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Currently staying at an Airbnb in Heerde, in the east of the Netherlands. Views from and of this office. We are here to visit my SIL. View from her apartment balcony. There is even a car park at the school on the other side of the road. And from the rear balcony: social housing on the...

The last few days were spent catching up with friends in Rotterdam. Today we visited Schiedam, an old town just West of Rotterdam. Not a tourist in sight we thought till an older couple asked us for the nearest supermarket. It worked out that they were also visitors from Australia, from Geelong...

While having an early morning coffee at our Lyon office Mrs jxv asked how long our flight to AMS would take. I checked on the KLM website and found that it was 1h35, but also found it had been rescheduled two hours earlier! I never received any notification. So we had a quick bite to eat, threw...

Today a drive through the Beaujolais wine area and some wine tasting, so we thought. We started at Vaux en Beaujolais where we seem to have been the only tourists this morning and the only customers at the only open cellar door, Cave de Clochemerle. If you drink a lot of wine men may avail...

History in a nutshell! I knew about the Dutch involvement in defending Australia from history lessons in school in Holland, but in the more than twenty years we lived in Canberra I never came across the Australian-Netherlands Memorial, even though we went to some functions at the embassy. I even...

We visited Naturoparc, previously known as the “Centre for the Reintroduction of Storks and Otters in Alsace” last week. They said up to 90% of young storks used to die on their first migration south, due to loss of habitat, electrocution, hunting, etc. The storks in the Centre are kept in...

On road-trips I always set the car’s navigation to avoid tolls and major highways. It then takes us on enjoyable back roads. It outdid itself this afternoon on the way to our office in the rural village of Blacé on the “Route du Vin Beaujolais”. From Villefranche, a major town, we were led along...

Had dodgy internet access for a few days. I could access many sites, but it choked on AFF! The view from our Saint Claude office in the Jura Mountains. Finally a decent car park and a railway station to top it off. Now in our Annecy office in the foothills of the French Alps. Nice and sunny...

We have actually been staying in Colmar for the last few days, a few minutes walk from the old city and have been exploring it every evening. A few photos.

Yesterday toured the pretty villages on the Route des Vins d'Alsace. Some photo’s of Riquewihr, which is recognized as one of the “Most Beautiful Villages of France”.

We bought day tickets for Strasbourg public transport today and one of the places we visited was the Parque des Deux Rives. It was constructed in 1999 to celebrate 50 years of European unity by linking parks on the French and German banks of the Rhine with a pedestrian bridge. Looking back at...

Petite France quarter of Strasbourg At a well earned lunch break: flamkuche with goat’s cheese and something to quell the thirst.

Our early arrival allowed us to start exploring Strasbourg before lunch. Just some random photos.

This morning we took the 6:56 train from Frankfurt to Strasbourg. This early departure was about half the price of departures at more civilized times. It was a comfortable trip of just under two hours,with reasonable leg room. Our hotel luckily had a room ready for us, with a considerably...

When in Frankfurt there is no need to panic if you realise you forgot to bring your Akubra or R.M. Williams…

Budget, through rentalcars . com, with 15% discount from booking . com, $787 for 10 days in an “economy” car, one way fee included. Was a lot more expensive than last year in Portugal, $750 for 28 days in a 7-seater! OK Mobility, also through rentalcars.

Flew EY for the first time, MEL-AUH-FRA, arriving yesterday. Good flight, found J seat quite comfortable with more room for my (big) feet than most. We were a bit disappointed with the view from our room, no car park! We are in Frankfurt for a few days before starting a roadtrip from...

With the AFF CBR Autumn Dinner in mind Mrs jxv and I suggested to our daughter in Canberra that we would like to visit her and family for a few days around 20 March. Her response was that she was about to invite us because her husband, after seven years of parttime study, will graduate from...

Great view, a car park and even airconditioning ducts! 🤣

Platinum. Mrs. jxv is coming too. We are making it a slightly longer visit: Arr QF616 Thu 17/10 13:30 Dep QF629 Tue 22/10 14:15 Booked with DSC and AMEX travel credit! Will look for accommodation a bit later. We very much enjoyed our first AFF Gathering in CBR, but unfortunately missed out...