Bremen is located on the Weser River and sea trade has always been in Bremen’s blood. Going back to the 17th century products like coffee started arriving to Germany and…
Giethoorn, Netherlands
Giethoorn is often referred to as the ‘Dutch Venice’ because it is nestled within about 90 kms of waterways. Although we would say that is the only comparison you can…
Emmeloord, Netherlands
After visiting Amsterdam we decided we just needed a couple of days to relax and spend some time with the dogs. We found a lovely small campsite called Camperplaats Emmeloord…
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Neither of us was sure what to expect from Amsterdam. As most people are aware it is a very liberal City and it has its underlying seedy tones. We had…
Haarlem, Netherlands
Haarlem is often referred to as ‘Little Amsterdam’ so we wanted to visit to come to our own conclusions. It took us about 40 minutes to cycle into Haarlem, the…
Gouda, Netherlands
We both share a love of cheese and after doing some research it was a unanimous decision to visit Gouda. The main day to visit Gouda on is Thursday as…
Kinderdijk, Netherlands
We simply could not visit the Netherlands and not go and see the iconic windmills. We stayed at an Aire in Alblasserwaard which cost 17 euros per night and offered…
Antwerp, Belgium
Unfortunately the weather wasn’t very kind to us while we were in Antwerp so we didn’t get to visit as much of the city as we had planned. We stayed…
Sas van Gent, Netherlands
Sas van Gent is located in the province of Zeeland. It is located right on the border to Belgium. The Ghent-Terneuzan Canal passes through Sas van Gent, the towns name…
Bruges, Belgium
Bruges is a special place for us, it is where Colin took me for our first weekend break in April 2005 for my 30th Birthday. So we were looking forward…
