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Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam September 23rd 2017

Wow, what a day!! If today is indicative of our holiday for the next three weeks we are going to have an outstanding time!! After a 12 hour flight from HK, we landed on time around 7.00am this morning. We made our way by train into Amsterdam Centraal Station which was very simple and quick and then found this amazing café called Le Pain Quotidien (The Daily Bread) which, apparently is part of a chain but, oh what fantastic food - all organic and delicious. We walked to the AirBnB and discovered another treat. The Silk Merchant's Palace is everything they said on the web plus more. We have a room with magnificent 3m high windows looking out onto a courtyard garden. The house is in Herengacht which is a street right on one of the ... read more
Picturesque canal near our home
mushrooms galore
Just a thin wedge of gruyere please

Asia » Hong Kong » Hong Kong Island » The Peak September 22nd 2017

Well, this is our first attempt at a Blog. We are sitting in Hong Kong Airport waiting for our overnight flight to Amsterdam after a whirlwind tour of Hong Kong. Landed just after 3.00pm and after getting through customs, we caught the train into Hong Kong and, after a lengthy wait in hot and humid conditions, got a cab to the Peak Tram. Another long queue but it moved at a reasonable rate and we made it to the Peak in good time to see the spectacular views of Hong Kong in daylight and on a pretty smog free day (due to the wind). We'd worked up a thirst by then so stopped at Bubba Gump Restaurant at the Peak for an icy cold beer, sashimi and tempura vegetables. Jenny went over the top with a ... read more
Sashimi to die for
A clear day at The Peak
Starting to destress already




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