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Sunday, May 10, 2015

10/05/2015 Day 8, our last day in Amsterdam and a boat cruise.

Maximum temperature 18C, minimum 11C. Dry with a light wind.

The Royal Palace.

Reflections in a canal.

Ready to go on the cruise.

A view through seven bridges.

Old Dutch sailing ship.

The oldest house boat on the canals.

A view astern at the Binnenamstel canal.

Saturday, May 9, 2015

09/05/2015 Day 7. Looking at museums in Amsterdam.

Maximum temperature 16C, minimum 7C. Intermittent light showers.

43 km/h winds with 63 km/h gusts.

Easy travelling by tram.

The Opera house.

Van Gogh self portrait.

Van Gogh, sunflowers.

Rijks museum.

A part of the large painting 'Night Watch' by Rembrandt.

Friday, May 8, 2015

08/05/2015 Day 6 in Amsterdam.

Maximum temperature 18C, minimum 11C. Dry but cloudy.

Amsterdam railway station.

Munttoren in the centre of the photo.

Nigel. Note the crooked houses behind him.

Diane. Munttoren behind.

Tulips from Amsterdam.

As above.

Westerkerk.

Thursday, May 7, 2015

07/05/2015 Day 5, on the road from Ypres to Amsterdam.

Maximum temperature 14C, minimum 7C. Intermittent rain and cloud.

Quite busy traffic en route and frustrating changing speed limits!

My pet hate, wind turbines! They are everywhere.

Interesting bridge near Rotterdam.

My kind of windmill.

Driving under the runway at Schipol airport. See the plane on the right.

Quiet afternoon at the hotel.

Shadows Along the Zambezi by Diana M. Hawkins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I so enjoyed this book and towards the end I could not put it down only finishing at 2am! Having lived most of my early life in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, so many places had a lot of meaning to me. Diana’s knowledge of every detail in this book is incredible.
Sadly, so much of this story is fact and very true. It made me cry and at times it made me smile. I hope that it might awaken the world as to what is going on in many African countries, and instead of so many people burying their heads in the sand, perhaps they might stand up and do something. Smuggling and hunting are very soon going to leave the world a very sad place when there are no animals left.
Now I am off to read Shadows over an African Heart.

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Shadows Over an African Heart: a novel by Diana M. Hawkins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Shadows over an African Heart is the perfect name for this book. The shadows are even bigger than I ever dreamt, and this book is a real eye-opener to the truth of what is going on. I was in tears in many places in this book. The fictional side story I so enjoyed, but the true and very sad story of the elephants and other animals; the Zimbabwe government has so much to answer for.
The world needs to read both of Diana’s books and action needs to be taken before the children of today never see wildlife as we have had the joy to grow up with around us.
There are many African words in the story which to me were great to be reminded of, but many are explained as you read and there is a good glossary of the words in the back of the book.

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