Leiden Yes, Day 6 and I was still in the Netherlands – but on track to travel this evening! I had my usual Hampton breakfast before showering, packing and checking
Category: Netherlands
Thailand Contrasts (2022): Days 3-5: Last few hours in Amsterdam … or so I thought!
The reason why I’m treating this as a block of three days will become clear soon enough. Today started out well enough and initially ran as planned. After checking out
Thailand Contrasts (2022): Day 2: A full day in Amsterdam
Breakfast, which was included in my hotel deal, consisted of typical continental fare, with the occasional nod to UK tastes that I largely avoided! After eating and showering, I caught
Thailand Contrasts (2022): Day 1: Getting started with a North Sea hop
It was the most unassuming of starts to an intercontinental trip: a short hop to Amsterdam in Economy. Regular readers will know that this is not necessarily unusual for me.
Thailand Contrasts (2022): Introduction
Although the Covid-19 pandemic certainly wasn’t over, 2022 finally brought a significant recovery in long-haul travel. Bruce and I envisaged one joint-venture extended trip this year, based on Thailand. The
California, Here We Come! (2021): Day 1: Quick Visit to Amsterdam
Heathrow-Schiphol The trip was now underway in earnest, and you join me as Bruce & I enter the so-called ‘First’ lounge at Heathrow Terminal 5, which in reality is for
California, Here We Come! (2021): Introduction
Yes, California here we come … but forgive us if we take the scenic route. (See above categories, and there are a further two countries that we merely transited!) 2021
March 2020: Three Cities: 1. Amsterdam
Towards the end of 2019, KLM pointed out to me that my small, but usable, stash of Flying Blue miles would soon be expiring, and that I needed to fly