Exploring Holland – Utrecht

Exploring Holland – Utrecht

Following on from last weeks post all about how we got to the Dutch city of Utrecht, I am going to tell you all about the city itself today. It really is a hidden gem.

A mere 20 minutes by train from Amsterdam, Utrecht is home to the largest university in the country yet still maintains a quaint and quiet feeling, with a population of less than 400,000. That’s

If you have ever wanted to experience Holland and even Amsterdam yourself but you want a slower pace, Utrecht is the place for you.

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Escaping Amsterdam – Finding Holland’s hidden gem

Escaping Amsterdam – Finding Holland’s hidden gem

If you follow my social streams, you will undoubtedly know that Paul and I recently ventured to Utrecht in Holland with DFDS via Amsterdam. If not, you can check out some of my snaps and tweets using #UtrechtUncut

To keep the posts to a reasonable length, I thought I would break them down in to more bite size chunks.

First up, how we got to Utrecht.

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Travel Apps for Techy Trippers

Travel Apps

I’ve just returned from a city break in Holland and being the tech savvy blogger I am, I relied on my smart phone to get me through so I am showing you some of my Travel Apps.

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European Food Guide

European Food Guide

I am off to the Netherlands on Thursday and one of the most important thing we research before going on a European city break is the best places to eat and any stand out dishes we need to check out.

I’d rather eat with the locals in a poky little authentic cafe than sit in a chain restaurant or something outside of the country.

I have a great little European Food Guide widget to show you, to help you make some foodie decisions

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Vote for me in the North East Blogger Awards

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It’s not often I ask my lovely readers for anything but it would mean the world if you could nominate my little corner of the interweb for an NE Blogger Awards.

If you have 2 minutes to spare, you can nominate me over at www.nebloggerawards.co.uk at the bottom of the page. Feel free to add me to which ever category you think is best.

 

I have been blogging for 6yr in this current guise and I have seen many wonderful things happen, change and develop in this time and I have met some incredible people during this time.

 

Thank you and much love!

 

 

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