Mitland Utrecht

... br>Anyway, the irony of the day's travel arrangements, was that having paid for return tickets and received a punishment for being a tourist, I then didn't use the return tickets at all. Peter wedged us all into his car and we drove back to Maarssen, so I didn't have to face public transport again. Peter then cheered us all up by buying us dinner. We had a great meal in the restaurant close to their house. The kids all got freebee sunglasses and spent the evening being 'cool dudes'.

... Dick Bruna. The guy who drew Miffy and all her friends. There are pedestrian lights shaped not like a walking man, but Miffy herself, in red and green. Very cool.

Although only 5 nights spent in The Netherlands we felt we grabbed a really good slice of it. Explored much more than the typical tourist who at our age tends to stay in the 'Dam and remain quite smoky and green, or red. And above all, as mentioned above, the Hollands have now been to Holland.

... people, in a sense that they like to do things their own way, that they often 'lock up' in their house, that they focus on themselves and the people most near to them, but still mostly to themselves and in fact are somewhat selfish that way. It's also why they do not make the impression of having a superwelcoming hospitality to foreigners from other (often southern) countries. We're not used to unexpected visitors and ...

Dag lieve mensjes, Nog 1.5 week te gaan; dan zullen we het koude en regenachtige kikkerlandje laten voor wat het is en zullen we voor 24 dagen vertrekken naar Chili en Patagonië. Aldaar zullen we ook onze Kerst en Oud&Nieuw vieren! * Oppas voor Job en Fleur is gelukkig geregeld * Laatste wasjes worden gedraaid en gestreken * Huis is opgeruimt en schoongemaakt * Afritsbroeken zijn aangeschaft én vermaakt * Extra reistas/koffer is ...

We ended up watching the EuroCup game at The English Pub surrounded by a bunch of Spain fans. Lots of fun. And the ladies room was clean and had tp the entire night! Our bartender Helena was very nice, although her co-worker seemed to hate us (or maybe just Andrew...I couldn't tell) We basically hung out there the whole night, drinking some kind of light beer and eating Doritos. We took a picture of the bag ...

... tonight's optional extra). We opt to experience the other side of Amsterdam and head for "The Grasshopper", one of the city's most infamous "Coffee Shops". To cut a long story short, let me just say that the 20 Euro we spend here is the biggest waste of money. We enjoy a drink with Randy, Chris and Joseph (none of whom seem altogether "with it"), and then head towards the coach, eager to catch up with the rest of the group and interrogate them about the night's goings-on.

Dear Blog, On Thursday morning we left Bruges behind and jumped on the train bound for Amsterdam, Netherlands, on the way we stopped off at Antwerp in belgium to have a look around, pretty boring city actually. Its meant to be the Dimaond capital of the world, and it is but wasn't exciting. Anyway hopped back on the train after a couple of hours and it was PACKED, our packs were sitting in the ...

May 3 2007 Today, I went to the Jordaan area. The Boat house, well, some of them are quite nice. Maybe I'll get a tongkang and park at Clarke Quay. Happening man. Took a tram with their billets. I still have 13 empty spots to stamp. Tomorrow, I'll use 2, today another 2. Guess, I'll have to come back again to finish them up. Wonder whether I can use them in Rotterdam or Den Haag. Hmmm. Amsterdam is a city with life. And they don't feel cold. The morning ...

... guides & magazines. The first night after leaving the Rokerij (coffee house) we were too stoned to be able to make any decisions, so we went off on a 45 minute search for a decent restaurant, only to find out that we ended up going to a tapas bar on the same street as the Rokerij was. Don't even start laughing - it was more hilarious than anything else. However, on Sunday night we (Toni) have done our research and we went off to the ...

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