We have been planning to spend most of our time in France based in Provence, but we get a call to duty from a houseminding site we joined before leaving and there is a fur family needing our attention in the south west of France. We have never been here…
Month: April 2017
France
Last days in Amsterdam and off to Paris
We have two days left to explore further a field as we have a car. First we go north hugging the coastline of what has been gradually expanded and reclaimed by building dykes by Holand. Holland in places lies below sea level so is prone to rising water in its…
Holland
Amsterdam, take 2
We arrive back to Amsterdam in full tulip season. We are going to meet up with Julia and her Mum Ewa for a weekend here to take in spring. The downtown area and the old town are truely packed with tourists. We still manage to circumnavigate the place and get…
Denmark
Copenhagen , Denmark
We are staying thanks to the generosity of good friends in their beautiful apartment positioned in a very nice, hipster suburb of Copenhagen. It is right on the metro line so we will not need the car anymore. On the way to return it at the airport we come across…
Denmark
Saeby, Easter in Denmark
It is Easter Saturday and after a morning flight to Copenhagen we pick up a car and start out 4 hour journey north to the gorgeous town of Sæby where we will be able to catch up with Alice. Even though it is the Easter weekend, traffic is very manageable…
Holland
Leaving Tanzania and back to Europe
As we load the car up Andrew reports he has had a visit from the local ranger who tells him he has been reported for off road driving and when we exit the park they will be waiting for us with a fine. This is upsetting as it is not…
Mbalageti Lodge last day in the Serengeti
We decide to go north and explore around the Grumeti river. We find lots of zebra and gazelles. It seems a good area for these as lots are grazing around the lodge too. The Grumeti is the river the migration has to cross in both directions both to and from…
Tanzania
Mbalageti, Serengeti
This is the western part of the Serengeti and we have our last two night booked for here. As we drive west we don’t see the wildebeest herds, they have not quite reached this area in their final push for the Mara. What has reached here is large clouds of…
Tanzania
Last day Seronera
We wake up and as we go out for breakfast two of the tiny dik dik antelopes are grazing just outside our door. Nice start to the day. We fill up the tanks for the exhausting activity of sitting in the vehicle and looking out the window and we are…