things we do on roadtrips
we test new eyewear and check for directions… often.
we cringe as we cross big bad tunnels and buy vignettes when we get to the other side.
we brave the weather and get stuck in never-ending traffic jams… sometimes for hours.
so we snack on spekulaas and watch star wars to pass the time.
when things go well, we drive on endless roads without a speed limit… this is europe afterall.
and sometimes… well… sometimes, things don’t go exactly as planned…
after four separate diagnosis of “this doesn’t look like a simple problem”, we bid goodbye to our focus (who is now waiting for a diagnosis on a garage somewhere) and drove the last 100km to our destination in a taxi. and here we are now, in glorious amsterdam!
i left this country four years ago, almost to the day. it’s been too long – yet all the details, the smells, the sights, the sounds… they’re all coming back to us with such fierce familiarity that in some ways, it’s like we never left. for us, this is not a mere a sightseeing visit: we’re definitely more interested in revisiting all the things we love about the netherlands, all the particularities we’ve missed throughout the years. i’m really looking forward to this week :)
Loved the green montains. Good luck with the car!
No speed limits? Really?? At least your endless traffic jam isn’t like the one in China currently. They are saying 10 days in the jam. Roadside vendors have set up shop selling food etc.
auch, what an adventure! good you managed arrived a’dam, hope you guys didn’t get hit up there yesterday with the same storm as we did :D Enjoy your week!
Olá!
Já não estou em Tóquio. Mudei-me para Ghent na Bélgica. Venham visitar-me!
Abraços
António