Belgium & Holland 2026

Twyford set off from Kingdom’s garage on Thursday 30th July heading for an overnight stop at Ghent, Belgium, via Eurotunnel. On board the bus were 2 drivers, four adults and 20 children. They arrived at their hotel in Ghent with little problem. Their hotel was the Holiday Inn Express & Suites were they unloaded and then headed straight for the Ghelamco Arena for Gent v LNZ Cherkasy in the Conference League. 0-0 and 4-2 to Gent on penalties. The team enjoyed their evening, due to me we ended up in the away end and the boys loved being part of the away support. The hotels breakfast included was an excellent start to the Friday morning. Day two and off to Utrecht for a training session with the pro club and then a tour of their stadium. Training session saw the two coaches give the boys a good session within some excellent facilities. The tour of the stadium was rushed and not of the quality expected. On the way to the session we broke the journey up by stopping at NAC Breda who let us into the stadium for some photo opportunities. After the Utrecht tour we headed to our home for the next 9 days. The marina at Center Parcs De Eemhof. Stopping at a local Lidl’s to buy our breakfast supplies. We had a Uber delivery to Center Parcs of pizza and curly fries for our evening meal followed by card games as the sun went down on the lake. Our Marina apartments were excellent with plenty of room and a lovely balcony over the lake. After a late breakfast the boys went to the swimming dome and checked out the Parc before we headed to Amsterdam and a tour of the biggest and best stadium in Holland. The Johan Cruyff stadium the home of Ajax and with a capacity of 56120. Day Four again saw a late breakfast and the use of the Center Parcs facilities followed by a drive to Eindhoven for the charity shield match between PSV and AZ Alkmaar. AZ won 4-0 after an early sending off of a PSV player. The last 20 minutes saw the PSV supporters, 4 nil down but giving their team tremendous support. The Phillips stadium holds 35119 but is loud. Hard to find somewhere open after the match for food. Finally found a McD’s in Nijkerk.  Monday was day 5 and an earlier breakfast as off to Walibi theme park. 34^but the boys loved it. Got back to Center Parcs in time for a swim after the heat. The evening card games were popular and played on the balcony due to the heat at 10pm.