Category: Netherlands April 2023
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English Gardens!!!
Hey everyone! I’m back for another international adventure, this time heading to England to visit some English gardens, fancy manor homes, and sites associated with all things Jane Austen. my normal traveling buddy is staying home to keep our fur babies alive, so I am hitting the road with a friend. She has elected not…
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Netherlands Day 7: Celebrating a King and seeing A Girl With a Pearl Earring
Whelp, thanks to some noise canceling headphones we made it through King’s night and I actually slept ok. In the morning we got up and got stuff packed to head out to our next stop: Delft. We exited our houseboat with all of our bags, and I turned to close and lock the door for…
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Netherlands Day 6: A Market, the Anne Frank House, a canal cruise, and a street party
So, today was a bit of a mix of everything. It was our last day in Amsterdam, so we were more or less trying to shove everything we can into one last day. We also had a couple of pre scheduled things, so we basically just hodgepodged what we could around those. We started the…
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Netherlands Day 5: City, Shopping, and Rijksmuseum
Hello to another beautiful day! Ok, it wasn’t actually a beautiful day here, at least not weather-wise. Locals tell us the weather has been making the news in Amsterdam this week because it is colder and rainier than us typical for April here. Lucky us. Despite the weather trying to foil us, it was still…
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Netherlands Day 4: A Floral display in Deep Rain
Okay, what a day. What A DAY. Began a bit early by dragging myself out of bed somewhere around 5:15am. I don’t really know exactly when it was, just that it was still dark. Today was one of the days I was most excited for, because today was the day we were going to visit…
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Netherlands Day 3: Zandvoort and Haarlem
Hello hello! First full night of sleep! I was finally able to sleep until 6am, which is my normal time to wake up back home. I think I’ve finally adjusted. Unfortunately Jimmy is a day behind me, so he’s still working on it. He’s been waking up early, then going back to sleep and getting…
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Day 2: The sites of Amsterdam.
Ok, morning number 2 of my 9 hr time change. I was up at 3:30am. I’m somehow going the wrong direction with my sleep. On the upside, it was early Saturday morning and I could hear some revelers carrying on at the bar down the street, still enjoying the night before. I briefly wondered if…
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Netherlands Day 1
Hello to you! Another great day exploring. I started my morning off with a nice little espresso and a read before heading out. Jet lag meant I woke up at 5am, but nothing actually opens until 9 or 10, so I had some peaceful time watching the sunrise and reading a book I impulse bought…
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Day 0.5: Flying in to Holland and Eating
I have to start off this post with a bit of bragging. As I write this post I’m watching the sunset behind some gorgeous buildings over a canal from my hotel balcony. It is truly magical. Check it out The bridges are starting to glow with twinkle lights, and the restaurants and cafes couldn’t be…
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Welcome to the Netherlands!
Welcome aboard for our first trip to the land of tulips, cheese, and wooden shoes. Oh, and stroopwafels. Can’t forget those. We love a good European trip, and this will be our first time back in a couple of years, so we are hoping to hit all the sites. We’ll be making some home bases…
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