BOXING DAY Starry, starry nightFlaming flowers that brightly blazeSwirling clouds in violet hazeReflect in Vincent’s eyes of china blue ‘Vincent’ – Don McLean So we’d made it into Amsterdam; that was good. This is because, prior to leaving home, we’d purchased tickets online for entry into the Van Gogh museum at 3.30pm and we certainly…
TREVOR’S BIRTHDAY We were up at 7.00am and looked out of a rain-spattered window at a dull and dreary sky. We hoped the weather would improve, but taking our umbrellas and cagoules with us today was a must. I gave Trevor his birthday card and he opened his other cards and presents he’d brought with…
After an extremely good night’s sleep, I woke up very late this morning, partly due to the fact we had to put our watches forward an hour to European time. So it was 10.25am before I crawled out of my pit. Trevor had been to breakfast two hours earlier! We weren’t the only ones however;…
