Novotel Rotterdam

... Fernando in Peru !! I am SO happy!<br>I will be there from December 12th until 30th and spend New Years Eve in Den Haag. <br><br>So many exciting things are going to happen, hehe... and please come and visit me in Dublin, you are all very welcome!<br><br>Big Hugs,<br><br>Jo x<br>

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>

... it's a chain, so they have those all around, and they are quite classy. It had a little restaurant and bar and a nice lounge on the second floor along with a cafeteria for breakfast. We stayed in an 8 person female room and got free linens which even included blankets! After settling in, we headed back out to check out the festival. It was some kind of environmental festival. There were art exhibits that were about the environment set ...

... busy from where we were. Near the bridge was this interesting building. It's built in such a way as to create an optical illusion. It's only when you walk past a bit that you see what creates the strange pattern of windows. The mobile was interesting. I found it rather impressive the way it just hangs over the water. I wonder whether it really is held up by the different parts or is it just solid. Now this building in ...

... top. and they'd be a danger if you came home a little worse for wear. Same deal at her friends house, three flights of steep as stairs to reach her level of the house, her family lived on the bottom two and the third was hers to do what she pleased with, such as entertain young australians. Six more tins down at the party was begining to warm up. the four of us chatted away for about an hour longer, swapping stories and ...

... that old. He lived in Italy and did some work in southern Italy which was cool to see. He also did lithographs, drawings, but more than just the simplicity of styles of making art, he worked in wierd 3-D or not 3-D shapes. He would take say 4 or 8 wood carvings of the same things sometimes and put them all into one print, so you would have the same things all over the print doing slightly different things each all together. He would have pictures of doves or fish ...

... she will never forget. The canals reminded me of the pictures I had seen of Venice. It was amazing to drive down the road and have a boat on the North Sea Canal ABOVE us! We walked through the Red Light district (you don't go to Amsterdam without having a look). The kids covered their eyes alot! It was the only place on our entire trip where I felt unsafe. We saw two American girls ...

... of a central service block of store, kitchen, etc so there is a corridor either side. From each corridor are 7 bedrooms and lounge/dining. The flexibility is built in that you can have a 'home' of 7 or 14 or 28 residents. At the end of the corridor is a large balcony. By opening a connecting door in the central block a wandering route can be created ifthere are 14 residents. Bedrooms are 15sq.m with a bathroom/wc shared between two residents. There is a ...

... breath until we got to the Rotterdam train terminal. Then hoofing it, we headed up the street to our hotel for a quick change, then down to meet the group and over to the Rotterdam port. We're doing a harbor cruise with Rotterdam's harbor master! I do love little cruises on a river, lake or in the harbor. This is a nice little boat with an outside viewing area, a lounge where the captain is at the controls, and a dining room. Rotterdams harbor is a tourist ...

... and feel black tubes of light passing through my eyes, through the back of my neck and into the chair behind me. Needless to say it was the oddest and most nauseating 20 minutes spent on public transport in my life. <br> <br>Erwin power-chucked as soon as we got off the train. He was panicking and still mumbling about over-dosing and wanting to get medical help. Fee decided to stay with him on the platform so I was sent to find assistance. Upstairs ...