Maduradam

Today we visited a miniature park in The Hague. It is home to a range of perfect 1:25 scale model replicas of famous Dutch buildings/sights. Named after George Maduro, a Jewish member of the Dutch resistance who died in a concentration camp. 

Traditional day

Visit to Volendam today including traditional photo! Using Peter's car to get around. 

Kameron an I in a Chocolate museum in Paris

Fries and mayonnaise at a Giant Windmill

Ice cream in Holland

Day out biking

Beautiful day for biking and visiting windmills in Amsterdam today.

Extra photos of bits and pieces

Having a nice couple of days back with family in Netherlands not doing much. Took the kids to the indoor pool today with indoor slides etc. Fries and mayonnaise for afternoon tea!

This photo from beach in Italy

This one having lunch in Venice

Indoor slide at pool - kids at the top

Drive home and we can see faces on the bridge - spooky!

Goodbye to Italy, hello to Paris!

Taya and Kameron with Patrick - dinner with Italian neighbour Gianni

Chocolate museum pics are specially for you Louise... It was delicious. We had enough free samples to make is all feel sick at the end. The hot chocolates were delicious - Mishael the idea is for you ... They filled a cup with hot milk then gave us different chocolate on a stick. Mine was cinnamon and milk chocolate. The idea is to stir it into the milk ....

St. Mark's cathedral in Venice.

Chocolate Museum Paris

Dinner with Gianni and river again!

Gianni, Sian's neighbour invited us all for dinner with several other Italians!  Food was amazing, conversation was loud and a little borderline but so much fun!

Taya and Marco making a raft...

Taya testing the raft...

Kameron testing the raft...

Making adaptations...

Realising adaptations don't work ...

Commentary by local media on raft invention and success...

Proof to Louise I can get in water ... And swim.,.

And, of course, spritza's on the riverbank!