After the delights of The Peanut Barrel in East Lansing, MI, Steve knows the only way is down.....
________________________________ From: Ian Murray <[email protected]> To: Steve Gillen <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 4, 2013 10:44 AM Subject: Re: [LU] LU: It's all gone quiet over here - Test This is absolute gold Steve. Thank you for brightening up my day. Sent from my iPhone On 04/06/2013, at 21:59, "Steve Gillen" <[email protected]> wrote: > Do you know Guy, I wish I had got in touch, but > then we had a good deal of "challenges" going for > us - we are both disabled - currently I too am > having to use a disability scooter due to my knees > - getting my first replacement operation next week > by the way.... and I had to fall in with Paula's > plans too - I do promise you though, next time we > will have a beer together and there will be a next > time - we really took to Holland and Amsterdam as > some on the list will attest to is they saw some > of my postings and pictures on Facebook. > > WE saw lots of Indonesian outlets as you say as > well as Surinamese food (is that the same?) - and > we did indeed see Herring stalls, but Paula was > having some problems with her digestion at the > time and frankly, fish would have been over the > limit for her. > > One place we ate that was truly great was the Half > Moon restaurant ( De Halve Maen)in Sloten (just > over the road from the Windmill) and we were made > very welcome by a waiter there called Rob - he's > an Ajax fan and we had a good time discussing > football and dissing Eindhoven! :-) The food was > lovely if you get a chance to go there and can > thoroughly recommend the Asparagus soup - that > white asparagus soup is wonderful stuff isn't it? > > We'll try that other place the next time we are > there - Thanks for that. > > An we'll also try the place John Lee has suggested > to me, a sort of Dutch Beamish in a place called > Zaanse Schans.... But this will be a few months > or even next year before I can do this as I have 2 > upcoming operations on my knees, as I said the > first one being next week. > > One thing worth mentioning - a very kind Dutch > person saw my blue disabled badge in the car and > suggested a place for me to go - can't recall the > name now, but is in central Amsterdam, and if > anyone wants to know I have it written down and > the documents are in my fire safe - I went and > showed my disabled credentials and car details and > they issued a notice that I can park for free in > Amsterdam centre for the next 12 months - no > notice on the screen at all (unless in designated > disabled parking, then the badge is required) - > quite a decent saving - nice people the Dutch, > aren't they? > > Cheers > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Guy Thornton > Sent: 04 June 2013 10:27 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LU] LU: It's all gone quiet over > here - Test > > 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/le > edslist >> To unsubscribe, email > [email protected] >> >> MARCHING ON TOGETHER > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
