Greetings from Holland!

Dear Mr M and 5B's

How are you all? I hope that you are all having a great term so far - I'm sure it's flying by. I saw that you had a Maths test yesterday - I hope you all learnt hard and did well.

I'm sorry about writing on the blog, I hope you don't mind, but I don't have your email addresses so thought I would send you all a bit of news.

We are having a wonderful time so far, it is so exciting to see so many new and interesting things everyday. We are in Holland at the moment and have been here since last Sunday. We are staying with Mr Richards's late grandpa's sister who lives in The Hague. She has shown us all around the city and we have also been to Delft nearby. We took the train to Amsterdam on Monday because the whole city was celebrating the Queen of Holland's birthday. I have never seen anything like it in my life before - the entire city was dressed in orange and everyone was celebrating in every street, on every corner, and even the canals were full of people in orange - dancing and singing and having so much fun on the baots. It really was amazing to be part of it all, but we have decided to go back to Amsterdam tomorrow to see the city as it is on a normal day. The place where Anne Frank and her family hid during the war is in Amsterdam and her actual diary is kept there for people to see, so we are hoping to go and see that. It will make me think of you, Imogen.

The Queen's birthday in Amsterdam

Trying to fit in with the crowds!!!

We found a perfect campervan for our trip. We can sleep in it, cook in it and sit and eat in our little dining room. It's really awesome and we decorated it in very bright and happy colours so it feels like home! We drove from England and caught a ferry in Dover which took us across to Calais in France. We spent a few days driving through France and Belgium before arriving in Holland. We tasted proper Belgian waffles and chocolate - absolutely delicious!

Our van - our home for the next 2 months

The White Cliffs of Dover

The canals in the city of Bruge, Belgium

A chilly boat cruise along the canals

I'm trying to update our blog with all our news but we haven't had access to internet very often so we're getting there. I'll send the link as soon as it's ready. My email address is debsrichardsx@gmail.com so if you email me on that address, then I will have yours.

Well done on collecting all those easter eggs to get your civvies day - I'm sure you enjoyed that.

Have a wonderful weekend, lots and lots of love to all of you.

Love Mrs Richards