Zaanse Schans is a small village just outside Amsterdam. It’s a living and working community, but also a heritage site with multiple windmills, some working, and small topical museums such as the… Read more Z is for Zaanse Schans →
I can’t believe it’s now over two months since our trip to Amsterdam and I still have some pictures to post! We took a day trip to Delft – here’s… Read more Delft →
Our visit to Keukenhof is almost two months ago now, I’m very behind with posting. As I mentioned before, the weather was incredibly cold for April, so we didn’t wander… Read more Keukenhof part 4: the park →
Keukenhof’s theme this year was the UK: Land of Great Gardens. The Juliana Pavilion had an exhibition from the Royal Horticultural Society and the Oranje Nassau Pavilion was meant to… Read more Keukenhof part 3: the UK theme →
I mentioned in my previous post that the bulbs in the fields and the park were sadly lacking because of the cold spring, but the Willem-Alexander Pavilion was dazzling: mainly… Read more Keukenhof part 2: the bulbs →
Keukenhof is a park amongst the bulb fields near Amsterdam which puts on a lovely display each Spring – well, except this one! We have been before at this time… Read more The orchids of Keukenhof →
In March 1981, two young people went to Amsterdam for their honeymoon on what was known as a British Rail Stardust Holiday – train, overnight ferry, two nights in a… Read more Prinx Apartments, Amsterdam →
I started this blog mid-way through 2011, really as a travel diary for myself which I hoped to complete retrospectively, so that I had a record of the great holidays… Read more 2011: the best bits →
The Glasgow Gallivanter 