It really really makes a difference having a mother's touch around the place, and we saw that this morning! As I got sidetracked telling a completely unrelated fictitious story yesterday, I guess I should probably recap! Last night Mum flew into Amsterdam. With Daniel due to go home today, our trip with Dad was wrapping up and Mum had flown over to have a month travelling with Dad together. Daniel and I were exhausted yesterday, so instead of going to greet Mum a...

I decided to break up this blog today by just telling a pointless story about Frank, his younger brother Fred, and their father Bruce. Enjoy! Maybe it was the alcohol, or the cute cuddling selfies they did before going to sleep, but whatever it was, Frank had a much better sleep sharing the bed with Fred last night than the last time they did in Dublin! Then again, maybe it was because they had to be up before 5am this morning so there wasn't all that much night ...

Day 5 began with a truly satisfying event - Daniel realised that it was a real d*** move to Gerald me the other day when he discovered over a thousand photos I took on his phone from last night when he'd passed out totally exhausted. That'll teach you p**** After yesterday's massive itinerary we were completely worn out, so we all decided a bit of a sleep in was on the cards. Plus, as we'd already seen a man in clogs (holy **** WOW), that excitement had dissipate...

So day 4 in Amsterdam and finally we have the conditions for a good sleep in - late night (morning) and a killer hangover. Unfortunately we're booked in for a tour, so the one critical condition, time, is against us. And this is the day we should be approaching with more vigour than ever; we're heading to the country, we're going to see clogs getting made, surely today is THE day we see someone in them. Lucky that's enough to get us up and about, albeit a little ...

Another rainy start to the day today, and despite best attempts to have a little bit of a sleep in, by the time 7am rolled around I was wide awake again. A little annoying really. And it wasn't like there was any excitement for clogs today either, because we were heading back out to Beverwijk to meet another one of Dad's cousins. We all know the lack of clogs in that place from yesterday, so didn't expect much! We headed out and found a little cafe on the canal f...