More Tulips, Some Bikes, and a Lamb . . .

If you thoughtlast post’s record of our visit to the Keukenhof Gardens was enough, or beyond that, you may want to click yourself away. More of the same here. . . .  A bit over-enthusiastic,…

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Tea, Tulips, and Home-i-ness

As we settle into our rental house in Bordeaux, I’d love to share these photos from Sunday’s visit to Keukenhof tulip gardens. Visiting this site might have been a cliché, but it was a cliché…

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Shoes and Bags for Lisa . . . and the Boots that got away . . .

 When Lisa heard that I was planning a trip to Amsterdam, she made sure I learned about Hester van Eeghen’s bags, colourful, clean-lined, sculptural, elegant AND well-priced. What’s not to love?  I’ve recently maxed out…

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Eating in the Park Never Looked so Good!

Thanks so much to my blogging friend Kristin, who raved about her meal at Amsterdam’sDe Kas restaurant last fall and then insisted I make it part of our visit. One of those handfuls of memorable…

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From Amsterdam . . .

 As we drove through the city from Amsterdam Centraal train station (an easy trip from the airport, suggested by the hotel as a cheaper alternative to a taxi) to our hotel in Prinsengracht, the inevitable…

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