Van Der Valk Hotel Houten Utrecht

... Anne Frank Huis (that's how they spell House in Dutch...). The house remained unfurnished per her father's request. It was interesting to see models of how the house would have looked like and what it would be like to live there in hiding through pictures and exhibitions. There were also testimonials by Otto Frank, Anne's father, and the various 'helpers' who were part of the Frank family support group. We even got to see the original diary!!!! It was such a fulfilling ...

... all dancing and singing along too, i can't believe how brave we are...and i wasn't even drunk, i didn't want to dance at all but Laura said to me that We live here, most of tehse people are tourists and we will never see them again, so i said **** it lets dance...is was quite late at this point and Adi had to work as the night porter at the Old Quarter, so we walked back to the bar, a joint on the way of coarse. Adi doesn't usually do the night portering at the bar so ...

... Amazon.    The wines served during the flight were great but the food was mediocre. British Airways can certainly learn a thing or two from Qantas if they ever hook up! Two movies, lots of champagne and wine ;-) , several hours of sleep and a drab English breakfast later, I arrived in the circus that is London's Heathrow airport.    The brand new Terminal Five is huge and shiny but to me, it really resembles a massive state-of-the-art cattle station. OMG factor: 1 ...

... The Van Gogh Museum was cool we got a set of headphones so that we could follow along on his life and what a lot of the paintings represented. By the time we left the museum it was sunny again and sunny it stayed the rest of the day. We got lost for almost 2 hours and were very excited when we finally made it to the Albert Cuypstraat market where a very long street of merchants set up outside their stores and sell stuff, kind ...

... t really changed. The population has changed quite a bit, now much more cultural diverse. Somehow back then it seemed more distinctly Dutch. Tourists are everywhere and it is exceedingly expensive. A bed in a dorm will run you around $50 unless you want to go well down market. Two of us had a double room with a shared bath in a boutique hotel in Manhattan for a hundred bucks. Mine, The Flying Pig, was an average hostel-with a great bar. The bar ...

i didnt think i would, but i really like amsterdam. we are in a part of town that is just beautiful. number one, the people are very nice here, unlike france :) and then there are tons of canals that are as picturesque as it gets. EVERYONE rides a bicycle. everyone. they even have their own lanes in the road. jess described amsterdam as a sunday afternoon. i dont ...

... vez em um pais muçulmano, ver outros carnavais e festas de rua que nao as brasileiras e descobrir que estas manifestacoes populares em grande escala nao sao nossa exclusividade (destaque para Las Fallas de Valencia), viajar com desconhecidos (ou nao tanto) e encontrar amigos, pisar pela primeira vez na Europa e na Africa, conhecer Londres (uma "ex-capital do ...

... that we preferred Rotterdam to Amsterdam, as it was less touristy, the residents were friendier, and it just seemed more Dutch, for example there were still coffeeshops there, but it was no longer the reason people were there. Amsterdam is certainly a prettier city though, although the buildings in Rotterdam are pretty damn impressive. We spent our last day of Amsterdam, and indeed the trip, walking around a bit and we did a boat ...

... hostel, very large, loads of rooms, clean etc... we had a room for just the three of us which was great, we even put our tulips out so it was more homely! I imagine it would be a bit in your face if you weren't a Christian, with paintings on the walls and bible studies happening in the hall, even we got some funny looks that night when we headed out for some food and walked past the bible study group. Good place though, would stay there again. Tea that night was ...

... is now being heard in Europe. Wow... -Last night we went to this place called Club 11. It's at the top floor of an 11 story building overlooking the amsterdam waterfront on 1 side and the city on the other. I felt like I was in the bar of the future in there. All the walls are windows and like 10 ft up were these huge video screens playing the weirdest **** I've seen in my life ...