The Netherlands 2010....

As expected with any Cotterill camping experience we attracted a fair bit of rain - can't complain though, only flooded out four times! The Duinrell campsite is amazing on many levels but not ground level where there is 0% drainage. The free theme park attractions and the amazing flume pool more than compensated though.

An art highlight was Mesdag's 14metre panorama here. I didn't really know what I was going to one rainy day in the Hague, but was bowled over by the eerie reality of this enormous picture painted in 1880 - a very strange feeling.

Thoroughly enjoyed catching up on the BBC 2 Rev series and also Sherlock and thought that the whimsical Lars and the Real Girl was a moving insight to how community could be (thanks Ian - great recommendation). Too difficult to describe the film, but I did find myself saying to Kate 'it's not sordid!' when I recommended it to Bethan!

Finished off
Needed a shower after 500 pages of Peter Mandleson, had a bit more of my mind opened with Horsley and Siberman and the dangers of approaching scripture in a vacuum that excludes history.

Loved the Park and Ride system around Amsterdam, found Anne Franks house still disturbing. The beach at Wassanar was great if it wasn't windy - all in all a good holiday!

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Anonymous said…
And how did Erin cope without her DS?
5:34 PM
Gordon said…
borrowed grandma's!!!
9:47 PM
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