Hi Guys I wonder if you can help me?
I am planning a trip for my wife and I around late May next year and I would greatly appreciate any help you well travelled lot can give me. Please also bear in mind we are both disabled to some extent or other, myself due to arthritis I have to walk with a stick, and sit down a lot - my wife uses a mobility scooter and cannot walk to much extent at all - around a hotel room is pretty much the limit.. We plan to drive to Folkestone stay over and go over to Calais via the Eurotunnel early the following morning - travel southwards a little but heading towards Belgium then stay overnight in France, cross the border and spend 2 nights in separate places in Belgium, then cross into Germany and spend 3/4 nights in Germany, again at different places and then travel towards Holland around the Arnhem area and stay overnight again, then on to Amsterdam and may a couple of nights there followed by an overnight ferry to Hull and then home - aiming for a couple of weeks away (roughly but no more) My questions are.... Suggestions for places to stop and visit in any of these places - I speak French passably, certainly enough to make any requests and order meals etc, so I imaging France and Belgium are no problem, Holland I know they almost all speak very good English so that should be fine, but Germany I am lost about. I speak no German and my only ever visit there was to see us play Stuttgart many years ago (what a second leg that was eh?) Hotels we hope to sort out along the way, but cheapish places of the chain sort are no problem for us - France abounds with these as does most of the continent so I hope to be OK with accommodation it's just which town/cities places to visit should we go to? What foodstuffs should we look out for? (small appetites now, both of us - we are on weight reducing very successfully) - we don't drink or smoke so no consideration needed there. Likes - historical places, battlefield sites (we should find those on the France Belgium border area and at Arnhem) - good food in small quantities, shopping and things to bring back, but just generally to get to see more that just a series of motorways or endless roads. Small towns and villages appeal to us more than cities, but we can go with the flow on that. Amsterdam, the Van Gough museum should be open again by May, so that is on the list - we are unlikely to partake of special coffee shop "cakes" :-) - maybe the Anne Franks museum if it is accessible - again suggestions are welcome - remember we are old farts (late 50's and early 60's) so late night clubbing is pretty much out! :-) Thanks for any info any of you can supply Cheers Steve Gillen (and Paula) _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
