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Holland

• Level Up Gamer - Bradley
• 26 Oct 06, 04:42 PM

Dag (Hello),

Here I am blogging from Holland! After my seven hour ferry crossing (with less then five hours sleep!)

I arrived in Rotterdam having to put my watch one hour forward which seemed weird. After checking in at our hotel we set off to explore the town. Holland has some really different modes of transport. Firstly everyone owns bikes, they even have lanes for bikes out here! You cant go five metres without seeing water. Boating is a big part of Holland. Now finally my favourite type of Dutch transport - trams! They look a bit like futuristic buses that run on rails, but best of all they r cheap and fast.

Holland is world famous for its architecture, just check out these buildings and u will see why.

Even the toilets are well designed! Lol! It's great Holland hasn't forgotten it's past though. There are loads of museums and grand old buildings right up against the new.

The reason this church has no longer got a spire is because it was bombed during the war. It was the only building left standing in that part of the town.

While I'm here I'm trying to experience the Dutch life. I've eaten traditional Dutch apple cake, mayonnaise with chips, lots of local cheeses and I've even tried chocolate sprinkles on my cereal. Do you guys ever have any strange food combinations? And if you do, which are your favourite?

I've also tried to learn some of the language. It was really hard, but luckily nearly everyone here speaks English. I've been to a Dutch market. Using my language skills I bought a claxon, some fruit and a hot chocolate (which is very tasty over here because it's so sweet and always served with a nice biscuit), unusual fruit and veg (like pumpkins the size of a space hopper, weird spiky cucumbers and others which I don鈥檛 even know the name of) antiques, fried fish, cheeses, meats and loads of plants and flowers. You can expect to find them all at a traditional Dutch market.

I've been to a maritime museum, had an awesome massage in a massage chair which was soooo relaxing. While we were out shopping I bought chocolate letters for my friends which are traditionally given to the children of Holland on December the 5th by Saint Nick (Santa Claus). I had a pleasant walk through some of the parks, then went up the Netherlands' tallest watchtower. 185 meters above the ground! It was really scary but a gr8 adrenaline rush. It was kl 2 see Rotterdam from so high up. I felt like I was looking over a toy town.

My trip to Holland is very near it's end and so is my half-term break. I hope you have enjoyed reading my blog over the holidays. I look 4ward to tellin' u about life back at boarding skool. I hope u peeps had a good half term and if ur travelling back to a far away school I hope you have a safe journey.

Until next time.

Braders.