Amsterdam Impressions

Carousel Travel/ERASMUSPublished May 25, 2009 at 17:53 No Comments

After our 6am flight and figuring out how to get to our apartment, we reached a block of flats resembling a bog standard council estate, and come to think of it there actually is a bog-like canal acting as some kind of moat! However, once we put down our cases, took a quick nap, got
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Hitchhiking Gets a Thumbs Up

Travel/ERASMUSPublished January 26, 2009 at 17:52 No Comments

To many people the idea of shivering at the side of a busy road attempting to hail down every passing motorist with a cardboard sign and a weary, elevated thumb brings on thoughts of dread. However, after hitchhiking the 260 mile round trip from Amsterdam to Brussels earlier this year I can honestly say it
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University Life, The Dutch Way

Carousel Travel/ERASMUSPublished November 28, 2008 at 11:18 No Comments

We attend the Vrije Universitet Amsterdam, located on the outskirts of Amsterdam, near Amstelveen. Having been used to the student way of life in Leicester, the University here is completely different. The first thing we noticed was how little time we actually spend in the University. At Leicester we would have a minimum of 8
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