During
reading week Ian and I took off to
The highlight of our trip was probably the visit to the Heineken Museum – for about
a fiver each you got three half pints of Heineken, a free lager glass and a
snazzy Heineken tin, as well as a couple of hours looking around the Heineken
factories, where there were also two (very very tame)
simulator rides, it was really good fun! The other highlight was the fantastic
curry we had at a restaurant called Shiva which we found recommended in the
Lonely Planet guide – its got to be the best Indian I’ve
ever had, in particular the gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous garlic tandoori chicken!
We
also went a bit cultural and visited the Van Gogh museum which was full of
noisy schoolchildren and some very famous paintings. We had been going to go to
the modern art museum but found it was shut for renovations….typical!
Our hotel was on the edge of the Red Light District and we saw the women
standing in the windows beckoning in the punters, which was strange and funny
at the same time! The whole place seemed so laid back and nowhere near as seedy
as you would expect – there were plenty of people wandering around with their
children late at night without batting an eyelid at the people advertising sex
shops and strip shows (before you ask, we gave these a miss! Too expensive, hehe)
Anyhow,
it was a really good few days and got me really geared up for the our summer holiday – 14 days of fun in the sun, can’t
wait!
