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  • Royal Delft Pottery & Kinderdijk

    Today started with a 25 minute drive to the city of Delft. We toured Royal Delft Museum. The clay that delft pottery is made from is 10 different ingredients mixed together to create the clay. Molds are made from plaster… Continue reading

  • Quiet Day

    We took it easy today and explored our little village and the one over. There is a windmill for grinding flour 80 feet from our accommodation, they run it on Saturdays. Reg climbed up on the platform learned the history… Continue reading

  • Survived Driving In Amsterdam

    Our rental car pick up was supposed to be the airport so we could avoid driving down town but wouldn’t you know they changed it to downtown. We did not bad, drove down the bike path for 100 metres, gave… Continue reading

  • Wandering Amsterdam

    Started out nice and early, we took the tram from our hotel to the centre of the city. Took a bit to figure out the public transit when you can’t pronounce the names of the streets. We walked on cobble… Continue reading

  • Amsterdam

    Slept in this morning trying to reset our internal clock. We are a gluten free pizza before we left the hotel. Caught a self driving pod to the airport, the track reminded me of a kiddie roller coaster. We flew… Continue reading

  • Landed in London

    Today was a travel day, we are just a little tired. Neither Reg or I could sleep on the plane very well. We are staying close to the airport, had a nice meal at the restaurant in the hotel. For… Continue reading

  • It’s A Miracle, The Condo Is Done

    Not really a miracle just a lot of hard work. Thank you so much to everyone that stopped by and gave us a hand, couldn’t have done it without you. New flooring, walls painted, and everything scrubbed to a shine.… Continue reading

  • Renos, renos and more renos

    Why does every job take more time than you think? We are making progress even though we are feeling the time crunch. The only way we roll, finish everything at the very last minute. Painting and baseboards are underway. Continue reading

  • Oh The Plans We Have Made & The Places We Will See

    110 days of adventure awaits, we will be traveling by plane, train, ferry, bus and driving a car on the opposite side of the road. We are going to see windmills, tulips and wooden shoes in the Netherlands. We will… Continue reading

  • The Countdown Has Begun

    It has been a crazy week, we have gotten the floors done and walls ready to paint thanks to some very dear friends that came with well needed knowledge and elbow grease. We have started to paint the walls and… Continue reading