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Amsterdam

we are almost coming to an end to our stay in Amsterdam. i didnt really like d city actually... 1 of d few rare ones who would say this i guess. almost everyone i knew spoke extremely well of d city. well, d city is nice and all n i do feel d 'free spirit' there. but i also see (or smell) d...

permalink written by  wangyng on April 18, 2008 from Amsterdam, Netherlands
from the travel blog: Hello Europe!!

Amsterdam

it was around 10pm when we got here. d city is very very much alive! coffeeshops n smell of weed everywhere. d coffeeshops here r not like ours back in Singapore. coffeeshops here r d venue where u are allowed to smoke weed. can imagine d smell inside a coffeeshop... eeks! anyway, our host...

permalink written by  wangyng on April 16, 2008 from Amsterdam, Netherlands
from the travel blog: Hello Europe!!

Den Haag - day trip to Delft

went on a day trip to Delft today. d very 1st thing that amused me was this map vending machine. u go through a series of multiple choice n select d map u want. then d map comes out in d lower winder of d machine. yes yes i know, so easily amused! Delft is know for Delft Blue, d porcelain...

permalink written by  wangyng on April 15, 2008 from Delft, Netherlands
from the travel blog: Hello Europe!!

Den Haag - Day 20 of trip

we agreed to cook for our host Yorien tonight. her name is actually Hilgien but it was tooo hard to pronounce for people so she uses Yorien to make things easy for everyone. anyway, she was pretty excited about us cooking cos 1) she gets to eat food from a different country, 2) she has some1...

permalink written by  wangyng on April 14, 2008 from The Hague, Netherlands
from the travel blog: Hello Europe!!

Den Haag - Day trip to Keukenhof

as planned, we woke up around 8am (or earlier??) to have breakfast with Yorien and to catch her ride to Keukenhof. this is our 1st official ride from a host. her ride is a Peugeot Cabriolet. eve had to squeeze into d back seat cos it a 2 seater with a really small back seat. we had d top opened...

permalink written by  wangyng on April 13, 2008 from The Hague, Netherlands
from the travel blog: Hello Europe!!

explaining my hosts

ok, before i go on, i probably should explain about the host thing, which some people is probably confused about. i joined this wonderful project called Couchsurfing. this is a community of people who offer their couches/spare bed/floor for anyone in the same community. so u search for...

permalink written by  wangyng on April 13, 2008 from The Hague, Netherlands
from the travel blog: Hello Europe!!

Antwerp, Belgium to Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands

since we couldnt make it for d morning train anyway, we decided to leave in d afternoon. eve went to do her final shopping spree while i stayed home n chill. we finally left around noon and had our final Belgian waffle while waiting for d train. we got off at Rotterdam as planned and...

permalink written by  wangyng on April 12, 2008 from The Hague, Netherlands
from the travel blog: Hello Europe!!

Day 2 of Holland

Well I'm actually back in NZ now, but I thought I had better finish up my Holland blogs. The second day I slept in to a ridiculous hour and made my way leisurely downstairs. I had to ask Ans how to work the shower. It is amazing how many different ways there are to work so many familiar...

permalink written by  Abby Benton on February 14, 2008 from Voorschoten, Netherlands
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last (boohoo) day of holland

Today Ans' friend Linda showed me around Leiden. I felt very Dutch as I set off on a bicycle to see the sights - although certain parts of my anatomy felt the repercussions of sitting on a bicycle seat for a few hours! Leiden is a very old town and has Holland's oldest University in it. I...

permalink written by  Abby Benton on February 14, 2008 from Leiden, Netherlands
from the travel blog: UK

waar zijn mijn klompen?

Some of my family is originally from the Island of Texel, on the coast of the Netherlands. So I decide to coral Tom into a good old family roots visit...even though I wasn´t sure where on Texel they came from. Good oportunity to see some windmills anyway. We took the ferry over from Den...

permalink written by  no_fosters_thanks on February 13, 2008 from Oudeschild, Netherlands
from the travel blog: Aye, a new adventure

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