This morning we arrive in Nijmegen – hometown of Eddie VanHalen, we take the tour bus to the border of “Veluwe” where a former royalpalace of the House of Orange Nassau – Het Loo Palace is our place to visittoday. The Royal Family of Orangereigning now in the Netherlands, takes its roots in the 13thcentury.   The residence Het Loo, wasbuilt in 1686, it was last used by Kings and Queens as their summer palace.   Queen Wilhelmina and Ju...

Windmills and Tulips – so Dutch!Goede Morgen – Good Morning in Dutch. It's all about Holland today, or should I say the Netherlands.   A tour bus takes us past many dykes, to view one of the 13 windmills preserved at the Zaanse Schans Open Air Museum.   We visit the De Kat paint mill, to see how the fine powder is made for the last remaining paint and dye windmill in the world.   A climb of narrow wooden stairs to the top verandah takes us ...

We had a sleep in this morning, as we travelled the Rhine to our final destination. Had some time to spend on the balcony, catch up on my blog and just generally have a cruisey day.   We did attend the Dutch cheese and Jenever presentation so our housekeeper - lovely Ria could tidy our room, as she did every day. Cheeses all good, really like the Gouda, Edam and Maasdammer but the Jenever wine that is like mead, not for me nor Leanne, not nice at all –...