I won’t mention our usual morning routine again, suffice to say during breakfast Tim asked if we’d like another game of mini golf. As we’d enjoyed the red and yellow courses, it seemed silly to end our holiday without having … Read more

Our day started in the usual way. After breakfast, the ladies walked to the water park, Tim relaxed in his room and your scribe walked around the coast path (not wanting to partake in the water park adventure). My route … Read more

After completing our familiar rhythm of morning drinks, piano and breakfast, we departed the hotel on foot to rendezvous at the bus stop we’d discovered the previous evening. Much like some English buses, the timetable provided a guide, more than … Read more

Our day started with the sun streaming through the chink in our curtains, and after my morning workout (Peloton), I donned my barrister hat, boiled the kettle and made our morning drinks. Despite it being broken (sob), I really enjoyed … Read more

Leaving everyone to enjoy their first morning beverage, I headed downstairs to play the piano. Unfortunately, the piano-fixing elves had been busy elsewhere, so the piano was still a bit broken. But I adapted my playing a little and worked … Read more

After a pleasant night’s sleep, the sun woke up as it streamed through the gaps in our bedroom curtains, Char texted to let us know she was awake and was ready for her morning coffee. Your scribe is the unofficial … Read more

Our flight left Luton around 9:25am, after a small delay for the cases to be loaded. After a bumpy start, with a little turbulence as we flew through the cloud covering Bedfordshire we had a smooth flight over the Pyrenees … Read more

Having moved our flight time forward to 2pm, we calculated we needed to leave for the airport on the 11am bus. With this in mind, we ate breakfast and packed our little cases. Despite them being small cases that fitted … Read more

Due to the length of time the night parade took to move all the floats along the parade route, we didn’t get back to the airport until after the last bus had returned to the hotel. Consequently, the first thing … Read more

Today is a bit of a red-letter day, and in many respects, the sole reason we visited Holland during April. Spring flowers! To be specific, tulips. Thinking ahead, we’d booked a hire car, knowing the easiest way to travel to … Read more

Our day began with a hearty buffet breakfast. The choice of breakfast items was very different from the Spanish hotels we’ve stayed in elsewhere. They had the usual selection of breads (commonly found in continental hotels), pastries (inc croissant, pain-au-chocolat, … Read more

I’ll skip through the first parts really quickly, strap yourself in, here we go!Arrive at Amsterdam airport, through security, find the free shuttle bus to the hotel (6 mins from the airport), and drop off bags at the hotel. We … Read more