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- 9 sept. 2019 à 13:15
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- Pays-Bas Provincie Noord-Holland Gemeente Amsterdam De Wallen Makelaarsbruggetje 52.37233, 4.8961852°22’20” N 4°53’46” E
Jour 10
Cruising around
9 septembre 2019, Pays-Bas ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
We set off through the Jordaan region of Amsterdam, full of quaint and boutique shops and cafes. After a quick refreshment we headed to a boat cruise of the canals of Amsterdam. Our captain Robert told us interesting stories and more about the history whilst we relaxed with a wine / coke zero and took in the sights.En savoir plus
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Voyageur Wow, day 10 aleady. It is going so quickly. Have fun in the canals. It looks like Matt knows what he is doing 🛶⚓️
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Voyageur Wonderful.
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- 9 sept. 2019 à 22:00
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Altitude: 2 m
- Pays-Bas Provincie Noord-Holland Gemeente Amsterdam Jordaan Singelgracht 52.37802, 4.8834252°22’41” N 4°53’0” E
Jour 10
Lost in Amsterdam
9 septembre 2019, Pays-Bas ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Well not lost as such, but we spent the afternoon wandering the streets taking in more of the sights. The red light district was 'interesting' to say the least, we also mooched around a large flea market and saw the palace and the old church. After another siesta (the walking was a bit much for Emily), we ended our evening at an Indian restaurant in Jordaan.En savoir plus
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Voyageur Brilliant Have a good return home tomorrow.
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Voyageur Did you see Anne Frank's house?
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Voyageur No didnt bother. Not recommended by anyone both times I've been here - huge queues out into the street, apparently you can cue for hours just for a look around a small house. We we had so much was history in Berlin
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- 10 sept. 2019 à 12:00
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: Niveau de la mer
- Pays-Bas Provincie Noord-Holland Gemeente Zaanstad Zaandijk Zaanse Schans 52.47603, 4.8176952°28’34” N 4°49’4” E
Jour 11
Windmills!
10 septembre 2019, Pays-Bas ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
In researching options for our final day, we decided to ditch a formal tour and do it ourselves, so we got an uber to Zaanse Schans, a country village not far from Amsterdam where they have a collection of fully restored working windmills.
The village itself is on the Zaans river and is full of traditional buildings, crafts and shops. The main venue is a bit of a tourist trap but we had a good time exploring a working oil mill, sampling free cheese from the cheese shop and watching a clog shoe maker in action. There was also a chocolate factory and museum on site but we started to get hungry and didnt want to pay an additional €12 each so we headed back to the city for some Italian food. Overall it worked out cheaper than the tours, plus we got picked up from our apartment door and could do what we wanted.En savoir plus
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- 11 sept. 2019 à 15:00
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 24 m
- Angleterre Bath 51.38007, -2.3754451°22’48” N 2°22’32” W
Jour 12
Bathing in Bath
11 septembre 2019, Angleterre ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
We headed west to Bath on phase four of the grand tour. Our accommodation here is superb, a luxury 2 bedroom apartment close to the city centre, complete with mood lighting! We had a relaxing afternoon in the Thermae spa, a nice wander through town, a trip to the gin bar - a tradition for us when visiting this city - and dinner at a nice chinese restaurant. We finish our evening watching movies in the apartment!En savoir plus
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- 12 sept. 2019 à 14:00
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 379 m
- Pays de Galles Blaenavon 51.77279, -3.1050251°46’22” N 3°6’18” W
Jour 13
Shafted in Wales
12 septembre 2019, Pays de Galles ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
We made the 1hr 10min journey into Wales to visit Mad's ancestral homeland near Pontypool. Mad's grandfather worked in the coal mines in the area so after visiting the house where he lived, we drove to the Big Pit National Coal Museum to learn about the mining industry. The pits were closed underground for maintenance but we had an excellent tour of the overground areas with some hilarious banter between the local staff.
We have now settled in Chelternham for the evening and will explore options for dinner shortly.En savoir plus
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- 13 sept. 2019 à 12:00
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 168 m
- Angleterre Cotswold District Chedworth 51.81932, -1.9248851°49’10” N 1°55’30” W
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Jour 14
Chedworth Roman Villa
13 septembre 2019, Angleterre ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
We drove from Cheltenham to Chedworth Roman Villa, a national trust excavation site complete with mosaic flooring, saunas, underfloor heating and all sorts of interesting archeological finds. The surprising thing I learned today was that the Roman introduced the Helix Pomatia snail to the area, which was a culinary delicacy - of all the things the Romans introduced I like this one!En savoir plus
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Voyageur They're tasty, tasty, very very tasty.
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Voyageur What a beautiful day to see a beautiful site of great significance, historically speaking.
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Voyageur Glenys this photo is specifically for you
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Voyageur Japanese anemone. Doubt there were any of those about in Roman times. Thank you it’s a lovely pic 😚
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- 14 sept. 2019 à 12:29
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- Angleterre Runnymede District Castle End Thorpe Park 51.40383, -0.516351°24’14” N 0°30’59” W
Jour 15
Thorpe Park
14 septembre 2019, Angleterre ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Thorpe Park was chockablock today, probably owing to the last (?) hurrah of summertime.

Via online booking (standing outside the park) we cunningly avoided queuing for the entry tickets but thats where our fortune ended.

With fast track tickets we cut the queues considerably, from 60 to 20 minutes in some cases.. but there were still queues for the fast track, queues for food, queues to pick up a map...

We hit several of the big rollercoasters before motion sickness and mild whiplash set in. Top rides indeed!

If only there was a way to book the park out for a private session..En savoir plus
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Voyageur Glad you enjoyed Mad's last day.
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Voyageur I hope you didn’t go on anything too violent Emily😲#nevershakeababy
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Voyageur No I was just the taxi service!
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