A Rotterdam Celebration: 10 Years of Marriage, Maritime Glamour & Michelin-Star Moments

23.05.2015 — 23.05.2025 Ten years. A whole decade of marriage. And somehow, it still feels like just yesterday we were walking out of our ceremony, beaming. To celebrate this milestone, we planned a pre-cruise getaway to Rotterdam — and what unfolded was a whirlwind of luxury, nostalgia, seafood, and some very unexpected upgrades. London to […]

Tulips in Holland; May Bank Holiday 2017 part 2

Ruby the campervan has moved just over half an hour down the road to a new campsite, we are now at Camping de Liede on the outskirts of Haarlem. Haarlem was once the brewing capital of Holland so it seemed like a good place to spend a day exploring! We were up quite early and had a […]

Tulips in Holland; May Bank Holiday 2017

Ruby the campervan is parked up near to Lisse, Holland after surviving her first (of many, we hope!) cross channel crossings. This time we opted for the ferry crossing from Harwich, Essex rather than our usual method, the Channel Tunnel. The main reason is that we are cramming a little weekend away utilising bank holiday […]

Summer 2016: Adventures in Europe, Part 3; the Netherlands

Day 4 – Saturday Location: Alblasserdam, NL. Private aire €15 all services inc 100mb internet and toilets and showers GPS n51.86106, e4.65799 Miles Driven: Ronquieres – Alblasserdam 116m Weather: cloudy with a couple of rain showers Bluebell the motorhome is parked up alongside a harbour, just south of Rotterdam on a very swanky aire. The […]