After 36 hours of travel we arrived in Amsterdam as the sun rose on 1st September. Trailing our bags we made our way through little streets to our B&B, entranced by low morning light on canals, and people riding bicycles so elegantly. Our host Francois was disconsolate, greeting us with news that our Hidden Church room had been flooded in heavy rain the day before! He had booked a room for us in a nearby hotel, also rather lovely. We spent an hour in the organic NordMarket on the canalside marveling at mushrooms, bread and cheeses, colorful summer fruits, buoyed up by a fresh mint tea and tarte tartin, before wandering down the hotel. The rest of the gorgeous sunny day was rather like a festival, canals thick with boats of all kinds celebrating the sunshine, people everywhere sitting outside drinking and chatting, an atmosphere of goodwill and celebration enveloping all.
Seems as though you might have had a lucky escape – just imagine if you’d arrived a day earlier π
Congratulations on your Blogsy post!
Thanks WG, I have a lot to learn, but having fun trying π
Looks so beautiful there. Glad you missed the downpour. π
36 hours of traveling! But such a beautiful destination makes that slip into discarded memory. Glad you weren’t there to experience the room flood!
Yes that was good timing, we have promised Francois we will come back one day, and he wants S to draw the house for him too π
Glad you’ve settled in. Looks beautiful- enjoy!
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Lovely photo.
It sounds idyllic Christine. I’m amazed at your energy aren’t you jet lagged? π
No jet lag, we use Australian BushFlower essences travel drops, they work really well π plus a bit of yoga helps!
Beautiful π My rather mundane thought was I wish my geraniums would grow like that π
Fair enough… We have the warmth here, why not the geraniums?
wonderful amsterdam, thanks christine, MJ
fabulous, you are in one of my favourite cities (my best friend now lives there) and I never tire of wandering around, stopping and sipping and wandering on again. Happy travels Christine π
Thanks Claire, we will definitely go back to Amsterdam, now it is S’s airport of choice after two nightmare transits through Heathrow ….