Holland

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Wed 6th

Well, I know it's notoriously worse going in the other direction, but I haven't really had any jet lag to speak of. Thank God! I think leaving at night helped. And the champagne on arrival!

Not doing anything desperately exciting yet - just immersing myself in the whirlwind life of my brother and his family. Which is great. I'd already done the main touristy/arty things, and some more obscure ones, in Amsterdam and Rotterdam on previous visits, and so it's nice to just hang with them! The kids are good fun, and Will is hilarious, as always. We cry laughing.

My brief one day was to go shopping for clothes for/with him. He needed an endless list of things, and hates going shopping normally, so I had a ball, helping to choose about 15 things - shirts, shorts, tshirts, jacket, trousers - that I didn't have to pay for!

Out for drinks and then dinner, just the two of us, for about 7 hours, having the kind of conversation and jokes we could only have with each other.

This is what I've come for!

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Photos

Will driving us in the boxcart
Not usual practice - he gets lots of funny remarks, none of which I understand, so he translates for me, usually along the lines of: He said how come your sister is so ugly? Did you have a different father?"

Not sure, but I liked it!
(These are all just silly things I saw on our walk home at about midnight)

Comments

[Chrissy]

Aaahhhh.... Now ... Finally figured it out how to leave a comment... Jeeez... U would think I'm blonde.. Lol... Anyhow ... Ur brother looks so much like u... Seems like a real happy chap... Wanna see some pics of u though... Have a great time... I'll be checking ... And u want some dirty gossip pls... So get out there and have some fuuuun.. Xxxxxxxx

[NicolaH]

Dirty gossip..!
That will have to wait till I see you - I have to keep Le Blog clean! I'll have a few photos of me soon, but it's usually me behind the camera (or phone), so.... x

[Debbie Fleming]

Holland
All sounds great and just what the doctor ordered! xo