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Headed for the Hills We’d seen some amazing sights in the Netherlands. Things like a beach on the deck of a huge ship permanently in the harbour, and a parkade that only held hundreds upon hundreds of bicycles, and so much more besides. Now that we were

Cruising the Canals After touring Madurodam, the mini-city that surely tickles the child in everyone, we had a spot of lunch back at house. Afterwards, we were to meet my cousin, Peter and his lovely special someone, Annabelle for a cruise through the canals on his speedboat.

Dutch Treat Flying in Europe is much like taking the bus or train. It’s rather reasonable price-wise anyway. We managed to fly to the Netherlands from Ireland for a mere pittance, compared to what it would cost back home in Canada even to fly to another province.

A Five Minute Walk Despite the relentless drizzle that turned to rain before we’d gone that far at all, the walk was still pleasant enough. It was even better when the rain suddenly tapered off then stopped altogether. Rain and Ireland go together. It’s the reason everything

Kildare and the Irish National Stud Of course, there was no way we could go to Ireland as avid lovers of horses, and not take in such famous stables. We wanted to see the famous, Irish Thoroughbreds and the stables that housed them. Making our way to