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Author Archives: murray
Mur’s Epilogue Final
Pretty much every village, town and city in all of Holland and at least Flanders in Belgium have a few common high points. No matter how big or small the place ,they all have at least one and often several … Continue reading
Mur’s Epilogue 1
Here are some of my take aways from the last month in Holland and Belgium. Moving in the Netherlands looks like a very expensive process. I watched some movers working over a couple of days. The unit being moved into … Continue reading
The Hague
Our The Hague explorations start today. We have a 10.45am appointment at the Mauritshuis Museum. It seems you have to book tickets and an entrance time to museums in Europe. It makes for a better distribution of crowds, so they … Continue reading
Renesse to Brielle – 47 km
Over the last few days, we have be stopping en-route to our destination. More things to see with easy access. We have routed ourselves through a few very cool small villages/towns. Shortly after we left Bruges, we passed through Damme. … Continue reading
Brussels
More bike fodder. There is one particular electric bike that seems to be popular with the kids in the Netherlands. It is an OUXI v8. Every Dutch town we stopped in had a dozen or more kids racing around on … Continue reading
Leuven to Brussels – 31 km
Murray Writes: Flat??? Flat my ass! Today we rode from Leuven to Brussels. There was not 1cm of flat ground. Different gradients for sure, there were no 20%+ grades like the Muur, but up and down all day. Then I … Continue reading
Antwerp
Sorry folks, we missed yesterday. We were hopelessly lost and didn’t get back to the hotel until 9.30pm. We were on the way to the Jumbo supermarket and our friend got out her phone and Google mapped a route. It … Continue reading
Bergen op Zoom to Antwerp – 40 km
Today we leave the Netherlands for a short foray into Belgium. But I have a couple of nagging comments about the Dutch. It is a culture of mini dogs. There are a ton of people out walking their dogs but … Continue reading
Melbourne, One Person’s Perspective
The last time I was in Melbourne was in 1998. At the time I thought it had more of a ‘British’ influence than the other big cities in Australia. My impression now is it is a lot more, say, cosmopolitan. … Continue reading
Art and More Art
Today is the day we go to the art show that was the underlying reason for us to hop on a plane and head to Melbourne. Yayoi Kusama has a retrospective show of her works at the National Gallery of … Continue reading