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Marianne backpacked in Europe long before backpacking had been invented. It was difficult to buy a backpack in those so she used an old one found in the attic. She thumbed her way through the British Isles and learned English at the same time. She...

 

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May 15, 2008
Local News

Weather Outlook

http://www.buienradar.nl is one of my favourite websites. (Buien is the Dutch word for rain showers.) It shows where in the Netherlands it is raining or will rain in the next two hours. The site shows radar images of KNMI, the Dutch Meteorological Institute. The only problem is that the site is in Dutch, I don't think this is a big problem because the images speak for themselves.

Translation Help

On the left it says:  actuele buien meaning present showers and afgelopen 2 uur means past 2 hours. I don't find this information very useful because who wants to know what the weather was like two or more hours ago

Lower down it says: verwachting meaning (weather) outlook. This is the interesting bit because if you click on the times it will show you what rain to expect the next two hours.

Navigate across the yellow dots on the map and the place names will be shown. Click on a dot to zoom in.

If you wonder what has happened to the sun click on Waar schijnt de zon? (where's the sun shining) in the red band above the map. Click on loop Europe. All you now have to do is book a flight to the sun. http://www.lowcostairlines.nl will help you decide where to go and which airline to take.

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