So, holiday plans

[wiseheart]

We're going to make the Benelux tour, after all, which means the following stations:

17 July - Passau and Straubing (transit)

18 July - Regensburg - Luxemburg

19 July - Mechelen - Leuven - Bussels

20 July - Gent - Bruges

21 July - Rotterdam - Delft - Madurodam - Scheveningen - Den Haag

22 July - Volendam - Amsterdam

23 July - Antwerpen - Aachen

24 July - Enns -Melk (transit)

We'll be staying in a hotel in Antwerpen from 19-22 July. Anyone hanging out in the area at the same time and wants a personal run-in? PM me.

Comments

[the-wild-iris.livejournal.com]

Sounds fantastic - like one of those old 'Grand Tours' of Europe.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Well, package holidays are exhausting, but they bring you to the best places in the shortest time, so it's worth the effort (and the money), I think.

Both Mum and I remember fondly our trip to Cambridge, too, however. Especially as we got to meet you, Una and Andria; it was lovely. Mum still tells everyone about the litte café/bookshop/whatever you've shown us. Neither of us has ever seen anything like that before.

[ajmckay.livejournal.com]

Have fun!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I intend to. :)

[rcfinch.livejournal.com]

Maybe we could meet in Amsterdam or Volendam on July 22th? (The other two days you're in the Netherlands I have to be elsewhere.)

Speaking of holidays: I'll be in Budapest with my daughters from July 8th in the afternoon until July 9th in the morning, on our way by train to Istanbul. That, too might be a good occasion for a meeting, if you can bear the three of us together.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, definitely! PM me the name and address of your hotel, and I can pick you up and we can do something in the evening.

Don't worry about the girls; I face teenagers five days a week, remember? I'll be able to deal with two nice, well-bred young ladies, I think. ;)

Oh, it will be lovely to finally meet you! We've been planning this for years, but this it the perfect opportunity. We can plot a meeting in Amsterdam, then - we might have some free time from the group there.

[rcfinch.livejournal.com]

Great! I sent you a PM just now.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Got it, thanks. Will answer in a minute. Oh, this will be so much fun!

[artemis10002000]

Sounds great!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I hope it will be. If God gives us health and a safe journey. A bit of nice weather wouldn't harm, either, but I don't want to seem too greedy. *g*

[artemis10002000]

*laughs* You deserve a really wonderful holiday after all the stress you've gone through in the previous months.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Let's hope fate agrees with you on that. :)

I really ought to visit Germany again, one day. I've never seen Lübeck, for example. And only had a fleeting glimpse of Freiburg. And Nürnberg - I've never been there, either. And so on...

[artemis10002000]

Yeah, we have many beautiful towns with very interesting history. But now you'll have great fun on your Benelux tour, I'm sure!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Me, too. But I definitely have to visit the German Hansa-towns eventually. They're beautiful, they're closer than almost everything else, plus I speak the langauge, too. *g*

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a terrific trip! Wish I could meet you somewhere along the way... someday, perhaps. Meantime, enjoy the delicious foods and views and adventures!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

We should work out a long-term plan to meet in France somewhere. That would save both of us half the way to the other one (aside from the fact that there's no power in Heavens that could put me on such a long flight). And I'd love to visit historic places with someone like you.

Mum follows me everywhere, the poor dear, she even manages to enjoy some of my hobbies, but she just doesn't get so much out of it as I do. My ranking dream is to become just wealthy enough so that I could spend weeks in France, revisiting the best places I've seen and see a few new ones I haven't yet. All medieval, of course. And definitely *not* during summer.

[jen-rock.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a really busy trip but I'm sure it will be interesting. Have fun.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Oh, I will! Given health and pleasant weather, it'll be a delight. Will post some pickspam afterwards for your pleasure.