Friday 19th September
We arrived in Amsterdam to be met by Melanie who had come over from London to spend our last weekend in Europe with us. We took the train to Central station and then a tram to our Tulip Inn hotel. It was very good and Melanie enjoyed her room with the king-size bed.
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Tuesday. 16th September.
From Melanie’s apartment we took a cab to Golders Green and then a bus to Stansted airport for our early afternoon flight to Copenhagen. It was an uneventful journey and after a ride on the Metro (completely automated and no driver or guard) from the airport to near the centre of the city [...]
Saturday 13th September.
After a slow start to the day we all went in to London Bridge by underground train to visit the Food Festival that was being held on Southwark Bridge.
Firstly we visited the nearby regular Farmers’ Market where everything from vegetables and farm produce, to jams wines and baking were on display. It was [...]
Sunday 7th September.
We were staying with Jenn and Nial near Selby. Chris had contacted her nephew Peter Symmonds and his wife Donna in Harrogate and we drove across to meet up with them. Peter’s children Emily and William were with their Mum up North so we didn’t get to meet them but we saw photos [...]
Monday 1 September
. Pinch and a punch … Warwick won this one ! . It was an English summers day, rain and more rain. Chris made contact with Rosemary by telephone. Her mother age 92 was unwell and they were worried about her being able to get to the wedding. Rosemary it turned out, was [...]
Friday 29th August.
Not a lot happened today. Chris again spent a frustrating time on the laptop trying to sort out flights and getting phone numbers so that she could make contact with her cousins and friends in England. We later went for a long walk that included a return trip over the Clifton Suspension bridge [...]
