My next journey is one I had been contemplating for a long time – sleeper train from Paddington to Cornwall,…
Amsterdam Centraal
And at the end of my day admiring the heritage and architecture of Amsterdam, I was welcomed back onto the…
Canal District
Having spent the morning walking around the Canal District and houses not usually open to the public, I took a…
Houses of Amsterdam
I know I am not the first and will not be the last person visiting Amsterdam to take pictures of…
Huis Hammerstein
The second house I visited on Monumentsdag is the Huis Hammerstein. Â In contrast to the Makelaers Comptoir, which is a…
Open Monumentdag
The cheapest train ticket I could get for my return journey from Amsterdam to London was a departure at around…
European Parachute Championships and World Cups
The objective of this journey was to travel to the European Parachute Championships and World Cups held at Teuge, Netherlands.…
Across three countries
The weather on the other side of the channel wasn’t that great once we emerged from the Channel Tunnel. Â Despite…
HS1
The train tracks from St Pancras to the Channel Tunnel are known as HS1 (short for High Speed 1). Â They…
The station next door
Travellers on the London Underground will have encountered the tube station ‘KingsCrossStPancras’. Â Above ground, there are two stations directly next…
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