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A HOLIDAY WITHIN A HOLIDAY. (..when one holiday just isn't enough) DAY SEVENTEEN: we'd had this day planned for a while now, our idea was to go to the touristy location of Texel. Texel is island only 30 minutes on the ferry away. So it's just a short trip away. We went with dads brothers and their wives and my cousin came too. So with the 9 of us it was going to be a really nice day out. One of my dads brothers knew the area really well so we left like the day up to him, with the places we'd see or visit.. At 8:00 everyone had arrived at the house so that we could carpool too the ferry, just because we didn't need to take extra cars over. The plan was meet at ... read more

PREPARED TO SHOP TILL I DROP! (when life gives you money, you spend it until you can spend no more!) DAY FIFTEEN: With another empty day, mum thought it was about time to do a little bit of shopping and of course where better to go than to Amsterdam itself. So we started with a small drive to Hoorn where dad dropped us off at the train, because we didn't have a hope in attempting to park in Amsterdam and seeing that the train station is so central anyways, it really wasn't a drama. So We caught the train, it was like a half an hour ride all the way to Amsterdam Central with only two stops on the way and the train is nearly luxurious. It's big and spacious, lots of seat room and ... read more

KICKING BACK AND RELAXING!.. (we'd just come back from France the day before, so we all just intended on resting the legs today) DAY TWELVE: Today i woke up with the intention to do absolutely nothing, besides eating and lounging around. And that's exactly how my morning began to pan out. My cousins uncle and aunt left to go to an amusement park to celebrate a birthday which meant that we also had the house to ourselves. We said goodbye to them in the morning and wished them all luck on their mini holiday then went back to lounging around. At about 11:30 my uncle rang the home phone and mum answered. It was my uncle! he was planning on going to a race in Germany with the minibikes, but the owner of the track lost ... read more

FRANCE AT IT'S FINEST (by now we were really getting the hang of paris, so getting around really wasn't an issue!) DAY TEN: Being the second day in France we began to get pretty good at using the metro system, and with the morning starting with sunshine our day was looking up. The weather forecasted was 26 degrees, but with the day before being forecasted as good weather we weren't convinced. We were up reasonably early all stiff and sore, the beds we slept in wasn't ideal, but we just kept thinking.. 'it's cheap and in the middle of Paris' and besides, it was only two nights, so we thought we could get by. The plans for today were to visit the ‘Eiffel tower’, ‘Center G. Pompidou’, ‘Royal Palace’, ‘Musee Du Lourve’,’ Jardin Des Tuileries’,’ ... read more

LET THE CELEBRATIONS CONTINUE.. (..although not as hardcore as Friday, the partying just doesn't stop.) DAY SEVEN AND EIGHT: Today consisted of another celebrating but not quite to the extend of mums birthday, oma and opa where having a joint party to celebrate their upcoming birthdays. We were having a brunch at a small cafe with most of opa and opa's family, so it was a great time to catch up and see how everybody was doing. The cafe was pretty big, and i think during the weekends it doubled up as a bar, but seeing that it hosted functions.. we were there that afternoon. We arrived at the cafe, and mum warned us that this time instead of receiving all the 'congratulations' he's be congratulating all the other people. So you can imagine with ... read more