So you made it to Amsterdam Steve. Great, but you didn't get in touch. Shame. Could have pointed you in the direction of 'dutch' food, though most traditional dutch food tends to be winter fare (mind you, with the weather we've been having). As you say the croquettes aren't bad but did you get to try Nieuwe Haring (herring)? That's real dutch. And what about an Indonesian meal? (which is dutch in the same way Indian food is British). You may have gone to the Sloten windmill but what about the one in Oost? That has the 'Ij brewery as well with tasting local to try the products.
guy On 4 Jun 2013 at 9:28, Steve Gillen wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
