Mum and Dad and Haarlem

So the main even tof the week has been Mum and Dad (Buckridge) visiting - they'd been in the UK since just before we left Australia, so this was a sidetrip just before they headed off back to Australia.

As well as looking around Amsterdam, we headed (briefly) out to Haarlem, which is another town not far out from Amsterdam (about 15 minutes train ride). In the centre of the town is a spectacular cathedral, though we also managed to stumble onto an old natural history museum and Haarlem's own little red light district!

Anyway, Mum and Dad have headed off back to Australia now, having apparently missed the worst of the UK's fog problem, and we're preparing for a quiet Christmas, followed by a boisterous Barcelona NYE!

Happy Christmas!

Haarlem etc. - Flickr slideshow