Londoners in Town!

I realise it has been almost two weeks since the last blog post. Apologies!

This last week we had Bron’s sister Michelle and her husband Graham staying with us. We had a kewl but very busy week showing them some of the sights of our new home =) Thanks for coming guys! Hope you had a kewl time too =)

Highlights from the week include:

-          Visiting Kinderdijk

-          Exploring Delft

-          Exploring Amsterdam. Michelle also went exploring during the Gay Pride Parade on Saturday. Brave move!

-          The Heineken Experience in Amsterdam

-          Visiting The Hague and braving the wind for a quick walk on Scheveningen beach

-          Sundowners on the water’s edge at the old harbour, more than once ‘~)

-          A few days of real sunshine! (but now we are back to rain and epic winds)

-          Happy Birthday banners and balloons hanging all over our flat to celebrate Graham’s birthday!

-          Home-made peppermint crisp tart =)

-          Playing Ticket to Ride (aka the train game!)

-          The boys trying out all the different beers available

Justin also played two cricket games on Saturday. In the first game the opposition made 180 runs from 30 overs which Justin’s team (VOC) fell 30 runs short of. But Justin had tidy figures at 3/25 off 6 overs. VOC did much better in the second game with 250 runs from 30 overs. The opposition were at 80 for 5 after 18.3 overs when the rain came down and play was stopped 9 balls before it was possible to call a result. Better luck next time boys! In the second game Justin took a ball to the foot and now sports a swollen, purple and blue big toe! Ouch!

In other news, Justin may have to go to Angola for work at the beginning of September, oh yay. Yesterday he went to the travel clinic for a yellow fever and hepatitis A jab. He also got a general booster shot. Way more exciting is the trip to Texel (pronounced Tessel), one of the West Friesian Islands, planned by Bron’s new lab. We are going the week after next for about 3 days. Woohoo! Really looking forward! Hoping the weather will improve substantially by then!

This weekend we are keen to get out and about on Saturday and Justin has a cricket game on Sunday. Hope the rain stays away long enough… Ideas for Saturday include exploring the university town of Leiden or Dordrecht, one of the oldest cities in the Netherlands.  

Hope you are well and having a good week!

Until next time

x 

Twins at the tram stop

Sundowners! 

Chilling in deck chairs on the water

Heineken Experience! 

Giant Amsterdam lettering

Twins in the 'd'

Happy Birthday to You! Home-made peppermint crisp tart =)