Life's about experiences. These are mine.
We had this morning loosely planned out, where we’d do some of the highlights of Amsterdam. Helen then said the next time we come, we should go further afield, so I suggested we go to Delft today. This is not something we Thompsons do. We aren’t really known for our spontaneity. Even so, less than …
Today was the reason we were in Amsterdam – a visit to Keukenhof (I’m told it is pronounced Kook-en-hof) – the self proclaimed “most beautiful spring garden in the world”. In all the years that we have been coming to The Netherlands we have never made a visit there before but as we were planning …
We were off to Amsterdam this morning and, for once, there was no flying involved, which made for a much less stressful and, not to say environmentally friendly, journey. That’s not to say that it was any shorter, as door-to-door, the journey took us seven hours. When we arrived at St. Pancras station, we decided …