Is Rotterdam an ugly city? Our local guide alluded to this on a very damp and chilly Easter Sunday morning as we left Uniworld’s River Queen and headed into the city centre. He elaborated...
Uniworld Tulips and Windmills River Cruise: Dutch excursions
Our Uniworld Tulips and Windmills cruise was a 10 day affair covering a fairly small region of the Netherlands and Belgium. This meant we had the chance to see lots of towns...
Review: Mövenpick Hotel, Amsterdam
If you want to meet a cosmopolitan, fun bunch of people, may I suggest the elevators in the Mövenpick Hotel in Amsterdam. I don’t think I have ever conversed so much with other people...
48 hours in Amsterdam – Part Two
I left you at lunchtime on the Saturday afternoon in 48 hours in Amsterdam – Part One having had a wet afternoon on a canal cruise, a chilled evening at the Van Gogh Museum and...
48 hours in Amsterdam – Part One
“I took a wrong turn on the way to the hotel and for several hours wandered aimlessly, shops decorated with glass baubles and grey dream alleys with unpronounceable names, gilded buddhas and Asian embroideries,...
Humberside Airport to Schiphol, Amsterdam with KLM
We’re back from a fabulous weekend in Amsterdam You’ll have to wait just a little longer to hear our tales from the city as I wanted to share our experience of flying from Humberside...
Flying to Amsterdam with KLM
Sweaty palms, heart thumping, stomach churning, clock-watching, arguing…. The symptoms many of us exhibit if we are catching a flight to go on holiday. No matter how experienced we may be at flying, the...