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Have Dog, will Travel
My Top tips for travelling/house-sittiing with your own pet. Continue reading
Posted in Animals, house-sitting, travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Housesitting, Housesitting with own pet, Somerset, travel, Travel UK, Travel with pet, Wiltshire
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10 Remarkable facts about Nijmegen
It’s my new home town but asides from that there is much to discover about this city which is built on the banks of the River Waal on the Dutch/German border. It’s the oldest city in the Netherlands. Its Roman … Continue reading
Posted in travel, Uncategorized
Tagged A Bridge too Far, Day trip from Amsterdam, Dutch City, Face of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Oversteek Brug, Rewilding, Waal Bridge
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Shifting Horizons
Some of you may know that in the not too distant future, Frank and I are planning a move to Nijmegen in Gelderland. We don’t feel at home any longer in Amsterdam Continue reading
First House-sit of the Year
Unless you are a Buddha living under a tree you will have noticed we are in the grip of a pandemic which has severely restricted our freedom of movement. It now seems like some distant dream when we could move … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, lifestyle, travel, Uncategorized
Tagged buddhism, France, Hotel Le Stelsia, house-sitting, Jacques Bru, Lot et Garonne, penne d'agenais, Philippe Gestet, River Lot
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The End of the Dutch Golden Age
A Night in the Museum Only last week I was invited to an evening in the Rijksmuseum by a girlfriend who is a friend of the institution. The event offered a chance to speed-date with various experts dotted around the … Continue reading
Balloon Flight over the Chateau
Frank and I celebrated our 33rd wedding anniversary in September. On our ninth house-sit of this year we decided to book a balloon flight. Paying for our accommodation in kind (offering pet care) means we free up cash which can … Continue reading
Sailing along the Amsterdam Canals
Dear readers, I promised you a blog about Amsterdam and here it is! You might remember that Frank and I are OOPOEHs. Omas en Opas Passen Op Een Huisdier, which translates into the rather unflattering; Grandpas and Grandmas look after … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Amsterdam boat trip, Amsterdam canals, Amsterdam tourism, Boats4rent, day trip Amsterdam, Oopoeh, travel
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All Good Things…
After two months of house-sitting it is sadly almost time to go home again. We’ve travelled through Hertfordshire, Nottinghamshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Cheshire, Leicestershire and spent the last two weeks in the smallest county in England, Rutland. … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, lifestyle, travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Animals, British food, house-sitting, Peak District, pet-sitting, pets, Rutland, travel, Visiting England
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