Greetings everyone.... we are having such a good good time & this is our first chance at a computer.....We had a fabulous 3 days in London....good lodging and FOOD and a true adventure on a tour bus that just kept circling and circling and then we noticed a BIG fire and the driver could not get us back over the bridge....alas we jumped out and found our way back thru the TUBE.....Will fill in more details later.... Had a great train ride to Haarlem, Netherlands at B&B Paula....check out John Bermont's book HOW TO EUROPE WEBSITE www.enjoy-europe.com to see pictures of the actual place we are now.....it's a fabulous online book too with so much information for the beginning traveler and those who fancy themselves "seasoned".... by the way John Bermont's real name is Jim Broad ah ha Chris's brother!!! Today is Tuesday not Belgium but Holland
and we rented a car and visited 4 cities.... Alkmaar, the capitol of CHEESE, AND a museum of beer making ( but it was closed ) Hoorn, a beautiful seaport with a semi circular tower, Island of Marken...tough to describe in words here....beautiful!!! and finally dinner on the beach of the North Sea @ Zandvoort..... Maybe a sand fort??? We will try to understand downloading of pictures and publish some soon. Tomorrow we head out early for BELGIUM......Heading to Brugges and lace making then back to the town of Delft.....Hope everyone reading this is well and happy and enjoying your summer as much as we are.....Talk about the longest day, which was yesterday.....sun up bright and early about 4:30 AM and didn't set til 10:30 PM... I bet our day was longer than yours!!! Ciao Katie and Chris
Chris and Katie after packing all day
Whew....we did it and for less than 50 lbs...
Did Paula take you to our secret best restaurant in Haarlem, which you better not name in public?
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you all are having such a great time. I hope the weather is better for you than it was in France for our Luiza! Lots of rain for her which I heard via Kees. Weather is sunny now that she is in Spain. Anyway, your adventures sound great, and hope you continue to have a wonderful time. I really enjoy hearing about everyone's travels. Waiting for next installment! Dawn
ReplyDeleteDear John..... Paula says NO not yet and I shall not name it.... we did do your favorite BAR here tho and had some GREAT beer/ale.... and some steak tartar and liverwurst and and and.... wish you were here with us.....
ReplyDeleteDawnie....the weather has been gorgeous it was quite warm and sunny both today in Amsterdam and in Brugges, Belgium yesterday.... Is Danny healing well?????