Eight Ways To Vacation In Holland
k.val...@sympatico.ca
of interest that is fun to do? Some of the things that Holland is known
for include tulips, cheese, the paintings of Rembrandt and Van Gogh,
windmills, clogs, diamond cutting, quaint buildings, pottery, bicycles
and the canals of Amsterdam. You will learn about eight places you can
go to see some of them right here. Find out about some of the cities,
towns and villages that you'll see when you're on vacation in Holland,
a small European country, part of The Netherlands, bordering Germany
and Belgium, a little larger than the State of Maryland.
In Amsterdam you can take one of 110 glass-topped cruise boats along
some of the 165 canals and see the world's narrowest house - only one
metre wide; or visit Coster Diamonds to see how these jewels are cut
and polished; walk across a few of the 1,281 bridges in the city; drop
by the Anne Frank House, or take in the Rijksmuseum and feast on
Rembrandt's masterpieces including the "Nightwatch".
If you prefer tulips instead, impose on the Bulb Fields in the "Garden
of Europe" at Keukenhof, the world's largest flower garden. Indubitably
a sight to behold! Certainly a must-see when on vacation in Holland.
How about wildlife and nature trails? - A short drive will take you to
Holland's largest park: de Hoge Veluwe, 5,500 hectares of woodland,
heathland, lakes and driftsand; and breeze into the Kröller-Müller
Museum, which houses some of Van Gogh's most famous works.
Something cheesy? - See how the famous "Edamer" cheese, as it is known,
is made in the village of Edam. It has a very mild taste, slightly
salty or nutty and almost no smell when compared to other cheeses. It
also has a significantly lower fat content than many other traditional
cheeses.
Why not check out the Zaanse Schans? - A delightful old hamlet on the
banks of the River Zaan, with characteristic green wooden houses,
charming stylized gardens, small hump-backed bridges, tradesmen's
workshops, historic windmills, engaging little shops and discover the
art of clog making too when you're on vacation in Holland.
Palatial settings? - Hang around the 17th century Het Loo, previously a
royal palace with its formal gardens, at Apeldoorn. In the 18th
century, William III's baroque garden was swept away for a landscape
park in the English taste.
Always wondered how ornaments are made? - Frequent the pottery factory
in Delft. Delftware is a blue and white pottery, part of the "tin
glaze" style, in which tin-based white glaze is first applied, then
metal oxide decoration and finally a lead-based clear glaze overcoat to
make the surface glossy.
Want to see a village where life has hardly changed over the last 400
years? - Visit Staphorst, famous for many of its residents wearing
traditional Dutch clothing. It also happens to be one of the most
religious villages of the Netherlands.
As you can see you will have your favourite places to see when you're
on vacation in Holland but why not plan your trip so that you can see
them all? The Netherlands is not that large a country so distances are
short and you can cover a lot of ground in a day when you're on
vacation in Holland; the Dutch are friendly and they will make you feel
welcome no matter which sights you decide to visit.
Keith Valentine began his solo excursions at fourteen throughout the
south of England, though at a younger age he participated in a guided
youth hostelling tour in Wales. He has toured extensively in Europe and
North America. Now 52, he travels throughout Ontario with his partner.
For more interesting travel stories and tips, please visit:
http://101travel.blogspot.com
Iceman
> What can you see when you're on vacation in Holland? Is there anything
> of interest that is fun to do?
Spamming a newsgroup, apparently.
> Some of the things that Holland is known
> for include tulips, cheese, the paintings of Rembrandt and Van Gogh,
> windmills, clogs, diamond cutting, quaint buildings, pottery, bicycles
> and the canals of Amsterdam.
Pot, hookers, and giant blond women?
> You will learn about eight places you can go to see some of them right here.
What are you selling exactly?
> Find out about some of the cities,
> towns and villages that you'll see when you're on vacation in Holland,
> a small European country, part of The Netherlands, bordering Germany
> and Belgium, a little larger than the State of Maryland.
Rotterdam has enough shitty parts to deserve the title "the Maryland of
Europe".
> In Amsterdam you can take one of 110 glass-topped cruise boats along
> some of the 165 canals
With 713,962 tourists.
> and see the world's narrowest house - only one
> metre wide; or visit Coster Diamonds to see how these jewels are cut
> and polished; walk across a few of the 1,281 bridges in the city; drop
> by the Anne Frank House, or take in the Rijksmuseum and feast on
> Rembrandt's masterpieces including the "Nightwatch".
Or do what other backpackers do, and just spend a week smoking pot.
> If you prefer tulips instead, impose on the Bulb Fields in the "Garden
> of Europe" at Keukenhof, the world's largest flower garden. Indubitably
> a sight to behold! Certainly a must-see when on vacation in Holland.
Not a huge tulip fan. I'll stick to the hookers and weed.
> How about wildlife and nature trails? - A short drive will take you to
> Holland's largest park: de Hoge Veluwe, 5,500 hectares of woodland,
> heathland, lakes and driftsand;
Wow, things I'd never find here in the US!
> and breeze into the Kröller-Müller
> Museum, which houses some of Van Gogh's most famous works.
I've heard that the Van Gogh Museum is good on shrooms. Second-hand
information of course.
> Something cheesy? - See how the famous "Edamer" cheese, as it is known,
> is made in the village of Edam. It has a very mild taste, slightly
> salty or nutty and almost no smell when compared to other cheeses.
And compared to a lot of backpackers.
> It also has a significantly lower fat content than many other traditional cheeses.
If you want fat chicks cross the border into Germany.
> Why not check out the Zaanse Schans? - A delightful old hamlet on the
> banks of the River Zaan, with characteristic green wooden houses,
> charming stylized gardens, small hump-backed bridges, tradesmen's
> workshops, historic windmills, engaging little shops and discover the
> art of clog making too when you're on vacation in Holland.
Yes, a fake reconstructed town that sells wooden shoes and windmill
snowglobes to tourists at ridiculous prices. Why don't they just add a
Holland ride to Disneyworld?
> Palatial settings? - Hang around the 17th century Het Loo, previously a
> royal palace with its formal gardens, at Apeldoorn. In the 18th
> century, William III's baroque garden was swept away for a landscape
> park in the English taste.
It's legal to buy it, it's legal to own it, and if you're the
proprietor of a hash bar it's legal to sell it.
> Always wondered how ornaments are made?
By enslaved political dissidents in China earning 75 cents per day?
> - Frequent the pottery factory in Delft. Delftware is a blue and white pottery,
> part of the "tin glaze" style, in which tin-based white glaze is first applied, then
> metal oxide decoration and finally a lead-based clear glaze overcoat to
> make the surface glossy.
Don't bother it will break in transit.
> Want to see a village where life has hardly changed over the last 400
> years? - Visit Staphorst, famous for many of its residents wearing
> traditional Dutch clothing.
"Oh, fuck, the tourists are here. Better take off our T-shirts and
jeans and parade around in ridiculous costumes to persuade them to buy
crap!"
> It also happens to be one of the most religious villages of the Netherlands.
Which would make me more likely to go there why?
> As you can see you will have your favourite places to see when you're
> on vacation in Holland but why not plan your trip so that you can see
> them all? The Netherlands is not that large a country so distances are
> short and you can cover a lot of ground in a day when you're on
> vacation in Holland; the Dutch are friendly and they will make you feel
> welcome no matter which sights you decide to visit.
Until you're mugged by pissed-off junkies. And you forgot to warn them
not to take pictures in the Red Light District.
David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
> k.val...@sympatico.ca wrote:
> > What can you see when you're on vacation in Holland? Is there anything
> > of interest that is fun to do?
>
> Spamming a newsgroup, apparently.
>
> > Some of the things that Holland is known
> > for include tulips, cheese, the paintings of Rembrandt and Van Gogh,
> > windmills, clogs, diamond cutting, quaint buildings, pottery, bicycles
> > and the canals of Amsterdam.
>
> Pot, hookers, and giant blond women?
>
> > You will learn about eight places you can go to see some of them right here.
>
> What are you selling exactly?
>
> > Find out about some of the cities,
> > towns and villages that you'll see when you're on vacation in Holland,
> > a small European country, part of The Netherlands, bordering Germany
> > and Belgium, a little larger than the State of Maryland.
>
> Rotterdam has enough shitty parts to deserve the title "the Maryland of
> Europe".
Do you live there? There are plenty of beautiful areas in the state to
redeem it IMO.
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usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk
http://www.davidhorne.net/pictures.html http://soundjunction.org
Iceman
David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and
deansgate wrote:
> Iceman <oneo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > k.val...@sympatico.ca wrote:
> > > What can you see when you're on vacation in Holland? Is there anything
> > > of interest that is fun to do?
> >
> > Spamming a newsgroup, apparently.
> >
> > > Some of the things that Holland is known
> > > for include tulips, cheese, the paintings of Rembrandt and Van Gogh,
> > > windmills, clogs, diamond cutting, quaint buildings, pottery, bicycles
> > > and the canals of Amsterdam.
> >
> > Pot, hookers, and giant blond women?
> >
> > > You will learn about eight places you can go to see some of them right here.
> >
> > What are you selling exactly?
> >
> > > Find out about some of the cities,
> > > towns and villages that you'll see when you're on vacation in Holland,
> > > a small European country, part of The Netherlands, bordering Germany
> > > and Belgium, a little larger than the State of Maryland.
> >
> > Rotterdam has enough shitty parts to deserve the title "the Maryland of
> > Europe".
>
> Do you live there? There are plenty of beautiful areas in the state to
> redeem it IMO.
I'm sure there are some nice natural areas, but Baltimore is a dump.
Padraig Breathnach
The original Baltimore isn't.
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PB
The return address has been MUNGED
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David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
There most certainly are. Exquisitely beautiful- some of the shoreline
is wonderful.
> but Baltimore is a dump.
Baltimore isn't Maryland, and Maryland is not much smaller than the NL.
Does Rotterdam make NL the shitty part of Europe? Think about it.
IME there are very few US states (if any- but I've not visited them all)
which don't contain enough natural beauty to overcome any shortcomings
some of their uglier parts may have.
Iceman
>
> Baltimore isn't Maryland, and Maryland is not much smaller than the NL.
> Does Rotterdam make NL the shitty part of Europe? Think about it.
Calm down. My response to the OP wasn't serious. I actually like the
Netherlands.
pltrgyst
>Calm down. My response to the OP wasn't serious. I actually like the
>Netherlands.
And Baltimore as well -- it's a nice, working-class city. Much like
Philly.
-- Larry
Runge
the center of some people's very little world.
"Padraig Breathnach" <padr...@MUNGEDiol.ie> a écrit dans le message de
news: j1luf2lco3nogf8qv...@4ax.com...
Runge
"pltrgyst" <pltr...@covad.net> a écrit dans le message de news:
2ivuf2h555php6udf...@4ax.com...
Gregory Morrow
David Horne wrote:
I LOVE Baltimore, it's one of the very few US cities that still has
some local "character". I love the "Bawmer" accent/dialect -- plus
which it's the hometown of my fave filmaker John Waters, who has put
Baltimore's quirky charms on celluloid for all the world to enjoy...
Did you know that Baltimore's official motto is "Charm City"...???
Ya gotta love a place where they are constantly finding dead bodies
floating in the harbour and it's virtually a matter of civic
"pride"...it's a place with a very high "atrocity index".
John Waters famously said about Baltimore: "It's the place where all
the southern hillbillies on their way to the north ran out of gas --
and decided to stay...".
> IME there are very few US states (if any- but I've not visited them all)
> which don't contain enough natural beauty to overcome any shortcomings
> some of their uglier parts may have.
I guess you've never been to Illinois then ;-)
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jeremy...@yahoo.com
k.val...@sympatico.ca wrote:
> What can you see when you're on vacation in Holland? Is there anything
> of interest that is fun to do?
You can go directly to Schiphol and get the plane to somewhere warm,
sunny and friendly.
B;
but I'm the only gay in the village of Llanddewi Brefi
David is off on his 'high horse' again, galloping further up his own
arse !!
Dave Frightens Me
<gregor...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>David Horne wrote:
>> Baltimore isn't Maryland, and Maryland is not much smaller than the NL.
>> Does Rotterdam make NL the shitty part of Europe? Think about it.
>
>
>I LOVE Baltimore, it's one of the very few US cities that still has
>some local "character". I love the "Bawmer" accent/dialect -- plus
>which it's the hometown of my fave filmaker John Waters, who has put
>Baltimore's quirky charms on celluloid for all the world to enjoy...
Pink Flamingos? Mmmm, dog shit...
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jack-...@scarlet.be
>> Does Rotterdam make NL the shitty part of Europe? Think about it.
>
>Calm down. My response to the OP wasn't serious. I actually like the
>Netherlands.
To find out 100's of ways to visit Holland check out my Holland pages
beginning at
http://www.jack-travel.com/Amsterdam/NetherlandsPageRight.htm
Keith Anderson
>here we go on the US again
>the center of some people's very little world.
The original Baltimore is in Ireland, you twatt.
Keith, Bristol, UK
Email: usenet[dot]20[dot]keefy[at]spamgourmet[dot]com
This is a sp*mtrap, but I will get your mail!
Unknown
>On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:32:54 +0100, Keith Anderson <m...@privacy.net>
>wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 7 Sep 2006 07:29:17 +0200, "Runge" <phi...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>>
>>>here we go on the US again
>>>the center of some people's very little world.
>>
>>The original Baltimore is in Ireland, you twatt.
>
>You omitted "pig ignorant".
Another great 'goat-posting'!!
Unknown
>On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 19:13:22 +0200, Martin <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:32:54 +0100, Keith Anderson <m...@privacy.net>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 7 Sep 2006 07:29:17 +0200, "Runge" <phi...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>here we go on the US again
>>>>the center of some people's very little world.
>>>
>>>The original Baltimore is in Ireland, you twatt.
>>
>>You omitted "pig ignorant".
>
>and a photo of Jacqueline
>http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto=N6CKM7XV
Great picture from YOUR FAMILY album, old dirty goat!
Gregory Morrow
Jacqueline moaned:
Come HERE my little kumquat...I have "something" to SHOW
you...heehee...
;---p
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Gregory Morrow
Magda wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 23:00:06 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Jacqueline <> arranged some
> electrons, so they looked like this:
>
> ... On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 21:02:09 +0200, Martin <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> ...
> ... >On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 19:13:22 +0200, Martin <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> ... >
> ... >>On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:32:54 +0100, Keith Anderson <m...@privacy.net>
> ... >>wrote:
> ... >>
> ... >>>On Thu, 7 Sep 2006 07:29:17 +0200, "Runge" <phi...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> ... >>>
> ... >>>>here we go on the US again
> ... >>>>the center of some people's very little world.
> ... >>>
> ... >>>The original Baltimore is in Ireland, you twatt.
> ... >>
> ... >>You omitted "pig ignorant".
> ... >
> ... >and a photo of Jacqueline
> ... >http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto=N6CKM7XV
> ...
> ... Great picture from YOUR FAMILY album, old dirty goat!
>
> Will you please stop insulting the goats & the pigs?
Do you fancy a slap on the rump, luv...???
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Greg