we had a super time with dad here but it didnt start withou a small bang! we got to schipol nice and early for dad's train arrival from paris/ brussels. we waited and waited and eventually realised that the train had been rerouted to amsterdam central because of a fatality on the tracks.... panic started to seap in as i wasnt sure if dad had our details... but then- there he was! casually chatting to a passerby sharing some world cup humour... dad had been clever enough to a- listen to the announcements and b- understand the dutch, so he had changed trains in a one-horse town to reach schipol in time. fabulous!
so the next 10 days we spent having home-cooked meals & argentinian steaks, wandering through the canals and red light district and having uitsmijters and kroketten in little canalside cafes.
Dad lucked out and had me as tour guide for two days due to a terrible flu that kept me from work...... and we visited Edam (cheese market town), Volendam, Marken, Gouda, den Haag, Scheiveningen.... and of course Belgium for the week end. We had a night in Brugge and a day in Ghent- was lovely... especially Lee and dad trying all the different beers!
It was sad to say goodbye again after having such a fun time- but we knew it wouldnt be long. Lee and I get to SA on 28th November for 6 months of FUN, seeing family and friends and travelling! We'll be based in Umhlanga and we're both very excited.
We also had an incredible week end with Dax and Trups in Champagne, France. We all jumped in the Beast and drove over to France at Friday lunch time. We had an interesting trip there- plus a blow-out on the french highway, but the boys were superbly impressive and we were back on the road in no time. We managed to upset our guesthouse hostess with the late arrival and she was very rude to us for the rest of the week end - to our amusement. Bluddy freansch!
We tasted champagne all week end and laughed and laughed. It was a great week end- and ended with a great indian curry in amsterdam central on sunday night!
This week end we are driving to paris to enjoy the ambience of the world cup and we'll try to get some tickets- although we're pretty sure it will be somewhat out of our budget! I will update after the week end- with some pics hopefully!
Love to all
xxx
we had a super time with dad here but it didnt start withou a small bang! we got to schipol nice and early for dad's train arrival from paris/ brussels. we waited and waited and eventually realised that the train had been rerouted to amsterdam central because of a fatality on the tracks.... panic started to seap in as i wasnt sure if dad had our details... but then- there he was! casually chatting to a passerby sharing some world cup humour... dad had been clever enough to a- listen to the announcements and b- understand the dutch, so he had changed trains in a one-horse town to reach schipol in time. fabulous!
so the next 10 days we spent having home-cooked meals & argentinian steaks, wandering through the canals and red light district and having uitsmijters and kroketten in little canalside cafes.
Dad lucked out and had me as tour guide for two days due to a terrible flu that kept me from work...... and we visited Edam (cheese market town), Volendam, Marken, Gouda, den Haag, Scheiveningen.... and of course Belgium for the week end. We had a night in Brugge and a day in Ghent- was lovely... especially Lee and dad trying all the different beers!
It was sad to say goodbye again after having such a fun time- but we knew it wouldnt be long. Lee and I get to SA on 28th November for 6 months of FUN, seeing family and friends and travelling! We'll be based in Umhlanga and we're both very excited.
We also had an incredible week end with Dax and Trups in Champagne, France. We all jumped in the Beast and drove over to France at Friday lunch time. We had an interesting trip there- plus a blow-out on the french highway, but the boys were superbly impressive and we were back on the road in no time. We managed to upset our guesthouse hostess with the late arrival and she was very rude to us for the rest of the week end - to our amusement. Bluddy freansch!
We tasted champagne all week end and laughed and laughed. It was a great week end- and ended with a great indian curry in amsterdam central on sunday night!
This week end we are driving to paris to enjoy the ambience of the world cup and we'll try to get some tickets- although we're pretty sure it will be somewhat out of our budget! I will update after the week end- with some pics hopefully!
Love to all
xxx
