Blogs from Limburg, Netherlands, Europe

Neatly put Netherlands. - Piprey on wheels One of the nicest things we can do in life is to visit an old friend. Easy Travel to Netherlands via Germany I planned a trip from London to Herkenbosch (small village in Limburg, Netherlands on the border of Germany) via Dusseldorf. When I started to pack, I realised that my basic fare allowed only one bag. So it was tossing everything into a single large handbag (Not the best way to impress people but I was visiting an old friend).I took local bus with the usual morning panic for Eurowings boarding from London Heathrow to Dusseldorf. No fuss. Reaching Dusseldorf, I thought my connecting bus from Dusseldorf to Roermond was 11.30 instead of 11.50. This meant that I missed buying those appetizing large, brown, lovely pretzels in Dusseldorf ... read more

After well over 30 ferry trips and a cruise you would think /expect/hope that we were pretty ok with boats and how they work. Apparently not. First school boy error was not counting floors and having to walk up 16 flights of stairs, in masks, carrying a very heavy suitcase (technically error 1 was not packing a capsule teeny lightweight overnight bag for the ferry but hey ho) by the time we got to the top, all three of us were ever so slightly tired. As per usual our room was the furthest from the car but there was a free mini bar and water in a can! We all slept well until we were woken at dawn by the loudest burst of (randomly) I love your smile, bird noises and an announcement about breakfast. Yeah, ... read more

Alles is gepakt en we zijn klaar voor onze vakantie. Morgenmiddag vliegen we eerst naar Nairobi waar dan vrijdag onze safari begint. Na een week safari vliegen we naar Zanzibar waar we een weekje gaan relaxen.... read more

Vakantie! Ik heb tot 15 uur gewerkt, Tom komt mij ophalen van het werk. Omdat het in Nederland erg warm is, duik ik even in het zwembad en daarna omkleden en wachten op de taxi die ons naar het vliegveld brengt. Vanavond om 21.15 vliegen we naar Dubai waar we 2 dagen blijven. Dan 2 weken rondreis door Sri Lanka en als afsluiting een weekje relaxen op de Malediven. Vliegreis gaat snel en vroeg ‘s morgens arriveren wij in Dubai.... read more

Quite a change of scene ....from Alaska to Maastricht in the Netherlands ??. I was only home 2 days and then packed the bags into the car and off on the ferry across the Channel. it was a bit of a crisis in those 2 days with me coming home to a power cut to my house , so guys digging holes in my driveway and me with torches and candles and not much sleep - in addition to jet lag . But it was fixed and I got away . It's not the best time to be driving round the Brussels Ring Road on a Friday afternoon in July but I made it to Maastricht and my house exchange family. They were to leave the next morning after showing me round the house and settling ... read more