We
got together with our
friends in Dordrecht, for the twelfth year running, on Jubilee weekend
2002. This year, it was their turn to visit us. As with all long-lasting
friendships, we are able to relax in each others' company as these pictures
show.
(click here for our visit to Dordrecht in 2001)
Our friends arrived on Friday afternoon and, after a brief visit and shopping trip in Tenterden, met their host families. Friday evening was a series of dinner parties and a chance to renew old acquaintances.
On Saturday
we took a coach trip to London, the high point of which (in both senses)
was a flight on the London Eye. The weather and viewing conditions could
not have been better, no clouds and no heat haze, and an amazing view.
A brief stroll across the river
took us to lunch on a boat trip from Westminster to Greenwich and back,
following which we all had time to explore or crash out, before taking the
coach back to Maidstone in time for....
a barbecue
at president Terry's home.
(international understanding
and Jubilee spirit)
Entertainment was provided
by Gentleman Jim and friends,
who
also organised some silly games for us.
A spectacular
fireworks finalé
Sunday morning
brought a traditional English pub-crawl and a game of boules (presumably
chosen because it is not the national game of either club)
(A comparative study of Anglo-Dutch technique)
followed by lunch and farewells.