Day 48 Monday 30 th June Amsterdam to Hook of Holland

We drove to Hook of Holland after breakfast, and headed fro the beach. I had a swim in the North Sea but Sraddhabha spotted a jellyfish and demurred. I didn't see any, but she was probably right as a young girl came out of the water crying, having been stung.

At the ferry terminal we had a very quick boarding experience and then a smooth crossing. We drove straight home from Harwich, arriving back a bit after midnight.

The beach at Hook of Holland, as seen from the ferry. Hot day again! 

Day 47 Sunday 29 June Amsterdam

 We had tickets for an early viewing at the Banksy Exhibition, so it was quite a ling, hot walk to get there. The exhibition was great. Banksy's work is extensive and subversive I didn't  realise that he puts so much  money into things like the migrant rescue rescue ship in the Mediterranean. The exhibition was in a massive industrial building, NDSM, a former shipbuilding enterprise. Here are a few photos

We had some lunch, then went for a wander round Amsterdam Sud. We did the canal tour by boat, looking at some very fine buildings, and then wandered around on foot. It was too hot and there were too many bicycles, making walking quite hazardous, so we headed back to the van.

Day 46 Saturday 28 June Groningen to Amsterdam

We went for another swim in the lake, and then drove to Amsterdam. We stayed at the other city camping site in Amsterdam this time, Camping Vliegenbos, in Amsterdam Noord. It was very hot today. We went for a walk, and caught the free ferry over the Rijnkanal. We had a beer in the last of the evening sun.

Day 45 Friday 27 June Groningen

 

We walked into the city centre, had a coffee and then found our way to the Martini Tower. It's 260 steps up a very tight spiral staircase, but worth it for the views of the city and the fantastic array of bells. No peals happened whilst we were there unfortunately!

We visited a head shop and had a great vegetarian lunch afterwards, then headed for the museum of art. This is a post-modern building housing a permanent exhibition of the post modern house!

Here's a selection of photos... 

It's all quite busy.

There was also a temporary exhibition of some fantastic woven/crafted sculptures by Joanna Schneider

And an exhibiition of work by Hussein Chalayan

 

We walked back to the camp site and went for a swim in the swimming area we found yesterday - very enjoyable!