My Heart of Belgium and Holland tour is a Go!

Have a fabulous, safe trip. March 30 will hopefully come very quickly.

Hooray! That's a great tour.

So happy for you!

Have a wonderful time and don't forget to post a trip report. We love to hear about people traveling successfully at these times.

That’s terrific!! I missed the change in the Netherlands requirements so that is awesome!

I agree, this is an excellent tour.

Just a warning, if it’s the same hotel they’ve used before in Delft, the rooms are a bit weird. Everyone in the group will go look at everyone else’s rooms, lol. Mine had a round bed and an orange plush bedspread. In the bathroom was a mural of an aboriginal child staring at you in the shower, lolol!!

Pam oh my goodness! That is quite something.

Janet, I’m excited for you that your trip is a go !

Welcome to my adopted country! It was bright and sunny here yesterday. My daughter and I walked through the Albert Cuyp Market. She bought dumplings. I bought a knit hat. Then we walked through the city to the Nieuwemarkt to one of our favorite pubs, Loosje. We sat outside in the sun and enjoyed a coffee. It was glorious. So great to see The NL opening back up. I hope you have some free time to wander Amsterdam.

Pam, I'm dying to know what hotel that was! Share?
Wait, wait....this one?
https://www.hoteldeplataan.nl/en/
Pix of themed rooms don't seem to show on the English version:
https://www.hoteldeplataan.nl/themakamers/

This was your room?
https://www.hoteldeplataan.nl/kamers/eucalyptus/

Kate, now THAT sounds like a delightful day!

Omg Kathy I can't believe you found not only the hotel, but the exact room !!

Kim, finding it was a laugh-to-snort-stage moment. It is truly, er, something, innit? 🤣

Wonderful news! We are on the Paris & HOF tour in April, fingers crossed!🤞🏻

Thanks for all the good wishes.

@ Carol, I am hoping to post a trip report after I return. I usually write in my journal almost daily, so I will just have to sort out my notes. I will be getting home right before Easter, so my report might be delayed.

@ Pam, the hotel in Delft looks very “different”. I looked at the website and I would be totally creeped out if I was put in the room with a giant snake coiled over the top of my bed. That might be a good night to wear a sleeping mask.

@ Kateja, we are spending an additional 3 days in Amsterdam after the tour ends. I am most excited about seeing Keukenhof gardens in full color. We will be there on April 6th, so hopefully there will be some good color. My husband and I owned a Garden Center / Landscape business for 28 years, so we are flower nerds.

I had to get out my calendar to put all the covid testing dates in. I also need to figure out when to email the hotels to ask them for testing locations nearby. The starting hotel in Ghent has no rooms prior to the tour, so I am booked at a hotel that is close by. Hopefully, we will have no hiccups in the meantime.

Kathy!! Of course it is!! Janet, I didn’t mention the snake although I hate snakes and it was quite creepy. Fortunately the room was dark so it was harder to see. I ditched the orange spread immediately, lol!! I also just kept my head down when I went onto the room to not see the snake.