Sofitel Cocagne Eindhoven

... Whilst I had very little time there, I really enjoyed the atmosphere and found myself desperately wanting to return to explore this little alley or that little shop, or this other part of the city one day - either that or wishing that my own Danish prince would walk round the corner and suggest I stay to be shown the city in more detail! ;) Every now and then you find a city where you feel instantly comfortable, and where you would be only too happy to stay longer, perhaps even not ...

... and we had a good time bowling.<br>We also got to try lots of new foods and enjoyed some of our favourites that we hadn't had for a while. Luckily for me the Strous family feels the same way about chocolate as I do. In the mornings I had chocolate spread on toast and after dinner I had chocolate custard! Delicious!! We tried multiple new types of cookies and the Bami was very good- I will have to get the recipe and give it a go myself.<br>On Monday Steve and I ...

... in the day. <br><br>My first impression was a train station with not a single place to sit and with not a single place open to eat or grab some coffee. My plan to chill out on arrival went cold on me fast and that cold unwelcoming place quickly put a chill in me. I milled about until the first joint that actually had seating opened at 6:30 and sat down (finally) to some tea. Not a minute after my cup was empty the cashier came over and told me to leave. Seriously...no ...

... buy a new backpack, an interrail ticket, a lonelyplanet and make some bookings at various hostels. Of course, i have my travel scheme ready as well. I will visit the following cities: Sarajevo, Mostar, Travnik, Karaula, Srebrenica, (i will do some charity work there, just like i did the last two times close to Travnik) Jajce and Bucuresti (Bucharest). If there is time left, i would also like to head to the coast (Ploce or Neum) and on top of that visit Tuzla.

... kids were there: my cousins Marc, Taco &amp; Judith were there along with Judith's husband Taeke and son Wouter. My sister Henriette came from Hoorn and my sister Jaaike and her husband Horst came from Germany. There was even family from my mother's side - my cousin Pepi and his wife Bogusia from England. <br><br><br>Jaaike ...

... No biggie - the hotel is nice. Got an upgraded suite, took a shower and just laid on the bed in a towel thinking about you. Started to cry and decided that I needed to take a nap. After three hours, I dragged myself out of bed and started to unpack things. God, I miss you. I love you so much. I had a dinner reservation at the hotel for 7, but decided to find a bank to get some Euros and find some water. Got some money out of the ATM (I can't believe my ATM ...

... sleep to recover from that, but seemed no worse for wear. The local school teacher lent me some books in English to read. Last week I went in with her to the ROC Tourism College in Einhoven to help with exams for a dozen of the 18-20 year old students. It was an interesting day. I had conversations in English with a teacher and the students had to summarise what we spoke about. Then there was three ...

... stairs to pack up all our stuff, and check out. Dad still stayed in the lobby to use the internet while us girls went off to find some "Drop". I assume that most of you don't know what drop is so I'll explain it. Drop is similar to black licorice, but with a lot of variations on flavors (salty, honey, fruit, carmel, but all maintaining the anise flavor) and much smaller softer peices. Our friend who we ...

... industry, william seward burroughs turned the language around &amp; pointed it back at the squares who had stripped it of its meaning, &amp; blew up the sky with his revolutionary writings- naked lunch, nova express, the soft machine, the ticket that exploded- kerouac &amp; ginsberg &amp; burroughs in new york city in the years after the war when bird ruled the music with his magnificent recordings for dial &amp; savoy, &amp; dizzy's big band was ...

Dit is de start van een nieuw leven! Een jaar lang weg uit de omgeving die voor mij gedurende 18 jaar zo bekend is geworden. Die bekende omgeving ga ik nu verlaten en ga nieuwe horizonten opzoeken. Spannend? Eng? Ik denk een beetje van beiden. Maar dat wil niet zeggen dat ik het niet meer zie zitten.<br><br>De laatste dagen zijn hier wel wat vreemd geweest, de dag komt ook zo dichtbij. Afscheidsfeestje is geweest voor vrienden en familie. Want ik ga ...