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Tuesday, 31 May 2016 | Views [241]
Rob and Gab hired bikes and we all hit the town! Rob wouldn't stop until he found a chocolate eclair...he did but was disappointed, in the end saying "it was a very nice eclair, but it was not what I wanted". Girls be shoppin while boys grabbed food ... Read more >
Monday, 30 May 2016 | Views [192]
Day was cold and grey again, so we ditched the bikes and headed indoors for a day full of touristy adventures. Gabster, Rob and I enjoyed the Heineken experience: a mix of history and hands-on fun. It's really like a big advertisement to drink more ... Read more >
Sunday, 29 May 2016 | Views [193]
Took the bus north to Zaanse Schans . A grey day but lots of windmills, very dutch. Tested out Rob's slow motion feature on his phone with hand stands, kart wheels and juggling. Jumped on another bus to Volendam , a sweet little seaside village ... Read more >
Saturday, 28 May 2016 | Views [212]
Spent too long in Bagels and Beans (according to Mike), then walked to Central, jumped on the NDSM ferry to the flea market. Had our first dutch poffertjes and the boys got the famous fries. Off to dinner - a dark restaurant called C taste. None ... Read more >
Friday, 27 May 2016 | Views [207]
Picked up Rob and Gab from the airport - our visitors for the next 5 days! It was soooooo good to see familiar faces. Walked around the city, enjoyed some quality busker break dancers and Rob gave it the 'most beautiful city' award. Hummus Haus, nutella ... Read more >
Thursday, 26 May 2016 | Views [247]
Cashed in our free canal cruise for day 3 on the city card. It allowed us to chill, look around and see the city from a different perspective. We went to Gassan Diamonds (which was a little left-field for us) and learned a few interesting things about ... Read more >
Wednesday, 25 May 2016 | Views [229]
Today's theme was ART and boy oh boy did we see some. Happily knocked back the popular Rijksmuseum (Middle Ages, Renaissance...yuck) for Stedelijk instead (Modern and contemporary art and design...now we're talkin). I rekindled my love for ... Read more >
Tuesday, 24 May 2016 | Views [206]
We finally activated our Iamsterdam cards...free public transport and museums-a-plenty for 72 hours. We made today's theme Science, so hit up Micropia . INCREDIBLE. A museum dedicated to Microbiology, where you explore and discover a vast array ... Read more >
Monday, 23 May 2016 | Views [269]
Went to The Hague...again (our home away from home, and we can now get there with our eyes closed) to pick up the final piece in our visa puzzle: China. There were absolutely no problems - we just paid the money and picked up our order. All going well ... Read more >
Sunday, 22 May 2016 | Views [202]
Unfortunately another wet and drizzly day...which was made one thousand times better by seeing Sarah Blasko live. Woot! An intimate crowd at Bitterzoet, a little quiet to start but everyone got into it by the end. I scored the set list from a generous, ... Read more >
Saturday, 21 May 2016 | Views [237] | Comments [1]
We had a genius idea to purchase a 24 hour card, including unlimited bus, tram and metro. So we decided to head South for some castle hunting! Muiden and Naarden are known for their castles and gardens. The most well-known of these is Muiderslot , located ... Read more >
Friday, 20 May 2016 | Views [175]
I've stopped adding v2 to each title...this holiday can stand on it's own now. Yoga for me today and wrote an article about applying for visas abroad, while Mike got stuck into some work. POD that aunty Jan would love being a coffee nut like myself. ... Read more >
Thursday, 19 May 2016 | Views [186]
It's nice to wake up with nothing on your mind, except enjoying a nice holiday. That's the feeling we both had this morning with no cares as to what visas we need, what letters to fill in, what info to get from hosts...blah blah blah. So I finished my ... Read more >
Wednesday, 18 May 2016 | Views [173] | Comments [1]
So I just noticed today's number has a 13 in it and we are heading to The Hague (AGAIN!) to deal with Visa stuff. But all went smoothly actually and I can only report positive outcomes. We set out to Breda to start with...2 hours away by train to cross ... Read more >
Tuesday, 17 May 2016 | Views [186]
Warhol and Banksy exhibition at Moco today. Moco's a big, old house made into a gallery, so you wind up and down the stairs to each viewing area. It housed about 15 works by each artist - even Mike quite enjoyed it. POD of him running with the ... Read more >
Monday, 16 May 2016 | Views [235]
Weather still cold and wet so hopped on the ferry over to the EYE to see Louis Theroux's: My Scientology film . The casting idea and reenactment scenes were fantastic but he didn't really present anything too different from 'Going Clear'...I guess we ... Read more >
Sunday, 15 May 2016 | Views [207]
I got a hair cut with Jennifer from Wild Romance . Cool little salon, but everything is classy here. Pick from one of their freelance hairdressers and book online - it couldn't be easier. It was still bitterly cold today so we stayed in doors ... Read more >
Saturday, 14 May 2016 | Views [217] | Comments [1]
Got started early and headed to Van der Helstplein as that was the meeting place for the Urban Photo Race (UPR) practice day (meet up). We got there early, hung in a cafe, I skipped breakfast while E enjoyed a crossant and coffee. Weather wasn't great ... Read more >
Friday, 13 May 2016 | Views [263] | Comments [3]
We took the bikes on the train with us to Den Haag this time. Thought we might head seaside after we picked up our Russian Visas (still not knowing if we'd been successful applicants at this stage). Somehow we got out of paying 50 euros (each) for not ... Read more >
Thursday, 12 May 2016 | Views [234] | Comments [1]
Hung with the hipsters at twilight for Rolling Kitchens , Westerpark. A whole load of food trucks out and about for four days over this long weekend...but much more like a festival with people hanging on the grass, a heap of bars and live music ... Read more >
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