Sunday, January 20, 2013

From blog to blog: a package from http://sleepwalkingintokyo.wordpress.com

Lately it is really cold and snowy in Rotterdam. Also I worked a lot the last few days and I recently bruised my ankle. So that's why I didn't got the chance to visit some streets in Rotterdam.

So something totally different:
For at least a year I follow this blog called Sleepwalkingintokyo. The blog is hosted by MK, who travels regularly in Asian countries and makes beautiful pictures of the

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Paadje van Duizend Tree









Paadje van Duizend Tree is old Dutch for the Path of Thousand Steps. In 1750 it was indeed a path with a length of 1000 steps. Now it is one of the significant paths in the northern outskirts of Rotterdam.







Winter in Holland: cold, but no snow.






Underneath a highway.









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Sunday, January 6, 2013

Old and new buildings at sunny Wilhelminakade






The website of Hotel New York in English: http://www.hotelnewyork.nl/en/






Old lantern






Broken glass






This is the point where Dutch immigrants traveled to the 'new world'.









The Euromast






The Erasmus bridge






The Montevideo at the back






Barbershop






Space Invader next to his friends ;)






The Montevideo






The New Orleans









Wereld Burger =

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Oostervantstraat


The Oostervantstraat is located in an area called Middelland, in the west part of Rotterdam. There is an indoor sport center with the same name where I go for a swim or play some bowling with friends.







View of the Nationale Nederlanden-building and the Westin Hotel from the Oostervantstraat.







A chained tree.






Nice benches.






Spikes.






Heavy secured!






End ;)