April 6,2012 Gouda

Today we took the train to Gouda.Gouda is a historic Dutch city and the capital of cheese.They also are known to have the largest church in Holland.They are world famous for their 72 16th century collection of stained glass.This church is the biggest I've ever seen and was unable to get a photo of it.There is also a gothic town hall in the center of the square. There is lots of shops and places to eat and buy cheese and bakery goods here's the top of the church Sint Janskerk.

Here's the Gothic Town Hall

Cheese and more cheese

April 5,2012 Woerden

We arrived in Woerden at a beautiful campground called Batenstein.We spent wednesday night here and the sights are all around canals.We are backed up to the water and it's quite nice.This a very clean campground and all for 16Euros a night.Here's a photo of our camper parked in the campground.

Today we walked into town it is quite cold.We were buddled up like we were in the artic.Woerden is a small town and has a beautiful church,windmill and old water tower.The town is small but has nice shops that sell cheese and bakery products.Everyone here and in the other towns all ride bikes.Oh yes I got my used bike yesterday.Sam is still looking.Here are some photos from today.

April 3,2012 Utrecht

Monday we spent the night in Utrecht at the Ibis Hotel.Were we ever glad to get there and get some rest.Tuesday morning Donna(person we bought rv from) picked us up to see our camper.When we got there several things had to be done.Sam being the mechanic that he is started checking things out and then the fun began.First he checked the oil and it was filthy and hadn't been changed.They had the filter but had not gotten to it yet.So then the water pump needed to replaced,finally got both those things done.Had german propane bottles that we couldn't fill in the Netherlands so we had to buy and fill one from the Netherlands.When we got back it wouldn't fit. Then there were other things so we spent the night in our rv in her driveway.The mechanic worked on the rv all the next day and we finally got out of there on Wed evening at 6pm.Life livin'ez with the Kidd's.I did get a few photos of the house boats on the canals.

Mon. 4/2/2012 Amsterdam

We left Sfo on Sun.April 1st and arrived in Amsterdam on Mon. at 9am. Here's a photo of us at the airport.

It was a long trip and we were tired when we arrived.We couldn't get into the hotel until 12 noon so we could take our time.We had to buy tickets for the train to Utrect where we would be staying that night.Well that was when everything started to get crazy.I went to the kiosk to buy the tickets and all they would except was coins. I didn't have any coins so had to go elsewhere to get the tickets.When I went to the service area to pay my wallet was missing.Oh no can't buy tickets.Where's my wallet.I had it awhile ago looked around to no avail and told Sam I either lost it or got pickpocketed. I'm the one who's saying make sure your money is secure.Well I told Sam just chalk it up to a loss.90 euros. He then looked in one of his pockets and guess what he found my wallet. Hurray! I then got our train tickets and we were on our way to Utrecht to our hotel. We will pick up our RV Tues morning.Our adventure begins.

March 26,2012 Countdown

The countdown has begun, 6 days to go till we fly from SFO to Amsterdam.Do we have everything.I pods,nook,computer,clothes,money etc.etc.By Sat. I should be going crazy.We purchased a used motorhome about 18 ft. in the Netherlands.We pick it up on the 3rd and will call it home for 6 months.This has been a dream of mine for quite awhile,not so much for Sam but he came around.We will be spending 3 months in western Europe and 3 months in the U.K. and Ireland.This will be a new and exciting adventure for us.We have been full-time Rver’s for 10 years here in the states and now it’s time to see what the other side is like.I will try and keep everyone up to date on our blog every couple of days when we can get on the internet.

livin’ ez on the road

March 2 2012 John Shryock

One of the other entertainers we had was John Shryock and his lovely wife Mari Lynn.John is a Magician and Illusionist and played at Caesars in Las Vegas for 4 years and also played at the Presidential Inaugaration in 2001.He was very good as a illusionist and kept us guessing how he did that.

March 2 2012 Entertainment

The last 2 weeks at Benson were busy.Our friends that are staying in Mesa for a few months came to see us.We won't be seeing them again till we get back from Europe in Oct.We have been getting things paked away in the casita so we can lighten our load.We carry way too much stuff. We have had some good entertainment the last 2 weeks. First we had a couple called Laughing Bird.Their names are Tupelo and Janey Kenyon. They are singer songwriters and perform all types of music.Their music spans all genres and they can play many instruments including the spoons.Wow can she play those spoons.There is some comedy thrown in and made for a very entertaining evening.