You’ve gotta laugh!
During the Pandemic of 2020 and during the lockdown, increasingly I have received from friends and family humour to help through these dark days. Here are just some of those that made me laugh and that are clean!
When Compensation isn’t Compensation!
I recently had a need to send a parcel and so decided to use MyHermes. I’ve used them in the past…
2020 Global Pandemic, is this really happening? Thank Goodness for the NHS!
Panic buying, people die-ing, the army on standby, schools and shops closed, self-isolation, hardship and all because of a virus disease…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam – Without doubt ‘The Best Art Museum’ I have ever been to!
I just loved the Rijkmuseum.. and I don’t normally like museums. Having visited Rembrandts House Museum whilst in Amsterdam, I was…
Vlaamsch Broodhuys, Amsterdam – A Delightful lunch in this Rustic Bakery
To be honest having tried to find somewhere to have lunch in the Joodaan area of Amsterdam proved more difficult that…
Ann Franks House, Amsterdam – Never Again!
Going to Amsterdam and not hearing about Ann Frank is like going to Paris and missing the Eiffel Tower. We pre-booked,…
The Tulip Museum, Amsterdam – A beautiful flower that didn’t come from Amsterdam
If you’ve never heard of Tulips from Amsterdam then you likely have lived under a rock. Amsterdam is famous for Tulip…
