Food Glorious Food
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world” JRR Tolkien I am writing this blog from my own position of privilege; I have been…
Day 28 – Final Day in Amsterdam
Today started with a trip over to the Anne Frank House. We had visited here before but Amy was keen to look at their attic again. The experience of visiting the Anne Frank house is…
Day 26 – Back in Amsterdam … Light Festival!
Today we said our goodbyes to Enkhuizen and Rose and Maikel. It’s always sad to say goodbye. However before that we did spend a couple of hours catching up with Lia and Piet at their home…
Some History of Enkhuizen
At around the year 1000 there were two settlements on the spot where where Enkhuizen currently is located. There was Gommerkerspel, which was inland and Enkhuizen where the fishermen lived. These villages merged together and…
Day 25 – Enkhuizen … ahhh Gezellig!
Everyday we are being spoilt. An example is yesterday we were saying how much we love the saucijzenbroodjes (sausage rolls) over here so our surprise this morning was Maikel had bought two for us to…
Day 24 – Enkhuizen … is good for the soul
Another slow start today as we just enjoyed being at Rose and Maikel’s and taking it easy. This morning we went to the shops as Rose needed to get few things so we all tagged…
Day 23 – A Restful Day in Enkhuizen
Today was our first day since starting the trip when we really didn’t do much at all. We had a slow start to the day and had a walk around Enkhuizen this morning for about…
Day 22 – Enkhuizen For Sinterklaas
Today we headed to our Netherlands home, Enkhuizen, to celebrate Sinterklaas. We couldn’t have picked a better location for our hotel in Berlin as the bus to the airport stopped just around the corner so…
Rene Descartes – A French philosopher who lived in Amsterdam
Well yesterday I blogged about Baruch Spinoza but today I want to say a few things about the philosopher Rene Descartes, another philosopher I have learned more about recently and am inspired by. Descartes was…
Day 5 – A History Lesson and Sore Feet
We woke today to the sound of rain on the roof but thankfully by the time we set out this morning it had pretty much cleared and held off for most of the day with…