We got into London last night. We took a taxi as we didn’t want to try to handle our luggage on public transit. It was a whopping 145 pounds or about $250 Canadian. OMG. Our Air B&B is tiny but… Continue reading

Today was a quiet day, spent some time booking a few things for the next leg of travel, got our boarding passes and tried to understand London public transportation system. I still don’t think I know what I’m doing so… Continue reading

It was tulip time again, we got to walk amongst the tulips, daffodils and hyacinths. The hyacinths smelled so good. We then checked out Keukenhof Castle. You can’t go in at the moment as they are restoring it but the… Continue reading

The Van Gogh Village Museum is in Nuenen, where he spent two years and created a bulk of his artwork.we spent a couple hours touring the museum learning about his life and how his artwork evolved. The subjects that he… Continue reading

Today started off a bit slower, we found how to mail a package home so instead of trying to fit the souvenirs in our suitcase and pack them from country to country. We will send a box home each country.… Continue reading

We drove to the town of Vlissingen. It is an hour and half away on the south west coast. We primarily went to check out the wind organ. It is an art installation on a pier. Bamboo tubes stand upright… Continue reading

Every Thursday in the Gouda market place, in front of the old town hall people recreated the traditional cheese market where farmers would bring their cheese to be sold. There was also many stalls where you could try different Dutch… Continue reading

Headed north to the town of Edam, first stop was The Story of Edam Cheese. We parked in a spot by a little farmers market, Reg asked a vendor if we could park there as it was very confusing and… Continue reading

Today took us to The Tulip Experience west of Amsterdam. First you start in the museum which tells the story of the tulip bulb. The tulip got its name from the word turban as they first were found in Kazakhstan.… Continue reading

Our adventures started at Zaanse Schans -The Windmill Village. It is like our Fort Edmonton park showcasing Dutch inventions and how windmills were used in industry. We learned that the Dutch invented instant pudding, linoleum, chocolate sprinkles, premade paint and… Continue reading