Novotel Rotterdam / Schiedam

Hi my dear friends,<br><br>it is now official, I am going to write my thesis in Dublin next year :):):) This means, that I will move there beginning of January 2010 until at at least end of May! Yeahhh, I cant wait to be back!<br><br>And I got more great news: I will spend Xmas ...

Delft is primarily known for its typically Dutch town centre with canals, also for the Dutch painter Vermeer and Delft Blue Pottery.<br>Thera drove us from Zevenhoven to this picturesque city in the province of south Holland where I was very impressed with the charm, pottery and the history surrounding the life and assasination of William of Orange at the Prinsenhof.

... all around the streets. There was a greenhouse with a car pumping gasoline fumes into it, a house made out of plastic bottles, and some other cool stuff. We walked around and sat by the canal for a while and chilled out. It was a pretty relaxing afternoon. We had seen a Mexican restaurant earlier in the day, and Jessica really wanted to eat there since she didn't get to last week like me! So we ate at Amigo! and had a couple strawberry ...

... distance was really remarkable. It looks like a stack of three buildings all falling over like a deck of cards. We passed it later on, on the other side of the bridge... but we were in a tram so I couldn't really get a photo. What makes the impression even better is that there's a huge white pin or beam that's stuck into the side of one of the buildings to give the impression that it's holding them all up and stopping ...

... the normal australian thing of repeating aussie slang words. The two girls were off to a house warming, so they quickly got ready and then took some happy snaps just incase we didnt catch up later that night as planned. but the funnest was yet to come, ridding of the back of their bikes, tommy on one and me on another, it was so typically amsterdam, it felt pretty cool, it was short trip, but that was probably good for the ...

... together turning into the other and evolving into more complex versions of themselves. It was just really strange. Not true to life at all, but I am not sure if I can call that Surrealist. http://www.mcescher.nl/indexuk.htm Check out the galleries here. There were a few things at the museum based on Atrani which was really cool. But check out the later stuff too because that was some strange stuff. Glad I went anyways. I mean he was Dutch so at least it was ...

... pocketed and were being followed at one stage until the police intercepted. I didn't particularly like the pimps trying to get my husband to go in (and he was with his wife and kids1). We had a look in a "Coffee" shop, which is just another name for a Drug shop. It was amazing to see the drugs on shelves for purchase like at a supermarket. Totally different to what we are used to ...

... off the corridor with the bedroom and bathroom doors. The lounge is a seperate room. Residents are not involved in cooking or shopping or washing. Food is prepared and served to residents by staff. One wing of the Ground floor will be for dementia residents and they have their own secure garden fronting a canal as well as a terrace area facing a busy road and a view of the tower of Delft Cathedral. Suspended ceilings throughout, vinyl flooring throughout. The ...

... Some of the most famous new buildings are along the shore. We learn that Rotterdam's harbor is the largest Eurpoean port, and was the world's busiest port until 2004, when ithe top position was overtaken by Shanghai. We're sailing under the Erasmus bridge, then past cargo ships loaded down with containers, shorelines with modern windmills powering the commercial buildings, a chinese pagoda restaurant sits on the water, the Euromast observation tower ...

... the terminal, I found an Eerste Hilfe in Dutch sign and followed the arrows. The arrows led to a dead end. On retracing my steps and starting again, the arrows led down a stairwell and to an empty room. These arrows were not leading me to where I wanted to be. I tried joining a random queue of people in the hope of asking someone where to go. It turned out I was waiting in line at a car rental desk and this was not a helpful place either. A large ...