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Travel Blogs from Limmen, Netherlands
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Another listless day in
SATURDAY, 29th July Walked to the Limmen shops via the canal otherwise we lounged around the house. We had an idea that we might fly to Bergen for the weekend rather than Oslo. It would appear to be a better jumping off place for fiords and ...
To Limmen
MONDAY, 24th July Another wonderful breakfast although they did not have my favourite fruit bread. We made phone calls to S in Sydney to check out the state of our house and to G, our son, who had moved out and had found accommodation ...
Travlin' around
... few beach patrons. Lots of sand and an ocean receding into the distance. We drove back through the docks and took an alternate way back to Limmen which included going under the sluis as the waterway was called by means of a very, very long tunnel. ...
Observations on food
SATURDAY, 5th August There is really no such thing as a Dutch oven. Homes in Holland in general do not have an oven. All cooking is done on the range and in this house it was by gas. There was no grill either but considering these guys are ...
Back to the nest
SUNDAY, 20th August We woke late and enjoyed another good breakfast in the more formal atmosphere of a hotel dining room. We checked out and once again stored our luggage whilst we went exploring. The clouds had gone and we had another warm, ...
A dinner party
FRIDAY, 28th July K &D arrived shortly after lunch. We sat outside around the outdoor table setting in the scorching sun and drank a mixture of tea and coffee with a cake I had personally chosen that day. We progressed towards the beer and ...
Settling in again
TUESDAY, 25th July We went for a walk into Limmen in the morning heat and did some shopping in Albert Heijn...the nationwide supermarket. Still cannot get over how much food was left in this house for us. Some strange stuff though, some of which ...
Homebodies
WEDNESDAY, 2nd August What an exciting life we lead here in the Netherlands. This file should be called Laid back in Limmen. We spent a lot of time indoors but then if we were at home we would do the same and after all we are not supposed to be ...
Homebodies
THURSDAY, 27th July A bit cool this morning. To Castricum again to do some shopping for food. By getting out of the habit of two weekly shopping binges we find we have to do more frequent shops as we run out of things. Nothing from our travel ...
Last look in Amsterdam
... so we thought...why not? We had a most enjoyable time floating around the canals seeing the city from a different viewpoint and we even drifted out into the harbour which was on my wish list. After that we took the train back to Limmen. ...
Tulipmania: Hortus Bulborum
... those Rembrandt and Leyster painted. I paid 100 euros (about US $150) for 50 such bulbs. It seemed a small price for history and conservation. Contact: Hortus Bulborum, Zuiderkerkenlaan 23/a, Limmen, the Netherlands. Web: ...
Ready for departure
After our trip around the Mediterranean , Rick , our fearless leader told that he did want to organise one more tour over the length of South America, so we quickly signed up for this one. Everyone can imagine how much effort is going into organising ...
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