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—  By Helm and Crew

Cheese and Catharina

If the Dutch are about anything, they are about cheese. Lisette claims that “Kaas”, the Dutch word for cheese, is the first Dutch word that she learned. Certainly, it is central to Dutch life. Some of the oldest evidence of cheese-making is found in Holland, and Julius Caesar…
—  By Ian

Venice of the North and Amsterdam

Bit of a catch up We’ve been back a few weeks, but there are a couple of events we wanted to describe, perhaps more for our own record – but you get them too! Really Narrow Canals Following the grounding hiccup, we took the remainder…
—  By Lisette

Cruising to the end at Groningen

Giethoorn to Groningen The map shows this stage, and indeed, the entire cruising track for this short season. To Assen After a very pleasant, if short stay at Giethoorn, it was now time to head directly for Groningen and our winter mooring. Planning indicated we…
—  By Ian

Elburg – and the Sailing Ships

We never know what we will find at each new place. We have some books and maps. We use the Dutch Barge Association’s website to check postings made by other travellers regarding moorings and facilities. We use Google Earth. But until we arrive, we don’t…