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The Hague

A travel blog entry by ezandkate

... sans-serif;">Our last night in Den Haag, we went back to T' Goude Hooft and had a Heineken or three. Next thing we knew, a man in a black hat sat near the entrance and played piano for us, one song after another. I'm sure it was Opa :) After basking in the light of my heritage, we decided to go to a heaving Chinese restaurant next to our hotel. The place was overflowing with people and it was loud and totally going ...

Relaxing day

A travel blog entry by bermack

We got up yesterday and it was cloudy with a bit of drizzle. We were supposed to go to Amsterdam, but because of the weather, we decided to postpone until Sunday.

Instead, we had a fun day with Ed and Carmen. First we went to the Imax theatre, and saw a couple great short movies. One was about the Rocky Mountains and building of the CP rail line, even Lethbridge was in it. Funny we came to Holland to watch about Canada. The ...

Made it Through the Meetings

A travel blog entry by cphenly

... works by Rembrandt. In the afternoon, I will transfer to Amsterdam and check into the hotel at the airport (I fly out early Sunday), then I have tickets to take an Evening Cruise on the canals with one of the other women on the TOK committee. Will be on the lookout to buy and mail postcards. They'll arrive long after I get home, but at least they will have Dutch stamps!

And that will be about it! Home on Sunday, all being well.
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Road trippin' Dutch land

A travel blog entry by lisa-phin

We borrowed Anthony and Britt's car for the day and headed off on a bit of a road trip around a few cities. First stop was the Hague to pick up Phin's passport from the Kazakhstan embassy and then we drove to the beach front. If people want to go to the beach in the Netherlands....this is where most of them come. We found a quiet spot near the port and went for a walk on the sand before stopping for a quick lunch. We could see ...

The culture shock,

A travel blog entry by helenedenhaag

... and girls
were standing on the platform, barley able to stand a beer in hand.

The Dutch girls wear
leggins with a 'long shirt' and a leather (short) jacket and the
biggest scarf in the history of neck coverage. Their shoes are UGGs,
no matter the temperature. Their hair is long straight, mostly blond
and tightly out up.

The Dutch boys wear Jeans
with a dress shirt ...