Veganuary, ve-gone.
You’ve already got your day, November 2, and I flagged it up back then…But as I watched a vegan on the TV rally other ice cubes (there’s a cracking meme which explains that definition) it got me thinking.
About how you go about claiming a month with a clever pun… well, there doesn’t appear to be any regulation!
About how you go about claiming a month with a clever pun… well, there doesn’t appear to be any regulation
They do champion it as an antidote to Dry January though which is all right by me.I’ve learned to like, not love, gin as I’ve aged
Probably because, like Heinz, there are 57 varieties.
I sampled half a dozen on a weekend break in Monaghan… Monaghan’s country roads
In the hands of a ‘ginoisseur’… nobody’s taking that one off me!
The Scary One also learned to appreciate G&Ts.
Mine-sweeping the sample board of drinks set up for me!
I also learned about the gin-making talents of the good folk of Fermanagh in the North of Ireland.
When they took the short jaunt down here to Dublin… www.fermanaghlakelands.com.
Here in Ireland it crosses social barriers but in England it’s a yuppie drink and a favourite of the plummy set.
But it actually has more humble origins.
You can learn more in the National Genever Museum in Schiedam, ten minutes from Rotterdam… https://www.jenevermuseum.nl.
The Museum boasts exhibitions, obvs.
But where it really gets good is when you get to the distillery Old Schiedam.
Which is distilled in 100% malt wine as it was 300 years ago.
Before you follow one of the gin and genever tours through the city centre with a visit to one of the producers.
Should you be there in June for the National Gin and Jenever Festival you’ll get to enjoy…
Tastings, workshops, tours and music too.
The Scary One will be there, feigning lack of interest.
All major airlines fly to the Netherlands.
But the Dutch national airline carrier KLM www.klm.com always looks after me.
When I visit.
It won’t go down well in Rotterdam but the last time was Amsterdam… Pictures of Amsterdam and George Clooney and Amal’s Amsterdam hotel.
But before that was Rotterdam when I treated the-then Miss F on our first foreign holiday.
To watch the Netherlands v Greece football match.
Now she needed a gin or two after that!
For more information on the Netherlands, visit www.visitholland.com.
And for Amsterdam it’s www.iamsterdam.com and Rotterdam https://en.rotterdam.info.
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