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Nan vs. Zebra

Monday, June 1, 2009 by Jane

… and Zebra wins!

Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch. San Antonio, TX.

A new find! Street view of the “home stretch” of my bike ride home when I was studying abroad in Amsterdam. Reaching this kaas-kaas place meant I was almost home… I wasn’t a fan of cheese then so I never went in this place; what a shame. I did, however, do my grocery shopping at the Albert Heijn next door, parking my bright red bike along Haarlemmerstraat.

http://www.streetviewnederland.nl/

http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2009/03/dutch-street-view-gallery.html

http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2009/03/dutch-website-using-street-view.html

http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2009/03/street-view-now-in-uk.html

I took a lot of pictures in the Netherlands, but it’s incredible how being able to pan around such an “unremarkable” street brings back a flood of great memories. I wish I could understand Dutch! That would make navigating this site a lot easier!

Ahhh… Now THIS was home… This red brick building on the left… Google street views never cease to amaze me… (Oh, and I was trying to find a Thai restaurant that I ate at my first night in Amsterdam… Couldn’t quite find it, but didn’t try very hard.)

And… More of the Luxor in Rotterdam!

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Nieuwe Luxor Theater, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Sunday, January 18, 2009 by Jane

As viewed in Google Earth… With the 3D buildings layer turned on!

I couldn’t quite remember where I took the Luxor picture from a blog entry I posted earlier this week, and curiosity and nostalgia got the best of me.

Ah, the Erasmus Bridge and the KPN Tower (Renzo Piano) help to situate the Luxor – and more importantly, that intersection – in my mind now!

And I remember shivering there and there and there… And getting rained on while biking across that bridge there… But oh, it was worth it.