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a truly beautiful station which is something not often said of railway stations after an hour we hopped on board another on to amsterdam we were sitting next to a young american couple and we chatted all the way to to our stop at schipol airport station arriving at 4 30 pm it took another quick train from the airport station to our hotel after a long day doing not much on trains we decided to stay in and have a quiet night after a couple of beers and a huge gnt friday amsterdam sunny well it s been 40 years since i was last in amsterdam and then only for a day or so as i remember and for rick about 30 years too i m keen to see how much has changed as much as i am to see what i remember amsterdam railway station the old part of the city is pretty similar to the one i remember and any changes seem to be improvements in view of the massive number of tourists here everyday because of this we ve decide to go straight to the rijksmuseum in case the line to enter is too long we have pre purchased passes so it s not too much of a problem getting in the last time i was here it must have been a day the museum was closed as i never managed to see it then rijksmuseum i m kind of glad i ve waited as i think i really appreciated the splendour and magnificence of the collection much more now it s four floors of dutch art and artifacts from the middle ages to 1950 ish luckily for us there we ve managed to be here for the last week of the alle rembrandt exhibition all of rembrandt s drawings and many of his paintings on display for the 350th anniversary of his birth while his paintings are well known the sheer volume of his pencil and paper drawings on display is fantastic it quite a feat that so many still survive in such wonderful condition rembrandt night watch we had a couple of hours to wait between visiting the main museum and 4pm when we could get in to see the rembrandts so we had waffles for lunch and then took a canal tour our museum tickets let us come in and out again very civilised of course there is also the odd vermeer and van gogh as well such a favourite vermeer of everyone as we left at about 5pm rick said if you d said i would spend all day in a museum and enjoy it i d have laughed at you but it was brilliant afterward we headed into the red light district which while still there isn t quite so down at heel as it once was and the girls in the windows don t appear to be quite as conspicuous as they were however the stale smell of dope fills the air from all the smoking coffee houses along the street after we ve found somewhere for tea we re heading back toward the shopping area as i still need to find some bathers for the rooftop pool in dubai trying to find my size in a pair of bathers when i feel like shopping is a pain made worse here as i really can t be bothered trying them on but i must as the sizes are nothing like those i know anyway after more disillusion with what i think might fit and feeling like one of those well upholstered russian ladies at a hot spring spa i finally have found a pair i can finally be seen wearing in public so happy days i can swim in dubai rick gets a shirt and i also find a pair of shorts then it s back on our train and home tired and pleased with ourselves saturday is heineken day 25c and sunny the dockers beat the pies your favourite thing that happened today heineken now we ve seen how beer s made a few times now so i was just along for the ride really well the heineken experience is not just about how beer is made there s some of that of course but along the way there s fun and games too by the time we made it to the bar at the end we re ready for a beer the bar s great the beer s good and with the funky 70 s playlist in the background all they need is a dance floor we left there a giggly couple of kids needless to say the footy result helped the beers go down too after lunch and a little lie down in the park we visited the van gogh museum more brilliant paintings and drawings i ve always liked van gogh and the originals are brilliant the sunflowers is so wonderful the yellow is golden and it absolutely glows i have seen the irises at perth art gallery years ago and i always loved that but i think now sunflowers outshines it pun intended unlike most other museums we weren t able to take photos in the van gogh museum more wandering the city and enjoying the sights then home again to put our tired feet up sunday 30c hot and sunny windmills along the zaan last full day in europe today we ve walked our feet off and seen more old buildings than i can remember so we took a ferry two actually to zaandam and it s windmills where there is a living museum of old holland people actually live full time in the village as they would have hundreds of years ago this was a timber mill town and so the houses are all timber but the architecture is very decorative most homes are dark green and white or black and red all gardens and farmlets are very neat and tidy they all butt on to canals so within the village transport is either walking or boating sunday is fair day there s a book market masses of free activities for kids the usual touristy stuff and of course the windmills all 6 of them each has a different purpose a grain mill timber mill water mill etc we had thought we d do another canal trip to fill in the afternoon but by the time we returned to the city home was the better option our last night we wandered to a nearby hotel to have dinner and home to make sure the cases aren t too heavy it s close it s a very popular place on a sunny sunday in amsterdam and surrounds after we returned i put some pics on facebook immediately a reply came back from bob riebe he and wendy had been there this morning too and were now at the airport on their way to iceland it s a shame we didn t catch up with each other but honestly we would have been very lucky to see anyone we knew in that crowd small world indeed monday and we are off to dubai this afternoon it s overcast and cool so time to move on to the sun see you in dubai tuesday 2am dubai hot hot hot checked in to our palatial junior suite at the park regis and fell into bed rather more space than we are used to it was a good flight we had three seats so could spread out a little and the 6 hours went by quite easily so breakfast at 10 a swim on the roof for about an hour i had to laugh you ll remember my comments on buying bathers well there were a few indian ladies in the pool we got chatting and one asked if i was russian apparently i am well upholstered we took the train to dubai mall omg words cannot do it justice huge glittering outrageous i could keep going anyway we hung around here doing a bit of gawping at the aquarium the waterfalls 2 and the ice skating rink and a bit of shopping it s also air conditioned so no point going anywhere else the temp outside must be close to 50c after dinner we took a night bus tour around the city new and old to the palm complex dubai is a bit like a massively huge las vegas without the alcohol and gambling totally over the top but more real somehow the skating rink and mini golf the tour ended back at the mall which was heaving with people mostly young men as it s eid the end of ramadan today mosque honestly the crowd would have been 95 young men under 25 very few women the crush to get to the train at 9pm was unbelievable and i was a little bit read quite anxious until we saw that the crowd control was letting women and husbands and families through first they literally stopped the young men and let us all through to the train as massive as the crowd was everyone was so very respectful on the train a couple of women made sure we were able to get off at our stop the crowd just parted and let me through rick had to push a bit we had hoped to be back in time for another swim tonight that ll have to wait till tomorrow wednesday hot hot hot again to keep out of the heat as much as possible we set out early ish for the mall rick has a ticket to ascend the burj kalipha a tower of 148 floors he s going up to 124 and i m wandering around the mall hoping not to get lost this is a mall like few others i don t need to shop to be entertained as i said there are waterfalls an aquarium a souk a skating rink and a mini golf course amazing there are five floors of every imaginable high end shop and then some honestly just waking through the department stores is entertaining the clothes the colours the shoes the jewellery the people there s all kinds of everything it s a long way down as for my time at the burj khalifa i took the express elevator all the way to the viewing platform on floor 124 it took less than a minute and several ear poppings as the lift doors open you stare out to a revolving door which leads to the open air as the air is above 40 it s more than a little breathtaking as with everything in dubai s tourist areas it s quite packed the viewing deck is in two parts one outside stretching about a third of the way around and the rest of the circle is inside with a cafe of sorts and the ubiquitous souvenir shop the view is a little clouded as the air at this time of the year is dust filled with sand being blown from the surrounding desert but it does allow you to see this city is planted right on the edge of that desert it was difficult to get close to the windows to get some photos as everyone was standing in several different poses while either using a selfie stick or waiting for the partner to get the right angle i eventually got some film and some photos though and then headed back to the dubai mall to try to find karen our 20 floor hotel is the white building to the right and up from the golf ball in this picture i tried to text her to find out where she was but for some reason i couldn t get through same when i tried to ring now what to do this mall is bigger than huge and it s spread over 5 floors with honeycombing avenues of shops and people lots and lots and lots of people luckily i texted brett to send a facebook message to get a message phew it worked spice souk we did go out to the gold and spice souk in the old town but as it s still the eid holiday there wasn t much open after an incredibly hot walk to the next bus stop we hopped back on the bus and continued the tour to almost our front door it was two very hot bodies who hit the pool late this arvo rick had booked us a special dinner for tonight so we spruced ourselves up and had a lovely meal on the 19th floor overlooking the display as the lights came on in the city the view always reminds me of the drawing we used to see of people s idea of the future city it s quite space age in a way dubai is a fabulous city and i urge everyone to spend a few days here it s been a perfect end to our epic not sure what to call it but i love it dubai by night the view from our table last day hot again 47c apparently took and early morning train to city and then a dhow down the creek for about an hour more of the same as the bus tours but life along the creek is as it always was in some areas dhows transporting freight to and from the port water taxis transporting people up and down the creek we check out tonight so it s a quiet day indoors till it s time to head to the airport it s been a fabulous 2 months of adventures and while we are happy to be going home it will be no time before this will seem like a dream that is except for the masses of photos we ve taken between us at june 03 2019 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday 31 may 2019 sunday morning late start and it s sunny so we go up to wazeemes market for breakfast it turns out that today as well the day all of europe has to vote in the eu elections is also mother s day in france mother s day flowers the market is awash with colour and fragrance of the many and various flowers for sale this morning we have moved in to the apartment next door as this one has a washing machine the old one didn t the reason we booked here was to use the washing machine and to have secure parking the owner was very helpful in allowing us to move from one to the other particularly as he was on holiday in greece at the time so we spend the rest of the day lazing around while the washing gets done i think i only went out again to see if anything was open for me to buy something for tea there was we didn t starve just something we ve noticed is the shopping hours late starts and closures as i expected but weekends in town supermarkets are open for shorter hours early and big surprise most of the fuel stations in town close at 6pm every day we were very nearly caught out with that one monday sunny again some clouds though another day at home after our very busy week and lots of driving while not long distances we have covered some territory the ww1 battlefields cover about an 80 mile radius form lille today we walked across town to find out where we catch the train to amsterdam on thursday and to see where we drop off the hire car as we will be coming into the station from a different route from the one we left at the euraille centre as well as trains there is a fabulous three story shopping mall roubai gate in old city ramparts do you think i could find a pair of bathers to fit not on you life now i m sure nude bathing will be frowned upon in dubai so it s pretty important that i find a pair soon oh that i were a size 6 not that i ever was after lunch here we walked home the long way we walked around one side of the perimeter of the city not that we were lost just misplaced we did discover that there s a fabulous park along the canal at the other end of our street so it was a good walk lille canal tuesday so it must be belgium yes today we were in brugge what a beautiful city it s only a 50 min drive from lille so we left late parked outside the city and walked in we d had a recommendation to have lunch at one of the breweries the half moon and we didn t need to see beer being made again so we skipped the tour and had a great lunch with a couple of good beers the very best waffles ever we then hopped on a canal tour which took us around all the old town and was fantastic the beauty of this town can been seen everywhere there are shops selling all the usual tourist tat but amongst that there is some delicate lace delicious chocolate and good beer rick says 2 outa 3 aint bad bottle shop and chocolate shop side by side someone s happy we are almost at the end of out time in france and it s been so good being once again in a smaller city makes it easier to feel more comfortable as we go about the town at may 31 2019 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday 25 may 2019 the euraille train leaves from st pancras station it s almost like an airport lounge we leave about 11am saturday morning the train is fast and i do mean fast even through london and the immediate country side the train stats for those interested average speed 290kmph...