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Concerning Hobbits
Dat wachten lang duurt wisten we allemaal al, maar als er dan iemand bij je in de buurt rondloop die 'Concerning Hobbits' een goede titel vind voor de eerste post... Nouja, ons laatste berichtje vanuit het veel te koude Nederland.
Nog twee uurtjes en dan worden we opgehaald door de moeder van Eduard en dan begint de reis. Voorlopig is Eduard vooral nog bezig met iets dat op stress lijkt. Gelukkig is de kattenbakvulling op, dus die moet ik zo nog even halen. Verder zijn we er ...
Amsterdam II
... tennis as there were professionals playing a higher grade there. I finally got on court where the temperature on the scoreboard read at one point 35c, unnaturally high for Amsterdam. It was a slog fest where my opponent seemed to figure me out and consistently got the ball back. I lost a tight first set 5-7 then I clicked and won the next 6-2. So it went to a super tie break, where I vomited from exhaustion, and lost 13-11. There are some people you don't ...
The old town of Haarlem
... the new one, sint bavo kerk. The new one is isolated outside of the towncenter which makes it totally different from the other, right in the middle of the town, with two big places around and a small hub of bus stops.
Even the long walks we had to do from the host to the towncenter were great... The routes of the Netherlands are amazing. You can walk alongside a canal almost every time, its strange. Also I can confirm ...
Benelux Travels Part IV: Haarlem
... through this town of Haarlem blessing your willingness to travel and seek new experiences, made that afternoon all the more memorable.
* Whoa- major John Updike moment, but it describes exactly how I felt.
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My next posts will return to the "Topography of the Third Reich" series - I have a few thoughts I'd like to share based on my visit to both the Deutsches Historiches Museum in Berlin and the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam.
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Museum day
... while Rembrant’s Nightwatch is huge (so huge that it was cut smaller to fit it into the original place).
Behind the Rijksmuseum there is a free diamond exhibition (actually it is oversized jewellery shop), where you can see how they make new jewellery and also drool next to a diamond necklaces that are ten times more expensive than your Amsterdam trip. Almost next ...
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