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Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » Dordrecht April 26th 2023

Monarch Empress docked at Dordrecht, Netherlands, on the Beneden Merwede as the port for the visit to Kinderdijk. From the dock at the Buiten Walevest quay, the group needed to walk a brief distance to the motorcoach parking area. The brief walk provided an opportunity to see a bit of old town Dordrecht. The route led along Wolwevershaven past a quaint basin that was once a principal commercial dock. It was filled now with pleasure craft together with a historic sailing ship and a historic steamship. Townhouses dating from the 16th and 17th centuries line both sides of the basin. These were once houses of commerce, merchants, and warehouses, but have been repurposed into residences, shops, and restaurants. I enjoyed the window of a model train store displaying HO-scale Dutch trains. The path led to the ... read more
Parkhuis van Oldenborgh
Damiatenbrug
Pieter Boele

Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » Dordrecht October 7th 2022

This morning we had to vacate our rental at !0am, and we just made it. There has been some comment about the energy levels of the more senior cohort of this touring party, but maybe the body clocks fire up at different times. I was ready early. Enough said. Gouda was our first point of interest for the day, en route to Dordrecht. We arrived here at dusk, and it is a black brick hotel, located next to the local McDonalds. It normally caters for travelling businessmen and has a humble conference centre and ‘work point’ attached. The rooms are OK and suit our intransit status. Just don’t pick it as a honeymoon destination; it won’t kick the marriage off at a high point. It’s 9.15, my mates are relaxing with a chilled refresher in their ... read more
Tiny Houses, Gouda
The Old Weigh House, 16th Century, Gouda
Choices.. Gouda

Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » Dordrecht July 1st 2017

Ook dit jaar gaan we met de fiets op vakantie. Na de koudste en natste vakantie ooit, vorig jaar in Denemarken, kiezen we dit jaar voor Frankrijk. Omdat we het leuk vinden om van huis naar huis te fietsen vertrekken we maandagochtend, 3 juli, richting Zeeuwse kust. Vandaar uit is het plan via Zeeuwsvlaanderen langs de Belgische en Franse kust naar Boulogne sur Mer te fietsen. Via de Normandie Bretagne route gaan we naar Nantes. https://www.europafietsers.nl/fietsroutes/normandie-en-bretagne Als het goed is kunnen we daar de Loire-route volgen naar Nevers. Het plan is om vanuit Nevers weer naar huis te fietsen. De route weten we nog niet. We zullen regelmatig verslag doen van onze ervaringen. We zijn zelf erg benieuwd hoe het zal gaan. Ter voorbereiding hebben we dit jaar nog geen 200 km gefietst. Maar de fietsen ... read more

Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » Dordrecht December 10th 2011

And so it begins, The first entry of this blog is mostly going to be a rant of what the plan is and a basic introduction to the nutters that have decided to go on a journey. So, a long long time ago (... a year give or take) Duncan met Rebecca at a bar. This bar was not just any bar, it was also the workplace of the two which will be the main focus of this tale. Friends they decide to embark on a road trip around Scotland and a visit to T in the Park. They fall in love and end up in a relationship bla bla bla. After already having plans to travel to Asia before either had met each other, earlier plans fell apart and made way to a shared journey. ... read more
Potatoes

Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » Dordrecht July 1st 2009

Here we are back home after a fantastic trip to the MG Car Club European Event of the Year in Norway. It was at Geiranger wich is a ENESCO heritage site of beauty. And so it is. We went by ferry from Kiel to Oslo, but on the way back we drove the whole way through Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, then back to the Netherlands. Elton John's massive yacht arrived in front of our hotel as well during our stay. Massive waterfalls, fjords, real drivers roads with hundreds of hairpin bends. Great. There were 250 cars from all over Europe at the event, which was organised to perfection. The biggest hassle going, was the number of very long tunnels carved out of rock. Dead basic with minimum lighting. The headlights on old cars is terrible. No ... read more
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Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » Dordrecht July 17th 2008

Dordrecht and Einhoven, Holland - July 9, 10 We left at 11am on a train for Dordrecht, Holland. It was about a 3-hour train ride, and we had to transfer in Antwerp. Tony came with us…and of course we had too much fun on our train ride! It consisted of listening to music, transferring files from one computer to another, and the obligatory dancing on the train! In Antwerp we stopped for waffles covered in chocolate and whipped cream. They were INCREDIBLE!!! They were so rich that we only finished one between the three of us! We arrived in Dordrecht just as the CB guys were starting to wonder if we’d actually make it for the concert that evening. (We showed up around 3:30, but when they’re on tour together, if one isn’t seen for a ... read more
In the train
Tony on his apple
Another Tony

Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » Dordrecht June 20th 2008

Dreumal = Dordrecht, 70.07kms, Total 2414.3, Ride time 3'57" " Today's ride time and distance doesn't reflect how much work we put into these headwinds. Our tip at this moment if coming to Holland. Head EAST. Still, the day was pleasant if you had the right attitude. The mornings ride took us to a little town where we stopped for coffee and cake, had a look around a couple of shops before heading on. Really, though most of today was head down and into the headwinds. We caught a couple of ferries, including one cool one where we had to ring a big cow bell and a man wandered down to his little boat, came across and picked us (and a man and his dog) up and took us across to the other side for ... read more

Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » Dordrecht January 13th 2008

This is what I call a holiday. This is on the top of the Gotthard Pass in the middle of the summer would you believe.... read more

Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » Dordrecht August 10th 2007

After getting back to Edinburgh Tuesday was spent doing a bunch of blog entries at an internet cafe while Heather and Jesse did another bunch of errands. We were up and at it fairly early on Wednesday 'cause we had a flight to catch to Amsterdam and we had to return the rental car on the way. Things were seeming to be going nicely, thinking of being at the airport about 8:00AM for our 10:00AM flight, when I just happened to check the paperwork for our EasyJet flight and boy, did things hurry up!! The flight was actually scheduled to arrive in Amsterdam about 10 and the departure was 8:50AM. So much for thinking we were doing well and going to have an easy couple hours at the Edinburgh airport to have breakfast before our flight. ... read more
Canal Barge
Sidewalk Cafe
A Canal




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