A short walk around Bremen. Picked up some cream for the horsefly bite on my hand.
A four hour drive North to Ribe in Denmark for our six-nighter house. It’ll be nice to not drive far for a while.
Day 4 - Bremen, Germany
The Danish house doesn’t come with linen (thought it does charge a city tax, a cleaning fee, for electicity and water) so we went to Ikea to pick up a few things.
A LONG drive to Bremen, Germany. We sampled the best of German culture by going to an Irish bar.
Early night because another quite long drive tomorrow, but then we’re in Denmark for six nights and don’t have to drive anywhere.
Day 3 - More Amsterdam
Back on the No. 5 Tram into Amsterdam. Passed Anne Frank.
A burger, again, of course (Jane has the “best tomato soup ever”). We sheltered in a church while it rained.
Picked up a few vegetables to add to dinner.
Westertoren (Western Tower) attached to the Westerkerk.
Inside the Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk.
Day 2 - Art, Cocktails and Walking
A lie in after the long day yesterday.
Breakfast in our room then a short walk to the tram. Tram 5 from Kronenburg to Museumplein.
We went into an antique shop awash with antique tiles, and going in search of a box to put holiday blog notebooks in. I saw a skull in the window that I quite fancied buying but figured out it would be too expensive. I asked, and it wasn’t for sale because it’s a real skull and they can’t sell such things.
A great coffee and chesse and pesto toastie at Cartel.
We walked round an art gallery/shop. Results were mixed.
Jane saw a man wearing THESE boots, so I asked to take a photo.
An afternoon walking around the Rijksmuseum. The Night Watch by Rembrandt, and self-portrait by van Gogh being the highlights.
Finished the day at the bar we went to last time we were here and had a ‘Yellow Brick Road Cocktail’ (as we did last time), and I had a cheerburger - obviously,
Day 1 - The long drive to Amsterdam
Up at 4:30am, and in the cat by 615am. Got to Calais by 11 or due, but due to roadworks on motorway we didn’t get the hotel until 5pm. Tired.
We went to the shop (that previously had a lot of cork Malbec. It did this time, but sadly not at the same price.)
Picked up a few staples. We were hungry, don’t know why I went to a stationery shop. Hiliarious joke for you.
Pasta, some alcohol (to toast being under 10k on the mortgage.) and an early night.
On the tram to walk around Amsterdam tomorrow.
