Friday, 11 April 2014

We have arrived! !

Hello everyone
well here we are in Europe!! We want to thank you all for your many cards, gifts and good wishes for our trip - they made it a little harder to say farewell, but were very kind and thoughtful. We sailed from Hull on Tuesday - the weather was kind and the crossing calm, but that didn't stop us from hitting the bar to ensure a good nights sleep. Bottled beers but Peter did find a tasty Indian pale ale which did the trick. The band were better than expected and a Tuesday sailing meant the anticipated stag dos were thankfully missing. We were raring to go stepping into the van, but the battery was flat after leaving the fridge on.  P + O staff kindly jump started us and escorted us off ( last. ..Thank goodness it wasn't sailing back in a hurry! )
Once on the move, the sat nav refused to work ( still doesn't so relying on my map reading skills ) we headed for the bulb fields - a riot of colour and sweet smell of hundreds of thousands of tulips and hyacinths(pictured)
Yesterday, went to Amsterdam then on to the royal palace Het Loo (Pictured above -the Versailles of the Netherlands). Having blown the budget so far, we free camped at the border. Germany next.
Will post again soon - love to all


2 comments:

  1. Lovely to hear from you and glad Peter found an acceptable beer! Better luck with the technology in the future. Love the descriptions - keep enjoying the experience.
    Lots of love

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  2. Hi you two, great to see you've arrived safe and sound with only a few hiccups! I've just set up this account with the help of my able sis. So hope it works ok? Looks like your in for a fantastic adventure and can't wait for the next instalment! Angie et al xx
    Susie says hi!

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