Destination: Netherlands

Laatste voorbereidingen in Nederland

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 | By esther_in_china | Views [672] | Comments [4]

He hallo! Je hebt mn weblog gevonden, wat goed! Ik zal hier al mn verhalen over mijn stage in Guangzhou (China) posten, zodat je een beetje een idee krijgt hoe het met me gaat aan de andere kant van de wereld! Afgelopen weken mijn laatste vakken ... Read more >

A winter in Amsterdam...

Mon, 2 Feb 2009 | By whereiskai | Views [745]

It's been some time since the last post. However, I want to share first something about this winter, and share some impressions of what it can be like here in Amsterdam! As you all know, everybody gets somewhere here by bike. I get to my school ... Read more >

Amsterdam (1/28/09-1/31/09)

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 | By caraesullivan | Views [344]

Day 1: Once I met my friend, we chose to drop our heavy bags in a locker at Centraal Station.  Feeling free from our heavy loads, we walked around Dam square and got some lunch at Foodism. I had a vegge sandwich on a baguette. It was yum.  From our first ... Read more >

The Flight (1/27/09-1/28/09)

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 | By caraesullivan | Views [365]

I was packing up to the last minute on Tuesday, the day of my departure.  In fact, I just barely left in time to make my flight. My parents dropped me off at the airport.  After a tearful goodbye, I rushed to security only to sit and wait for my plane ... Read more >

Auf dem Balkon (German poem and a little translation)

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 | By whereiskai | Views [3614] | Comments [5]

Wo bin ich zuhause? Und wo meine Seele? Wo ist Liebe? Und wo nicht? Wenn der Wind meine Wange streichelt Wo bin ich dann? Wir leben, wie wir leben. Doch die Lieder laengst vergangner Zeiten die hallen wider, sanft und warm in der Liebe, die ... Read more >

Tags: nature, philosophy, poetry, sky

The Past Few Months

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 | By lauren_koch | Views [408]

Dear all. Over the plast few months I have been very busy. It's been hard to write blogs about boring everyday stuff. I got up, went to work, came home, ate dinner and went to bed. Reteat ad nausium. You get the point. What I can tell you about the ... Read more >

Amsterdam

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 | By melwhite14 | Views [599]

6am wake up this morning to head to Amsterdam and catch up with 3 other friends from back home. As meg and i walked out the door of our hostel we walked into wind rain and darkness. It was one of the funniest walks to a bus stop i have ever done. Meg ... Read more >

Gallery: sama and rama pay us a visit!

Mon, 1 Dec 2008 | By melly027 | Photo Gallery

Sam and Koob's Big Adventure

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 | By sam_smit | Views [346]

We finally decided to become people who do things instead of people who sit and watch other people do the things we want to do. We packed up our little family in South Africa and made the move to the Netherlands. We are staying in Utrecht at the ... Read more >

Gallery: early days

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 | By sam_smit | Photo Gallery

Manitou Springs

Sun, 9 Nov 2008 | By liliavisser | Views [747]

It's our first stop (after all the flights and travel) for a couple of days. For those interested, here the site to check it out: http://www.manitousprings.org:80/ And if you are a "weather freak", wanting to know how's the weather in those ... Read more >

Tags: colorado, manitou springs

large architecture firm amsterdam

Sun, 9 Nov 2008 | By melly027 | Views [1704]

benthem and crowel architects. riding to work at 7:30 has become one of my favourite times of day.   I love the peace of the cool blue of the morning before the swarm of low-panting high schoolers: I love the piercingly cold air, bakery-lights and ... Read more >

Tags: lots of architects, peter bruckmann brucke, stedelijk

Photos: Amsterdam

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 | By martin_rix | Photo Gallery

Where I'm going

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 | By liliavisser | Views [529]

Here a picture taken by Simone in February, when she, Klaartje and Femke went there.

Preparing, part 2

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 | By liliavisser | Views [466]

I'm preparing myself for my working trip to Colorado, in what is known in our company as the CoRetEx ( Co lorado Ret ail Ex perience). The idea is to give those who work at the  ABC a bit of the taste of the American way of life. Of course it's not ... Read more >