Hahaha Thanks Ian It was indeed the long awaited "European Tour"
WE started off with a night in a premier in near to the channel tunnel in Folkestone - nice hotel, can recommend it if you are travelling that way.. Into France and a night in Rheims - champagne region - very nice - on to Dijon for a look at some of the incredible old buildings and churches there and good food etc...We love France and will always visit there whenever we can... Next day to Switzerland and a few nights in Lucerne - cloudy most of the time, but still beautiful, albeit expensive. Lots of souvenirs bought (currently Cuckooing in the hall as I type) - great place. Into Munich for a couple of nights (via Austria and Lichtenstein) and onto our favourite German city, Frankfurt. Visit the Zoo, good food and a pleasant hotel. One night in Hanover, not so good as it pee'd down the whole time and very few places on Earth look good when it's pissing down... Final day in Germany in Osnabruck - I wanted to visit the museum dedicated to the battle of Teutoburg Forest - the one where the Roman General Quinctilius Varus lost 3 legions to the Germans - but it being Sunday the museum was shut - Bugger! We liked Germany, but it didn't get to us as well as Holland did. Into Holland and a stay in a lovely little town called Veenendaal - very handy for a visit to Nijmegen and Arnhem and also a visit to the Airborne museum at Oosterbeek . 3 nights in Amsterdam, doing the usual touristy bits of a trip on the canals, a visit to the red light district (with Paula along with me....) a visit to a splendid Windmill museum in Sloten - and no, we didn't try any of the strange substances in the café's :-) - Amsterdam is a lovely place as is Holland as a whole, we very much enjoyed that country and will certainly visit there again - As was hinted at, the food was OK in Holland, just not especially Dutch (other than the beef and chicken croquette things we tried - not bad either). Finally an overnight ferry from Rotterdam to Hull and then an hour's drive home (much better than 4 or 5 hours from Dover) A Great holiday - we had a good time - Southern Europe and the Mediterranean for us next time though... Cheers Steve -----Original Message----- From: Ian Murray [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 04 June 2013 08:07 To: Steve Gillen Cc: Leeds List Subject: Re: [LU] LU: It's all gone quiet over here - Test I think we've all been waiting to hear about your hols Steve! Is this the long awaited trip to Holland? How was the skunk? :-) I Sent from my iPhone On 04/06/2013, at 14:46, "Steve Gillen" <[email protected]> wrote: > Er... has the list died whilst I was away on holiday? > > I came home to find some emails, which I read but then..... nothing! > For 2 whole days now > > Are we still going? > > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/le edslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
