Author Archives: Ramon van der Woning
Maiden Dublin to Belfast
We’ve been so busy and having late evenings, there’s not as much time blog. Time to catch up as we sit on a train to Belfast. Yup, we’re are all done in Dublin. Beautiful city with lots to see. Pamela go to get her shopping in with a new pair of shoes. That is all … Continue reading
The touristy thing.
Sleeping in. A good way to start day 2. Once up, we headed out for a coffee and traditional Irish breakfast across the street to get going. Eggs, bacon, sausage, tomato, beans, & toast…a great way to start the day. First thing to point out, It was a beautiful warm and sunny day, not typical … Continue reading
And we begin…..Again!
We left Vancouver yesterday (May 1st) and arrive in Dublin around 11am this morning. After a bit of running around and the help of a local police officer we found the right bus to get downtown and to our hotel. Pretty well as soon as we arrived we crashed for a few hours. Soooo tired. … Continue reading
Preparing for our next big trip!!
After ‘winning’ $10,000 from KIA Canada for the trip of our choice, we picked the UK. After some deliberation, we found it best to put the money towards a trip that would normally cost us quite a bit more money so it would take less of a hit on our own wallets. Also this is … Continue reading
Ship shape to the last day.
Yesterday Yesterday we basically spent the entire day on Marlon’s boat cruising some canals around Holland….7 hours, 60 km. Marvin and his daughter Melanie, her boyfriend Ashley and his cousin Jade were on the boat as well. There were quite a few bridges and locks you need to wait for. It’s definitely a different view … Continue reading
Heading North
We managed to sleep-in until 8:30 before going downstairs for breakfast and heading out. The parking signs below were pretty funny…right beside the handicap stall. The Dutch sure know women. Ha ha. I have the rest of the picture spread throughout this post. First off….I have a few other Band of Brother stops to … Continue reading
3 Countries….1 Day
Note: Yesterday we ended up in a place with no internet so the blog is a day behind. We will try to catch it up in the next day or two. Yesterday….. Bastonge, Belgium This first part will be a lot clearer to people if they know the HBO Band Of Brother series. Once leaving our … Continue reading
The Somme
Yesterday was more a relax day, but Sara did take us out for a bit of a tour around the area. Pete was off on a 2 day tour in Ieper. Pete himself has an amazing collection of items and books throughout the B&B you can look at. We visited the Newfoundland Memorial Park on the Somme. … Continue reading