Sunday, May 29, 2011

The Netherlands and France

We enjoy travel. That's a fact. But of course travel is not for the fainthearted.
When we planned our trip to Europe we chose to visit just two countries and not the 'if it's Tuesday it must be Belgium' tour.

At Keukenhof
We had visited both countries before and with David;s long standing love of photography we of course now have a different 'focus'. Keukenhof was all we expected and the paths and flow of flowers appeared to last forever. David's images capture the colours and form and can be seen on our website. We met friends from Antarctica there and spent many hours reminiscing and sharing good food, quaffing the beer and of course, taking photographs of windmills, canals and tulips.

France was another great experience where we hopped on and off buses to view Paris at her sparkling best. We stayed with American-British friends of ours, Dan and Zara. We traveled from Giverny to Chartres while in Paris and enjoyed the efficient public transport. We then boarded a train to the Dordogne area where we stayed with friends in a gem of village called Carloux. We met  Harry in Namibia and he invited us to stay with he and his wife Susan to explore the surrounding countryside. We climbed stairs, padded along cloisters and shared breath taking view sites.

In our European travels we were fortunate with weather, good photographic opportunities, good food and friendship.

Do view our website for details and photographs.