After my announcement from a couple of months ago that I’ll be going to Australia to study for a semester at the University of Melbourne, I haven’t really written any updates on the going away process. I’ve been pretty busy with it though.
Let me give an outline of what the idea is: I’m going to […]
If you’ve visited this blog before, you will now notice that it looks different. This has everything to do with the fact that I switched blogging software. Going from Blogger to the state-of-the-art WordPress. The biggest differences are of a technical nature and take place ‘behind the screens’. Assuming you aren’t interested in a nerdy […]
Most Amsterdammers prize the mobility their bike gives them. The city’s streets are at times very narrow, and traffic is busy and slow. Biking through the city is free though, and a lot quicker than going by car or public transport. It’s no wonder that most visitors to Amsterdam are amazed to see so many […]
Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas) is a traditional festival, celebrated in a number of countries, but none celebrate it as widely as The Netherlands and Belgium. As this tradition is often quite a strange phenomenon to foreigners, today I’d like to talk a little bit about the customs that surround this tradition.
Sinterklaas is an old man with […]
I travel the Amsterdam night.
I see people going through the street garbage, collecting items that have lost their value to others, but are still useful to them.
I see a group of stoned tourists staggering through the streets, one of them casually smoking a cigarette.
I see lonely old men staring through the windows at the women […]
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