When it comes to preparing for one of our twice yearly visits to the Netherlands I have to admit to letting Elizabeth do most of the work. But I did help with booking the tickets.
We fly out of Heathrow on Good Friday. We are hoping that the industrial action by security staff will remain confined to terminal 5 (we leave from terminal 4). The advice is to get to the airport 3 hours before the flight, so that’s what we are planning.
I bought a new wheeled cabin case and Elizabeth will pack all my essentials for me.
Our good friend Brian is kindly taking us to the airport (and collecting us on our return). He has just recovered from a bout of COVID but is now testing negative. Just when we thought it was all over!
Elizabeth’s sister Yolande is also helping us by doing a grocery shop and collecting us from the station in Wormerveer when we arrive. There was some talk of a strike by train drivers but we hope we can still travel as normal. Yolande and Leo help us in so many ways.
We are really looking forward to seeing our friends and family again.
As part of our preparations I have been working hard on my Dutch language skills and I hope that on this visit I will be able to converse a bit more in the local language - but I’m not very confident.
We have not made definite plans for day trips during our visit but have a couple of social meetings arranged which we are both looking forward to
On this trip we are going to try using local buses and trains in order to go a little further afield. We may even get as far as Amsterdam where I would like to take a walk and see the canals and old buildings.
So tomorrow my dear Elizabeth will pack the cases and apart from some last minute stuff we will be ready to go.
Another adventure begins…..
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