James’ travelog

Well I’ve been back at home for a month and a day, and I figured it would be time to write something in this blog again.
Geek stuff first
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During my two-month travels in Australia and Southeast Asia I’ve been blogging somewhere else, as most of you readers probably know. With my own and others’ […]

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 […]

To get accepted into the University of Melbourne as an exchange student, you need to come up with a form of proof to show that you’re proficient enough in the English language to be able to follow English lectures, communicate with others, etcetera. For this the TOEFL has been developed (TOEFL stands for Test of […]

How cool is Amsterdam in the spring! Chilling in the Vondelpark, cruising the canals, sipping a Heineken… There really should be more sunny days like today in this country.
James