Day 3 - Amsterdam to Hofheim After a nice brekkie of scrambled eggs, baby sausages, baked beans and baby croissants, we were on the road about 9am. We made good time and got into Germany about 11:30ish. We stopped for lunch at a truck stop and then followed the River Rhine until we got to a cute little village called Boppard. There we hopped on a boat and cruised up the river. The sun was out and it was an idyllic trip sitting on the deck with the crew drinking beer. We passed many ancient castles and quaint villa [View Full Entry]

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Day 2 - Amsterdam We set off early to the reclaimed polderlands around the former Zuider See to check out dutch villages and farms. The first stop was a Clog making place where we saw a demonstration on how to make a clogs the traditional way by the 'Mad' Dutchman. We then went off to visit Rahul's Windmill which was built in 1650 to pump water up to the next lock. It wasn't too windy a day but the sails were still spinning at a fair pace making a really eerie noise. Next we went to Volendam which is a really [View Full Entry]

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Day 1 - London to Amsterdam A 5:30am start this morning in order to meet the tour bus. There are 37 of us plus the tour director -Donovan (to be known as Red Bull) and the bus driver - Guy. We headed off to Dover where we caught a ferry over to France and waved goodbye to England. At Dover we had to go through French customs and I got my passport stamped. Yaah! There a plenty of blank pages in my passport and they had to pick the same page to stamp as just about every other country I've visited. [View Full Entry]

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