This website is dedicated to the travels I have made during the last 10 years.  I will give brief descriptions of every place that i visted and let my pictures do the talking. All the pictures from before 2004 were taken with a normal camera and scanned to my PC.


                 

Total Eclipse 1999

In 1999 there was a total eclipse in the northern part of France. We went there with some friends to watch it happen. Too bad the weather wasn't really good but it was a fun trip and I did make some pictures.



The TLady 2004/2005

Early 2004 The TLady (Linda), a player on BG4Us where I played BG back then, told me she was planning on visiting Amsterdam around Easter and asked me if I would be her guide. Of course I agreed to that and we did some scheduling. A couple weeks before she would travel she asked me if she could sleep at my place to not have to spend money on hotels and such. Again I said yes. During her first visit we did of course a canal tour and visited "De Zaanse Schans" where we both took pictures. On next visits we also went to see The Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam, The Kröller Müller Museum, the MC Escher (permanent) Exhibition, Antwerp (where we met Marleen), Volendam, de Zaanse Schans and  het Zuiderzee museum.

Of course I made a couple visits to the UK as well, where we went to see Coventry where we met dogrough (Bill), who back then was HA on BG4Us. We also went to see places like Broughton Castle, Oxford, Stratford (Shakespear) and Sudely Castle where Henry VIII used to reside during summers. Of course we also visited London where we met Belinda and her mom Sandra who also were devoted BG players on BG4Us. In summer 2005 I met for the last time with The TLady and we went to visit Cornwall where we stayed in Pentewan and visited the Eden Project, The Lost Gardens of Helligan and a small village called Gorran Haven.

Drenthe 2005

In november 2005 I took a weeks leave from work and went to the north-east part of my country to the province called Drenthe together with a good friend of mine. We visited the "hunnebedden", ancient graves from thousands of years ago. During that same week we also visited the Kroller Muller museum, since she never had visited there. Of course I made some nice pictures :-).

 


First time ever leaving Europe 2006

Early 2006 OneNiceLady and me started meeting on MSN messenger frequently and at some point I told her that I wanted to meet her. To my surprise she told me I was welcome and so I started planning for my first trip outside Europe ever to Brazil.

I had a wonderful time there. Thank you Theresa.

 

Theresa's return visit to Europe summer 2007.

After i had returned from Brazil Theresa and me started making plans for her return visit. One of the things she wanted to do was visit London and if possible some NH players as well.
Her story of that Visit is here. Sorry I still have to add comments (if I ever will)

 

Ursula and friends in Amsterdam october 28, 2008.

Ursula, with her friends Erica, Karyn and their mother Monica, when touring Europe were in Amsterdam for a couple days. We decided to meet on Tuesday October 28, 2008 and go out, have dinner and a drink after. We had a very enjoyable evening. Thank you ladies, was fun. Pictures are here to prove it.

 

December 2008 Argentina

Visiting my friend Theresa again for a 3 week holidays in Argentina.
We travelled from Buenos Aires to Puerto Madryn to el Calafate and back to Buenos Aires again. 2 days there and then to Iguazu to see the waterfalls again that impressed me so much on my first visit to the South american Continent. There we celebrated Christmas with friends.
On this journey I took a lot of pictures.
We made 1 album per day and they can be found here.
Comments and info are with the slide shows.
Enjoy.


June 2009 Rio de Janeiro

Meeting Theresa again for a 2 week holidays in Rio de Janeiro
We mainly did things in and around Rio.
City tour, visiting BG friends, Tijuca Forest and Angra dos Reis and more.


M
ay-June 2010 Argentina

Travelling with Theresa during a 4 week stay to the North-Western part of this big country near the borders with Chili and Bolivia to the province of Salta. Later we also visited the province of Mendoza, the wine province.
Enjoy
the pictures.

March-April 2011 Argentina & Chile

This year Theresa and I made a tour to the most southern part of the inhabited world.
We started our trip with a flight from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia.
There we visited the national park Tierra del Fuego with the most southern railway in the world.
We then went on a (3 night) cruise which took us first to Cape Horn and then through all kind of natural channels to Punta Arenas In Chile. Along the way we disembarked a couple times to see very beautiful nature and wildlife.
From Punta Arenas we travelled to National Park Torres del Paine where we stayed for a couple days. Nature really is still pretty undisturbed there and we really enjoyed our stay there.
After our stay there we travelled back to Punta Arenas where we took a flight to Pueto Montt. From Puerto Montt we had a transfer to Puerto Varas, where we stayed in a hotel for 1 night. The next morning we started a 2-day lake crossing to San Carlos de Bariloche, where we stayed 6 nights in 3 different hotels before we flew back to Buenos Aires. We took plenty of pictures along the way and I hope you will enjoy the selection I made.


December 2011 and January 2012 Uruguay and Argentina

This year Theresa  and I wanted to celebrate Christmas and New Years day together.
The initial idea was for her to come to Europe, but that idea soon got dismissed due to some problems that came up.
The decision was changed to me coming over to Buenos Aires to spend some 3 weeks togethert with her.
The first week we made a trip to Uruguay, where we visited Punta del Este and Montevideo.
The rest of the time we spent at her place in Buenos Aires.
I have and will be posting more pictures here.


Over the last couple years I made several excursions in and around Amsterdam, taking pictures whenever I had the chance.

I will just name the names of the slide shows that I made to show them.

-Walk around in my neighbourhood, april 25, 2004
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Winter in Amsterdam, March 2005
-A walk in the park spring starting, April 17, 2006
-pics from my balcony and other places around where I live 2006, 2007, 2008
-Amsterdamse Bos, November 4, 2006
-spring starting, April 1, 2007
-Amsterdamse Bos, May 10, 2008

You decide for yourself if you like them.