BENELUX NEXT TIME! We left Luxembourg City behind today bound for France. As the scenery rolled past the train window we spent some time reviewing all our photos from the past month in the BeNeLux region and reflecting on what we’ve seen and done since leaving the UK behind. […]
GOGHING* TO THE MUSEUM *”Gogh” as in Vincent Van Gogh. Get it?! For our last day in Amsterdam we decided to focus our attentions on the aptly named Museum District. Located just South of the old town centre this part of town is home to some of the […]
OUR DAY TRIP TO LEIDEN Just half an hour by train to the South of Amsterdam is the Netherlands’ oldest university town: Leiden. This beautiful city of 120,000 people has a few claims to fame: Rembrandt was born here, Einstein taught at Leiden University for a brief period, […]
THE WONDERS OF WATERLAND In the Eastern part of Noord Holland there’s a region known as Waterland that’s dotted with charming villages, extensive grasslands, and picturesque harbours. As the name implies this part of the Netherlands is very…, well, watery. There are ditches, dikes, and canals criss-crossing the […]
GETTING CHEESY IN HOLLAND The joy of a Eurail Pass is it means you can jump on any train, at any time, and go anywhere in Europe. So today we took our Eurail Passes and set off to Noord Holland* for a day trip to see how many […]
Wandering Soles 