Relaxing in Holland

We know that we have already given you an insight into our Christmas Day, but we thought we would share a little bit more of our trip to Holland.

We spent a wonderful six days of quality time with Monique’s Oma who lives in Leiden, an old university town near The Hague. Oma had borrowed bicycles from a grandpa in her apartment block so we were able get around and explore the area. The three of us set off that afternoon to the supermarket to get supplies for Christmas day, with Oma on her new pimped up scooter. We did our best to keep up!

Aside from that, we...

• Enjoyed a magnificent boxing day meal with Oma’s sister Truus and her partner Bernard
• Explored Leiden and cycled around Monique’s old stomping ground, Voorschoten.
• Took the opportunity to put our newfound Tuscan cooking skills to the test, as a Christmas present to Oma.

It was a very quiet and relaxing few days which was just what we needed.