Thursday, 22 Oct 2009 | Photo Gallery
Saturday, 17 Oct 2009 | Views [771]
Hi All, I was determined to get our itinerary sorted out with our contact in Russia today and spent a lot of time chatting with Uylana and going through iterations until finally arriving at what appears to be a viable travel plan. Vanessa went out ... Read more >
Saturday, 17 Oct 2009 | Photo Gallery
Friday, 16 Oct 2009 | Photo Gallery
Friday, 16 Oct 2009 | Views [921]
Dear All, We woke to a lovely blue sky day and decided to head out to Kinderdijk and it´s 19 windmills. To get there it was a matter of catching a train and then a bus. We had conflicting information regarding tickets so ended up buying a ticket to Dordrecht ... Read more >
Thursday, 15 Oct 2009 | Photo Gallery
Thursday, 15 Oct 2009 | Photo Gallery
Thursday, 15 Oct 2009 | Views [722]
Hi All, Quick 1hr train trip from Amsterdam and we are in Rotterdam. Lots of shiny new buildings in town centre which is no surprise as the city got flattened in the second world war. We looked around and said "where are all the native dutch people?"... Read more >
Thursday, 15 Oct 2009 | Views [865]
One crucial side of life in Amsterdam was over looked in the previous story.Prostitution is legal in the Netherlands, and ¨soft¨ drugs are tolerated. In Amsterdam's coffeeshops, hash is smoked, not fried; "pot"
doesn't refer to tea or coffee;... Read more >
Wednesday, 14 Oct 2009 | Views [892]
Hi All, Arrived but tired and a little grumpy (David)!!! Went to store our bags at the train station. The lockers were a little smaller than usual so our packs didn´t fit properly. I started the usual greedy bastard rant and gave the bags a bit of ... Read more >