An English Adventure

April - June 2024

Making our way to and around England. Read more

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- Apr 25, 2024, 3:39 PM
- ☁️ 10 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Netherlands North Holland Gemeente Amsterdam De Wallen De Kleine Komedie 52.366833, 4.89700652°22’1” N 4°53’49” E
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Day 1
Amsterdam
April 25 in the Netherlands ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
On our way to England, we stopped off at the fascinating city of Amsterdam. What an amazing place!

We actually booked our accommodation in one of the famous "Dancing Houses", although we didn't know that until after we arrived. They get the name for being a bit "wonky", which is the result of the soil settling. Many buildings like that as the original soil was peat. They used the same construction techniques as they did in Venice, burying tall timber poles into the soil.

We wandered around the narrow streets and numerous canals... a photo on every corner.Read more
Traveler That looks dangerous 😳
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Traveler Getting our 20 kg bags up there was a challenge that's for sure. Glad Randall's knee didn't give way 😁
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- Apr 26, 2024, 9:30 AM
- ☁️ 8 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Netherlands North Holland Gemeente Amsterdam Durgerdam Blauwe Hoofd 52.374236, 4.98379252°22’27” N 4°59’2” E
Day 2
A Visit to the Country
April 26 in the Netherlands ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Although it rained yesterday, today was beautiful and we joined a small day tour to visit the surrounding countryside to see the dikes, old towns and, of course, tulips.

It was interesting to learn the history of how they reclaimed the land and the ongoing management to this very day. We stopped at a working windmill to learn how they pump the water up multiple levels and eventually, the sea. A bit of trivia for you... if the windmill blades are stopped as a cross (+), then the windmill is still operational. If the blades are stopped as an x, the windmill is not in use.

There were originally 10,000 windmills in the Netherlands, but today there is less than 1,000. Interesting that despite their size, they windmills are easily dismantled and can be transported somewhere else where they're needed.Read more
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- Apr 26, 2024, 11:52 AM
- ☁️ 10 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Netherlands North Holland Gemeente Purmerend Noordbeemster 52.5774, 4.93131452°34’39” N 4°55’53” E
Day 2
Tulips
April 26 in the Netherlands ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
After visiting the windmills, we headed out to a tulip farm. The owners also run over a hundred dairy cows and a few sheep,

The tulips were awesome... the majority of these farms are growing tulips for their bulbs, whereas the ones grown for their flowers are done in greenhouses.

It was a great day out and we learned a lot about the history of this fascinating countryRead more
Traveler Don't buy them.... they`re a ponzi..
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- Apr 27, 2024, 11:16 AM
- ☁️ 10 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Netherlands North Holland Gemeente Amsterdam De Wallen Munttoren 52.367403, 4.89362252°22’3” N 4°53’37” E
Day 3
King's Day
April 27 in the Netherlands ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
We timed our visit to Amsterdam perfectly as today is King's Day, a day when the entire population holds a giant party to celebrate their King. Sounded like an excuse for a party, but hey... I was up for it.

Everyone wears orange and the police turn a blind eye to drinking and smoking joints in public. We have never seen anything like it... music blaring and people dancing on every street. The canals were full of boats with their own music and dancing. What a party!

But overall, everyone was really well behaved, they were here to have fun... and it was!Read more
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- Apr 28, 2024, 10:35 AM
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Netherlands North Holland Amsterdam Kalverstraat Shops 52.369381, 4.89192552°22’10” N 4°53’31” E
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More Amsterdam
April 28 in the Netherlands ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Spent the remainder of our time in Amsterdam wandering the myriad of streets and canals. A beautiful city and we wish we could have stayed longer. We'll just have to come back..
Traveler What a great name!
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Traveler Jarrod will be jealous
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Traveler He sure will!
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- May 2, 2024, 5:30 PM
- 🌧 11 °C
- Altitude: 299 m
- Germany Baden-Württemberg Region Freiburg Augustinerplatz 47.993836, 7.85214747°59’38” N 7°51’8” E
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Germany
May 2 in Germany ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
Today we left Amsterdam by train to visit good friends in Germany. We'll be chilling here for a few days before heading to England, so here's a few random photos of our stay...
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- May 4, 2024, 9:30 AM
- ☁️ 9 °C
- Altitude: 703 m
- Germany Baden-Württemberg Region Triberg im Schwarzwald 48.129053, 8.23078948°7’45” N 8°13’51” E
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Day 10
Black Forest
May 4 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Took a break from chilling to go for a drive down to Freiberg and Triberg, in the heart of the Black Forest.

Triberg, considered the home of the cuckoo clock, is a beautiful little town with stunning waterfalls and pine forests. A great place to end our visit to Germany.Read more
Traveler Looks fantastic!!!
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Traveler Something scared the life out of them by the looks .. must have got involved with a taxi.
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- May 7, 2024, 10:11 AM
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- England Greater London City of Westminster Big Ben 51.500942, -0.12524751°30’3” N 0°7’31” W
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Day 13
London
May 7 in England ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Back in the UK! Been a while since we've been to London, so it's great to come back. And we lucked out with the weather, sunshine and temps up to 21 C.
Traveler Can't wait to see your travels, as I hope to get there next year.
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Traveler We have a month now in Scotland and the UK before we can go back into Europe at the end of June.
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Different color feet to ours🤪 [Linda]
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Ooh a squirrel❤️ [Linda]
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- May 9, 2024, 12:58 PM
- ☁️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 43 m
- England Greater London Baker Street Regent's Park 51.527731, -0.15174451°31’40” N 0°9’6” W
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More London
May 9 in England ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
We did a lot of walking (and tubing) to visit some of the beautiful gardens around the West End area. Roses are starting to come out and the aroma is unbelievable.
Traveler Iconic London. Great shot.
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Traveler Used to love China Town
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Traveler Decided to have a Vietnamese meal and it was damn good !
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- May 10, 2024, 3:08 PM
- ☁️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 79 m
- England Oxford University of Oxford 51.7532, -1.25598651°45’12” N 1°15’22” W
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Oxford
May 10 in England ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
From London we hopped on a train to the university town of Oxford. A very interesting town with lots of old buildings. Many of the locations here are famous for being in the Harry Potter films. Needless to say, there are oodles of HP memorabilia we could have bought... but didn't.Read more
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