Category: Countries

My favourite restaurant dish Those who have dined with me (Ian), since the 1970s, will be aware that my evaluation of a restaurant menu ceases as soon as I hit the word “Duck”. I’ve even been known to encourage others to pick the duck item,…

Around Zaandam The marina where we were staying was very close to the centre of the older part of Zaandam, a short walk to the restaurants, shopping, train station and other conveniences. As we mentioned earlier, at one time, this area was perhaps the most…

Map Yes, this one again, but the only track is the last (lilac – 08/08) one. As you can see, we covered almost as much distance in that one day as we had over the rest of the trip. However, it won G & G…

Where are the holiday snaps? To come, if we have time – but we are so far behind with the cruising aspects, that we are concentrating on that material first. Here’s a taster anyhow: Map The same as the last one. retracing last year G &…