This is Chris' and Melanie's log of our move to Amsterdam, Netherlands.
About this blog
Hello everyone,
This travelogue covers our trip to the Netherlands. We flew into Amsterdam from Chicago and are currently living on the Singel Canal in the center of the city. It has been an adventure for us getting settled into Dutch life and we hope to share the experiences with you. We hope you enjoy the travelogue! -- Chris Hooper and Melanie Bernhardt
Trip Start
Apr 15, 2003
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There are 119 entries in this blog
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Moving to Amsterdam -
2
Moving to Permanent Housing -
3
Week 1 including Easter weekend -
4
Queen's Day -
5
The month of May -
6
Düsseldorf, Germany -
7
Dave's visit -
8
Summer's longest day -
9
First trip to America -
10
Polder Survival -
11
Chris' Mom and Dad visit -
12
Weekend visit to Copenhagen -
13
Our house -
14
A Saturday afternoon drive -
15
Back in Amsterdam -
16
Prague, Czech Republic -
17
Jeannine and Julia visit (Chris' sister and niece) -
18
Culture Shock -
19
Melanie's Mom's visit -
20
September 11 in Europe this year -
21
All over Belgium -
22
Another Dept Outing, Leiden, and a Royal Lie -
23
Halloween in Amsterdam -
24
Heidelberg, Thanksgiving, Sinterklaas -
25
German Xmas Markets and Chris' Mom's 2nd visit -
26
Happy New Year!!! -
27
Post Holiday Traditions -
28
Weekend trip to Antwerp -
29
Back in Amsterdam -
30
Americans in Paris -
31
Back in Amsterdam -
32
February Happenings -
33
Back in Amsterdam -
34
Cultural Contrasts -
35
Happy Birthday to Me! -
36
Flowers, friends, a castle, and lots of Orange -
37
Belgian Weekend -
38
Back in Amsterdam -
39
France and Switzerland -
40
Amsterdam Happenings -
41
Normandy Weekend (+ a little more Belgian beer!) -
42
North Sea Jazz and Amersfoort -
43
Trip to Central Europe - Berlin -
44
Trip to Central Europe - Krakow and Auschwitz -
45
Trip to Central Europe - Slovakia and Hungary -
46
Trip to Central Europe -
47
Gay Pride Parade -
48
Dave's 2nd trip -
49
Two Chicagoland clock enthusiasts visit -
50
Brad and Kelly visit! -
51
Under the Tuscan Sun -- mostly -
52
Back in Amsterdam -
53
White Christmas -
54
January in Amsterdam -
55
Mussels in Brussels -
56
Record Snowfall! -
57
Did somebody say Guinness? -
58
March in Amsterdam -
59
Birthday weekend -
60
Day trip to The Hague -
61
A weekend of bubbly -
62
What lovely people! -
63
Day trip to Munster, Germany -
64
Gay Pride 2005 -
65
The (self-proclaimed) Merry Widows -
66
Chris' mom and Dad visit: Italy and France -
67
Christmas, 2005 -
68
Business trip to India -
69
A Slice of Italy -
70
Queen's, Remberance, and Liberation Days, 2006 -
71
The Loire Valley -
72
Chris' parents visit -
73
Incredible India -
74
Halloween 2006 -
75
Sinterklaas Avond (Santa Clause eve) -
76
Romantic Rome -
77
Amsterdam -
78
A Birthday in Paris -
79
Rosie's excellent adventure -
80
Rosie's excellent adventure, part 2 -
81
Great Scots! -
82
Isle of Skye -
83
Ferry to dover -
84
Return to Ghent -
85
How's summer? -
86
25 hours on Texel Island -
87
What do Joan of Arc and Monet have in common? -
88
Belgian Beer Weekend -
89
Fall Vacation, Part 1 - Stranded in Salzburg -
90
Fall Vacation, Part 2 - Ljubljana and the Karst -
91
Fall Vacation Part 3: Istria & the Dalmatian Coast -
92
Fall Vacation Pt 4: Day Trip to Kotor & Mostar -
93
Water, water everywhere! -
94
Beautiful Fall Colors at Slovenia's lakes -
95
In Memory of Milo -
96
Chartres Cathedral -
97
Southern France off-season - Part 1 -
98
Easter in England -
99
Flat Matt's excellent adventure -
100
What's happening in Amsterdam? -
101
A weekend honeymoon - 20 years later -
102
Dutch flower fields -
103
Queen's Day 2008 -
104
Germany's Black Forest -
105
Joining the ranks of the unemployed -
106
Two weeks later... -
107
Pastries (and other goodies!) in Portugal -
108
How time flies... -
109
Friends & Family Tour or How to Gain 5# in 5 weeks -
110
What's happening in Amsterdam? -
111
Day trip to Maastricht -
112
Flower Parade -
113
Open Monument Days -
114
Update on our travels ...... -
115
Tour of Norway - Oslo and Sogneford (Days 1 and 2) -
116
The town of Bergen (Day 3) -
117
The Hurtigruten (Day 4) - Rainbows and waterfalls -
118
Crossing the Arctic Circle (Days 5 and 6) -
119
Let's go fly a kite!
