I’ve written a lot about Texel, so I will make this short and tell more with photos to illustrate why we keep returning there. All the people we meet are kind and friendly, curious how we found their island (Lonely Planet). The bike shop guys knows us now and gives a a bit of a …
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We’ve stayed in several different places in Amsterdam in years previous. This year we thought we’d try one of the Sweets Hotel 28 former bridge houses. I know this doesn’t look like much from here, but check out #103 Buiksloterdraaibrug on the link above. The inside is done very compactly like inside a boat. You …
Will had been to Copenhagen once with Charles for a brief trip a few years ago, and again just before the pandemic shut the world down. So we decided to go for a few days before heading to the Netherlands so I could see what they both liked about the city. Like Amsterdam, the first …
Will heard about North Berwick when he went to the Apple store in Edinburgh for something for his computer. The guy who helped him lives there, and told Will it was a great day trip. So off we went on the train Tues morning for the very quick 35 min trip there. The day was …
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Before I start wring about our week in Edinburgh, I want to say I was remiss in my last post in not telling about some of the very kind people we encountered everywhere we went in London. All of the shop people were really welcoming and ready to answer questions; and when they do, they …
This year, London weather had its usual mix of sun and clouds or rain. After a few hot days before we left home, it felt pretty nice to put on a long sleeve shirt for part of a day. Our rented flat was on the edge of Chelsea, easy walking to Buckingham Palace and other …
Sao Miguel is the largest of the 9 islands that make up the archipelago of the Azores. Once you leave the city of Ponta Delgada, there’s lot of curvy narrow roads big enough for two cars (unlike Ireland or Cornwall!). In many places, close to scenic overlooks or just near a village, there are very …
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It really was a Christmas miracle that Will and I managed to get off of Peaks to Boston, and then on to Punta Delgada in the Azores during a serious wind and rain storm. After a morning nap in our hotel, we wandered around the capital city admiring the green lushness of everything. We took …
The train trip from Amsterdam to the port city of Den Helder is a speedy one, through little towns and fields that boast tulips in the spring and cattle or other crops in summer. Usually there’s a bus to take us the short distance to the ferry, but Covid changed that schedule. We shared a …
It’s a short flight to Amsterdam from Edinburgh. We stayed for 2 short days in a houseboat again. Amsterdam was pretty hot like every other city in Europe this summer, so we were happy to hang on the boat’s deck to watch boats and birds float by. The houseboat actually had a heat pump for …
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