Today was museum day. It had to be as they are all shut tomorrow. We all started in the van Gogh museum with it’s fascinating “van Gogh and the expressionists” exhibition. However it soon became apparent that most of our group were philistines and went off to do other things. Kat and I remained in the van Gogh most of the day and then went to the Rijksmuseum for dessert. Continue reading
Today we visited the Anne Frank house which was very interesting, giving an insight into how it must have been to live. It was a little odd that the place was so completely empty which gave a somewhat false impression that there was actually plenty of room Continue reading
About half way through 2006 we started thinking about what to do for New Year. This is a significant departure for us considering that we usually don’t really think much about New Year until Christmas is nearly over (or maybe that is just me). Anyway, as regular visitors will know, the last few years we have spent New Year in London drinking and flocking down to the river to watch the spectacular fireworks display. Continue reading
Having decided to go to Amsterdam to celebrate New Year as a group, certain people decided that it would be a good idea to have themed t-shirts for all of us to wear. There were several of us involved to certain extents but I maintain that the weight of the blame rests with Helen 😉 Continue reading
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