Belgium really looks after its elderly people, even visitors. After taking the bus from Jabbeke into Brugges, we decided to take a train trip into Antwerp, discovering, that as we were Senior Citizens, we could take advantage of the reduced fair. That was quite a bonus. Our first stop was of course the Tourist Information [...]
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Jewish news: a kosher meal in Antwerp.
Posted by Frances Platman on 17/02/2011
http://tortoisetales.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/jewish-news-a-kosher-meal-in-antwerp/
On the road: Jewish museum at Amsterdam.
Zandwoort am Zee, on the Dutch coastline, is on the train line into Amsterdam. It only takes about half an hour from the campsite into the centre of Amsterdam, is relatively cheap and is a pleasant ride. What greeted us as we emerged from the station was the thousands of bicycles parked, some in multi-story [...]
Posted by Frances Platman on 22/04/2010
http://tortoisetales.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/on-the-road-jewish-museum-at-amsterdam/
Campsite news: good for Amsterdam and Haarlem.
We wanted to spend a few days exploring Amsterdam and Haarlem in Holland, and to enjoy the flower festival that was to take place and decided that a good place to stay would be Zandwoort by sea. There are regular trains to Amsterdam and trains or buses into Haarlem, which are both short trips away. [...]
Posted by Frances Platman on 21/04/2010
http://tortoisetales.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/campsite-news-good-for-amsterdam-and-haarlem/
Hair-raising Andorra.
We caught the train to go to Andorra as Bernard had no intention of attempting to drive the motorhome up the snowy mountainside. We alighted at the train station nearest to the French border with Andorra and then we caught a bus into Andorra. We were the last two to get on to the bus [...]
Posted by Frances Platman on 19/11/2003
http://tortoisetales.wordpress.com/2003/11/19/hair-raising-andorra/
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