan vanaf Auckland naar Rarotonga op de Cookeilanden, waar ik de 25e ...