Hopping in Conners car we headed out to Utrecth for a wander around the historic town! Like a mini Amsterdam (without the tourists), Utrecht is a maze of canals and tiny cobbled streets filled with bicycles and colourful tulip vendors.
After a canal side lunch we decided the next stop of our tour would be the seaside town of Zandervoort - home of Hollands only beach!
Heading down the road a large old windmill caught my eye and we had to stop for a photo (one cliche photo op off my list) - now to find a field of tulips an my list would be complete (i would later find our Tulip season had just finished - sigh)!
Arriving seaside we were met with a chilling wind, brown sea and a deserted beach! A little disappointing my Gold Coast standards! That said people were about and the seaside vendors were out in force selling the local favourite herring rolls!
Back to Amsterdam that afternoon we decided to venture out into the city for our last dinner and to bravely wander around the red light district after dark! What an eye opener that place is! Window after window scantily clad women (and sometimes men) flaunted their wares - trying to coax the men (and their wallets) off the streets and into their booths! But like us it seemed that most tourists (the bucks parties aside) were only out for an after dinner sticky beak!
Location:Utrecht & Amsterdam
Thought you were going to say something about Stu's sleeping habits when I saw DUTCH OVEN !!
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