Queen’s Day (now King’s Day) in Amsterdam is something to be seen. Celebrated every year on April 30 to commemorate the birthday of Holland’s former royalty, people flock to Amsterdam from all over the world to celebrate this annual street carnival.
Ever since finding out I would be in London for the Royal Wedding, I’d been looking forward to the wedding that would capture the world.
After deciding to give up chocolate for 40 days before Easter the only ‘right’ reward was a holiday to Belgium – home to the world’s BEST chocolate – for Easter.
With the sun shining and temperatures in the low 20s, it was a perfect Saturday outing when me and a couple of friends left the bustling London for a quieter Greenwich which seemed more like a country town than a suburb in London.
A little bit like the race that stops a nation in Australia, the 157th annual Cambridge vs Oxford boat race did just that in London on Saturday March 26.
