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Fifty Four and Counting

Fifty Four and Counting

Blogger, Photographer, Writer – just a good old honest opinion of restaurants, products, services and life in general

Month: March 2020

2020 Global Pandemic, is this really happening? Thank Goodness for the NHS!

CountriesfiftyfourandcountingMarch 29, 2020

Panic buying, people die-ing, the army on standby, schools and shops closed, self-isolation, hardship and all because of a virus disease that we can’t see. These are unprecedented times. A period like we have never known in our lifetime. So how do we get through all of this? To start with you stay calm and…

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FoodfiftyfourandcountingMarch 24, 2020

Lockdown! – Boris calls time! Perhaps an alternative approach?

After a softening up of the British people and one final sunny Mothers day, the Prime Minister has finally brought down…
AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 23, 2020

I amsterdam city card – Amazingly convenient and great value!

We planned a four day leisure weekend in Amsterdam in part because we’d not been to the Netherlands and because a…
AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 22, 2020

The Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam – 1000 years of history in one place

Our final museum stop before heading back to our hotel to collect suitcases was in a former orphanage and now the…
HealthfiftyfourandcountingMarch 22, 2020

Isolation or Useful Time?

With so many people isolated in their homes during the global pandemic, many will start to go stir crazy. But this…
HealthfiftyfourandcountingMarch 22, 2020

Mother’s Day – But not as we know it!

Such a special day for Mums everywhere today. It’s a time when children and grandchildren all over the world tell their…
HealthfiftyfourandcountingMarch 21, 2020

CoViD-19 – Mental Health Issues

It’s not surprising, nor an understatement, to say that during this global pandemic none of us is quite sure how this…
AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 20, 2020

The Willet-Holthuysen Museum, Amsterdam – A canal-side home frozen in time

The Willet-Holthuysen Museum was left by Sandrina Louisa Geertruyda Holthuysen in her will in 1895 to the city of Amsterdam. Visiting…
HealthfiftyfourandcountingMarch 19, 2020

STOP Panic Buying – SIMPLE, If you can’t carry it, you can’t buy it!

Panic buying is a primitive instinct. It’s a survival thing that we all do. If we see something is about to…
AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 19, 2020

Dutch Verzets Resistance Museum, Amsterdam – Everyone should visit this moving record of history

On our final day in Amsterdam, the weather was damp, cold and miserable, but this didn’t stop us using our I…
AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 17, 2020

The Avocado Show, Amsterdam – Probably the Freshest & Healthiest Meal I have ever had!

Prior to the global shutdown, Amsterdam’s culinary scene was buzzing with great restaurants, bars and coffee shops, but there was one…
AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 17, 2020

De Bakkerswinkel, Amsterdam – Afternoon Tea but not as we know it!

After a really pleasant Lovers Canal Cruise we walked across town to De Bakkerswinkel where afternoon tea had been organised by…
HealthfiftyfourandcountingMarch 16, 2020

Pandemic – Now Social Distancing

As I write, different arguments theories and worries grow all around us about the pandemic. A new disease that mankind has…
AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 15, 2020

Pllek, Amsterdam – OMG! I was not expecting this in a shipping container

The main purpose of our trip to Amsterdam was to join friends to help celebrate a 60th birthday. Our good friend…
AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 14, 2020

Royal Coster Diamonds – There’s a lot more to a diamond that meets the eye

After visiting the Rijksmuseum, before jumping on the tram we decided to visit the Royal Coster Diamonds Museum and workshop. This…

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