Canal boating
August 20, 2014
Lucky for mum and me, we got to go out on Henry’s boat on a calm and gorgeous Wednesday eve – so pretty!
The Northern Explorers return
August 17, 2014
Caught up with Matt and the ‘Northern Explorers’ crew at the end of their 7 country, 9 day bike tour through northern europe!
Den Haag!
August 16, 2014
Off to den Haag – a 1 hour journey from Amsterdam and home to extreme oldness of government buildings, the ‘Binnenhof”. Here are mum and I at the back of Binnenhof on our way to the Peace Palace – the home of international law.
Friday off
August 15, 2014
Cam joined us on the Friday so we explored the Steidlijk museum in Amsterdam!
Westerpark
August 14, 2014
Thursday took us to Westerpark where there were also a whole lot of cute garden homes, bunnies and biking paths.
Frankendael park
August 13, 2014
Back in Amsterdam and with the week off work, mum and I got on the bikes and explored some of Amsterdam’s parks and museums. Above is mum down a garden path in Frankendael park.
Monday explore
August 11, 2014
On our last day we met up with the lovely Emilie, who we stayed with last time we were in Paris in 2012, and Aaron who was also visiting Paris at the time. Here we are in front of the cafe where she works ‘Pavillon des Canaux‘- worth checking out!
Galettes galore!
August 10, 2014
So great to get to spend time with Frank and Laura and to hang out in their apartment. They also cooked up a storm with Laura mastering the Galette pans – buckwheat crepes loaded with savoury fillings – the best!
Feasting and catching up in Paris
August 9, 2014
For mum’s first weekend here we got the train to Paris to catch up with the excellent Laura and Frank! Started off the day very well at a vegetarian buffet called Soya, sooo good!