The four weeks of this trip have been filled with all that I hoped for, and more than I expected. And now the time has come to return home. There is always a mixture of feelings at the end of a holiday and this time tinged with added pangs of sadness at saying farewell to [...]
Category: A Voyage through Europe in the Springtime
Travelling from the Netherlands to Wales and back again in Spring 2017.
The Welsh Squelch
The Welsh sojourn comes to an end. I am in Cardiff and just waved goodbye to David after he spent 3 days with us at the conclusion of the London season of Driftwood with Casus. He is staying on, rehearsing with the two troupes in Cardiff, before further touring in Europe. Rosie will take a side [...]
Why, Wye, Why not
Brussels sprouts
I find myself in Brussels on this delightful spring morning sitting in a charming square/piazza/whatever they call this in Flemish/French. There's a pretty fountain in the centre of what is a roundabout and there are many typical Belgian buildings with lacey iron work balustrades and dormer windows and cute little details on facades such as [...]
Going Dutch
I arrived here in the Netherlands how many days ago? Right, 3 days ago! With a mixture of jetlag and holiday nonchalance I've already lost track of the time (such an overrated thing anyways). Getting to know that "university town" (my naive explanation) of Nijmegen, an excursion to "Tulip Town" and reunions with nearests and [...]
Here we go…
Sitting in a bar on the other side of border control, sipping a fine pilsner, feeling excited about being on another adventure beyond the antipodes. Also feeling a wee bit chastened as I was going to try no alcohol on this looooong haul flight... oh well, "bottoms up". I'm off to Amsterdam where I will [...]