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.
Tucked away on the banks of the River Tees, near Yarm, Preston Park Museum resides in acres of park land.
I haven’t been in over 20 year but with the promise of a modern history museum, a Victorian Street and as many walking routes as you could possibly imagine, I couldn’t resist going back.
Officially opened as a museum in 1953 and rebranded in 2012, I took my Mam along to check it out.
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.
I have been warned by the husband that I must pack light for our city break today as we are solely responsible for lugging our own bags on the ferry, coach and intercity train. No luggage trolleys for us! I tackled my travel make up kit first!
It’s Travel Tuesday or #TTOT if you follow tags on Twitter so I wanted to tell you all about my mini break this week to Utrechtas we are super excited!
On Thursday we will be hopping on the ferry from North Shields to Ijmiuden which is the principal port of Holland. After a quick zip on the train, we will be spending a long weekend in Utrecht which was voted as having the best canals in Europe by a travel company survey.
A mere half an hour south of Amsterdam, we are on a mission to uncover more of Holland than the bright lights and reputation of Amsterdam. With a Dom Tower, canal cruises and a nightly city light show, we can’t wait to get there and explore.
Keep your eyes peeled for live tweeting and instagram pictures of our trip and a post when we get back.
I have found a Sephora in Utrecht……. ’nuff said.
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