Fifteen days, eight flights and six countries and loads of wonderful memories…………the FAM trip is now officially over.

I am sitting here in Heidi’s Mum’s living room tapping away on the raspberry thingy while Heidi and Mum make chicken satay with roasted potatoes.

I am really tired…………we averaged 14-hour days and what with the unpacking, packing and the joys of flying I am ready for a rest. However, I will have to wait until May for that to happen and I will show you my schedule in a minute.

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In Russia it was cold, in Tallinn it was freezing but this morning, here in the Dutch countryside it is truly Antarctic………..How can I describe how cold it is?……Well, its -2 degrees but the wind is really strong and that makes it feel even colder. I am wearing my windbreaker and I can assure you its breaking bugger all. How cold is it?……..Well let’s just say that when I went to the bathroom just now it took longer than usual as a certain part of me had decided to return to the cave and hibernate.

It’s a shame it’s so cold because the film I am making for the guests doesn’t show the true beauty of the places we have visited this morning. These include Zaanse Schans which is Windmill country. There are dozens of these beautiful old mills and on tour guests can visit the mills, a traditional cheese factory and farm. Watching the sails of these mills move in the wind is simply awesome and even if the wind had not been as strong as it was today the sails would still have turned due to the Indonesian curry I had for dinner last night.

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