Lozzy

Jaap's daughter Yvonne and granddaughter Naomi called into visit and joined us for the day to Madurodam in Den Haag. Madurodam is the smallest town in the Netherlands. Everything is precisely 25 times smaller than in reality. Several of the models have moving parts and most of Holland's landmarks are all here in the one place. It was a very pleasant and fascinating day.

9th Oct - Heelsum to Munster, Germany - 350 klms round trip

We set out in bright sunshine for Germany, it wasn't far to the border. The most noticeable change was the speed limit in Germany.. they don't have one !!!! It's open slather on the highways...go as fast as you like....weeeeeeee. We called stopped at a little town called Wesel for coffee. The whole time I was Holland they serve really small cups of coffee, but in Germany...oh boy you get a soup bowl full...lol need 2 hands to hold it...lol

We then moved on to Munster, we parked then walked to the town centre taking in the sights. We found a nice restaurant for lunch and enjoyed the sunshine and a German beer...lol Was then time to walk some more and we visited 2 churches, St Paulus Dom and St Lamberti which is the tallest church in the world 161.53m. They were both simply stunning inside, as have most of the churches been in Europe. We then bought some German bread and headed back to car for drive home. The drive through the country roads was very picturesque too, passing by an Abbey on the way home. We detoured a little to go through Arnhem and down by the Rhine, Jaap just had to point out the ship docked there, all painted up like a zebra, was a drug ship where all the locals get their supplies.

Friday was a relaxing day resting up for our night out with Michiel aka Giddy. We were meeting up with him in Oss for dinner, the drive was so pretty with the sunset. We picked up Michiel and off to the restaurant, and yes Juanita the first thing I did was deliver the kiss you requested...lol definately put a smile on his face....lol After Michiel translated the whole menu to me in English we enjoyed a really nice meal and I tried Belgium beer this time. Not being a beer expert they all taste the same to me...some just pack a bigger punch...lol but I'm learning...lmao We all enjoyed a wonderful evening with heaps of laughs during and after dinner when I spotted a bronze statue outside. I drove Michiel home and we had the guided tour of his apartment. Was great to meet up with you Michiel and you have the claim to fame of being the last addict Lozzy met on tour #75.

Saturday we set off to Amsterdam, we drove to Ede and then boarded the train to Amsterdam Centraal Station. We picked up a map of the city and the set off on foot to tour what we could. Amazingly our first stop was the Sex Museum... I had said to everyone along the way I don't want to tour museums...welllllllllll...this one was kinda different...lmfao. I think the pics says it all.... it showed all aspects of sex ...Barbee there was no 10 footer to ride ... but I found one close to that.... lmao. We left there with smiles on our faces in search of the next adventure. Amsterdam is a very busy city with heaps of tourists and bicycles ..oh boy I'm sure there are more bicycles in Holland than cars, even the train station had more parking space for them than it did for cars...lol. We paused for a bit to watch a street performer, he was from New Orleans then we kept walking towards Anne Frank House, past a police exhibition and yes I found 2 cute ones...lol a bicycle cop and another one...lol. Finally we found Anne Frank House but the queue was so long we moved on. Jaap just happened to find a stall that sold herring, and I just had to try it. Omg the thought of eating raw fish almost made me gag, luckily it was in a bread bun and that helped a bit. After all it didn't taste too bad, as long as I didn't look at it...lmao. We kept walking and sure enough just happened to stumble across the ' Red Light District. I don't know how many 'Coffee Shops' we passed, but boy they didn't smell like coffee... lmao. And no I wasn't tempted to try any...lol. Kaiva found a place to get a manicure so we left her and Jaap and I kept sight seeing for a while. He finally found some red lights.... unbelievable some of the girls were only kids... nice bodies tho but just kids....lol Jaap was happy he finally saw some girls to perve on...lmao As it got darker more and more red lights were visible. Was then off for some dinner, we dined at a really nice restaurant before heading back to the train for home. I've come to the conclusion that Amsterdam is full of sex n weed !!!! I had a really nice day and enjoyed the sights of Amsterdam, thanks Jaap and Kaiva.