Golden Tulip De Scheperskamp Lochem

We went to Beekbergen strictly as a stop over before arriving in Amsterdam. We had one night remaining until our apartment was booked and we needed a campsite. The place was a little expensive but the campsite was pretty. We got our first private site which was completely surrounded by trees and bushes. We actually felt like we were camping! And there were ...

Today we arrived in Biggy's hometown. For those relatives/friends who aren’t aware – though with me ceaselessly talking about floaty pens, I’m not sure it’s possible – Biggy is a floaty pen collector/trader/friend who lives in Germany. She has an extensive collection – 10 times that of mine!!! She has her own floaty pen room with beautiful custom ...

... the aerodrome of democracy." Here on the ground, in Germany, I can see the evidence of what I have read, (the the airforce losses were huge). I recall reading in "JUNO" that an airman had a one in three chance of not coming back from the war. Here at Reichswald we remember the fallen airmen. Our two retired airforce pilgrims, Sam and Dick take official duties in the ceremony and we are all feeling honoured to have them with us. After the ceremony, a walk around the ...

... Adegem Cemetery and the Canada Museum, a privately funded museum dedicated to preserving the story of Canada's contribution to the freedom of the people of this area.

The Leopold Canal is a long, staight canal running more or less east-west, just south of the border between Belgium and Holland. It's location is strategic and there was intense fighting by the Canadians to cross over this divide during The Battle of The Scheldt in November of 1944. The ...

Renata left us in the centre of Hengelo around 9.30am. The main shopping area is pedestrianised, so it is nice to walk around. Dad's ghost walked round with us, nodding occasionally at some of the older buildings. I think he recognised the church but when I asked he just shrugged. "I was only four," he said.

During the war, the Dutch were starving. The cities, like Utrecht, fared worst, and many people travelled to ...

The cashew nuts were in a huff with me, after their earlier failure to give adequate directions. They folded their nutty arms and refused to tell me when to change motorways. I ended up back-tracking through a small village with no useful signposts, and some locals who waved every time we drove back past them looking for the way out. The cashew nuts smirked at me.

It was quite late by the time we got to Sander and Renata's farmhouse on the outskirts of Hengelo. It is a lovely ...

... not to participate in the introduction games today because I was feeling ill and it was playing football (aka soccer). I walked with the group to school and went my separate way. I stopped by the international office to find out about obtaining temporary residency and to get my internet information. I was the only one there when I arrived, when I left 15 minutes later there were probably 15 people in the small office, every one with the same objectives as I had. After I ...

You would not believe how hard it seems to be to get the time for updating the log! I tried twice but ran out of time so here is a brief update as the library I'm in is closing in a short time. Aleida and I arrived in Amsterdam and met the Kids at the airport. We then went to the campground Amsterdam Bos (bush) and spent a very cold night after a long long walk for groceries! Next day we hiked again into the heart of Amsterdam after a metro ride to ...

... counter apologised profusely and suggested that with a plane to catch it would just be cutting it too fine. I definitely have to say, as an ignorant only-English speaking tourist, the people I have come across in The Netherlands have been by far the most unfailingly polite, patient and courteous in all of Europe, and it has made travelling through the country an absolute delight. Except maybe for the bloke in the ...

While living in Eastern Holland I traveled a little on my weekends off to Utrecht, Den Haag, Delft, Leiden and Amsterdam. A nice thing about Holland is that the country is so compact, everything is close together and the trains are so efficient and easy to ...