We are now experts in all things windmills and will build one in the backyard. Visited Kinderdijk - UNESCO heritage site with several working and restored windmills with people that actually live in some of them. I now know there are windmills for pumping water out of the lowlnds to the canals and then to the rivers. We were below sea level most of the time. Had my first time inside a real windmill. I also hate wearing clogs - most uncomfortable painful things w...

After morning walk along the canal with wildflowers. On to Neeltje Jans - site of major engineering feat to place gates across to protect the dikes from excessive high tides after last one in the 1950's drowned 1800 people. Construction started in the "50's and finished 30 years later. This is also the site of the finish line for the second stage of this year's Tour de France - I can now feel for the riders, they will have very strong winds off the North Sea. I...

Flight from Singapore to Dubai starts with 640am pickup on Sunday morning 14/6/15 in Mercedes limo from Stamford Hotel to Changi airport. Sad to say goodbye to Singapore after only 2 nights. Buy a nice pair of Hugo Boss sunnies at duty free. Leave Singapore with usual efficient manner of the country. Our Sunday will become a very long one as we chase the sun westward to Holland, it will be 16 hours before we see night again. Mariska had the pleasure of sittin...

So good of Richard to give up his whole Saturday. Started at 830am with train ride to Toa Payoh to get a feeling for how the locals live. Had breakfast in the hawker centre - congee with deep fried dough sticks, carrot cake. Walked around the local area. Taxied to local shopping centre, Mariska looking for Chanel products (decided they were not cheaper than Melbourne). Caught up with Daisy (Richard's mum, she is my cousin). Borrowed her car and drove around, en...

10.30am at Tullamarine Limo ride to airport