Viking River Cruise: Amsterdam to Bucharest – Aug/Sept 2025 – Part I

Tuesday 26 August 2025: Amsterdam – Roger It was 4.30 am when we piled out of bed to shower, dress and be downstairs – well down the lift really – to check out of the Mondrian Hotel. It was 5.15am when the driver of the black  Audi A6 drove us to the airport. We headed […]

A Glimpse of India

Friday 20 May 2022 Mid-afternoon we drove to Montpellier and caught a flight to Amsterdam, trading the clear blue skies of southern France for the clagged in skies of central Europe. We are always impressed flying into Amsterdam by its neatness; from the air it looks like all the streets and buildings have been meticulously […]