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Photos: Holland: Beer and Pastries

Mon, 3 Oct 2011 | By roaming_reas | Photo Gallery

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Sunshine + BBQ = great combo.

Sun, 2 Oct 2011 | By braynroni | Views [568]

The Warriors! That was our goal this morning - both of us up before 0800 to try and get a live stream working on the computer in order to watch the NRL Grand Final. A few technical issues but Bray got it sorted and we were able to watch the game. First ... Read more >

Catch up day

Sat, 1 Oct 2011 | By braynroni | Views [582]

Another fine day in Brouwerhaven! Awesome. We got up a bit later today - house to ourselves as Jeanine stayed in Goes last night. Weird to have our own space but fun. After brekkie we got on the bikes and follwed Jeanine's map (with some detours of ... Read more >

Creating a car

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 | By braynroni | Views [530]

A slow start this morning after another post-midnight bedtime. Jeanine is technically still on holiday but is leading a course on Monday so had to go in and do prep this morning. A couple of loads of washing through in her absence then ready to go ... Read more >

I Amsterdam

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 | By braynroni | Views [632]

The breakfast this B&B supplied was amazing. Fresh bread, cheese and a selection of cold meat, boiled eggs, toast (with pineapple jam – like Thailand!), coffee, tea, fresh orange juice, yoghurt and snelle jelle (these fruit bread/muesli bar type ... Read more >

Road Trip

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 | By braynroni | Views [734]

Today was another slower start – up, brekkie, made sandwiches for lunch and packed some fruit and bits then we had to pack our overnight bags before heading North. Jeanine had booked us into a B&B in Edam for tonight so we could spend all of tomorrow ... Read more >

The joy of Ribs

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 | By braynroni | Views [529]

An earlier start today as we all piled into the car to take Dino to school. We got to see his classroom, teacher and classmates before heading home. It was relaxing time then as we had a late breakfast, watched a DVD and eventually got ready before ... Read more >

Day with Dino

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 | By braynroni | Views [622]

Dino had a day off school today (teacher stuff) so we got to play! Tasty Dutch bakery treats for breakfast with real coffee...delicious. Then we headed out to the storm surge barrier...a local attraction and a life saving one in case of storms and ... Read more >

What a day...

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 | By braynroni | Views [1158]

What a day. SO glad we had an early night last night as today was stressful and long in so many ways! Started out well with both of us showered and in the car for breakfast by 0530, last things packed into bags (tent & fly included) and ... Read more >

Bicycles are ubiquitous in Amsterdam

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 | By yobagman | Views [276]

Amsterdam is a city full of bicycles and bicyclers. They are ubiquitous. It is said that Holland has 16.5 million people and 17 million bicycles. It is hard not to be completely taken by the hustle & bustles of the movement of people via these ... Read more >

Arrived in Amsterdam

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 | By yobagman | Views [275]

We made it to Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The flight was pleasant enough and it actually seemed to go by quite quickly. Gerrie slept a little and I didn't sleep at all. I wastched a couple of in flight movies and three episodes of CSI. They ... Read more >