Cruise Brochure This morning the choice is yours – board a glass top canal boat and explore Amsterdam’s maze of canals, cruising past 16th century merchant houses and charming churches, dating back to Holland’s Golden Age. Also, join Emerald Active city tour including a guided walk around the famous landmarks of Amsterdam. […]
After our little “pre-cruise” pilgrimage, we are now in Amsterdam aboard the Emerald Sun – for our Evergreen Tours – “Splendours of Europe River Cruise”. For the next 14 nights/15 days, we will be navigating the Rhine, Main and Danube rivers – and numerous canals and locks – as we […]
Unless you are a fan of Andre Rieu, you may never have even heard of Maastricht ! The city is located in the extreme southern tip of the Netherlands, squeezed between Belgium and Germany. And if you have heard of it, maybe it was from this – for those with […]
Baralle is a small village in Northern France, about halfway between Arras and Cambrai. We are staying at Le Clos St Georges, a beautiful guest house, originally built around 1836, and renovated over 6 years by the current owners into a stunning location. It is quite close to Bullecourt, the […]
Today marks a bit of a pilgrimage for me, supported so wonderfully by Adrienne, my marvelous wife, to pay my respects to someone I never met, and in some ways know little about, but who gave his life, at a very young age, in the service of his country in […]
