A quick weekend in Germany, brought my first experience of the crap side
of travelling... A whole lot of crap if you know what I mean. A
combination of dodgy BKK street food before we left, spicy Oman Air beef
roulade option and a re-introduction of dairy led my body to pack a
bit of a sad. A single loperamide helped me through what would become on
of our best 'travel wins'...
We had researched trains and buses to get us up to my Aunt and Uncle's place in the Netherlands and were so shocked. Train was €175 each (about $300 NZD) and bus was €40 each (about $70 NZD) we were shocked at the prices for a 4 hour journey! We then remembered Mika, the German girl we had met on the bus back to BKK a few days back. She had told us about Ride Share, basically a carpool website usually for students.
So that led us to an awesome ride share with Bernhard, the thankfully English speaking South African. We laughed the entire journey, and he was super nice and detoured to drop us off at my Aunt and Uncle's doorstep! Saving us a train ride and a taxi from Arnhem. And all for €25 each!
The next 10 days we took time to rest and regenerate energy for our Europe adventure. Including both of us catching a cold and sleeping copious amounts. We sorted out paperwork for our Dutch working holiday visa, which we found out that once our residence permit comes through (usually 3 months) we can work the remaining 9 months with one employer! This is a vast contrast to the usual 3 months with one employer at a time with 6 months maximum of work as most other countries rule the WHV. Absolutely stoked!
So our time with my Tante Co en Om Gerrit was so good! Incredible tasty(lekker) food, they really spoiled us with all the Dutch deliciousness. Rick found it a bit hard, as he doesn't understand a word of Dutch, but me having wonderful Dutch parents means I can speak a bit, and understand most conversations. I loved spending time with my cousins too, thankfully their English was good and they helped me with my Dutch, sweet deal! By the end of the 10 days Rick could say good morning, good afternoon and even can I have mayonnaise( Mag ik de frieten saus), very important in Holland.
Xx Jaz
We had researched trains and buses to get us up to my Aunt and Uncle's place in the Netherlands and were so shocked. Train was €175 each (about $300 NZD) and bus was €40 each (about $70 NZD) we were shocked at the prices for a 4 hour journey! We then remembered Mika, the German girl we had met on the bus back to BKK a few days back. She had told us about Ride Share, basically a carpool website usually for students.
So that led us to an awesome ride share with Bernhard, the thankfully English speaking South African. We laughed the entire journey, and he was super nice and detoured to drop us off at my Aunt and Uncle's doorstep! Saving us a train ride and a taxi from Arnhem. And all for €25 each!
The next 10 days we took time to rest and regenerate energy for our Europe adventure. Including both of us catching a cold and sleeping copious amounts. We sorted out paperwork for our Dutch working holiday visa, which we found out that once our residence permit comes through (usually 3 months) we can work the remaining 9 months with one employer! This is a vast contrast to the usual 3 months with one employer at a time with 6 months maximum of work as most other countries rule the WHV. Absolutely stoked!
So our time with my Tante Co en Om Gerrit was so good! Incredible tasty(lekker) food, they really spoiled us with all the Dutch deliciousness. Rick found it a bit hard, as he doesn't understand a word of Dutch, but me having wonderful Dutch parents means I can speak a bit, and understand most conversations. I loved spending time with my cousins too, thankfully their English was good and they helped me with my Dutch, sweet deal! By the end of the 10 days Rick could say good morning, good afternoon and even can I have mayonnaise( Mag ik de frieten saus), very important in Holland.
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