Archive for the ‘Netherlands’ Category

Fox news on Amsterdam

Sunday, September 6th, 2009

As an Amsterdammer I couldn’t let this Fox news smear escape attention. Bill O’Reilly appears utterly unimformed on Amsterdam and doesn’t let the facts get in the way. Watch:

Wadlopen across the North Sea

Monday, August 17th, 2009

Sluuuuuurp shlop. Sluuuuuurp shlop… the sound of my mud laden boots sucking and slopping my way across the North Sea flats.
Wadlopen is a most famous Dutch activity in the summer months. There are few other places in the world where you can leave an island 10km’s away and walk back to the mainland. This is the north sea wilderness (more…)

2 Weeks and Lovin Amsterdam

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

‘Bloody tourists!’ I swerve as another person steps blindly out onto the cycleway and fly on by. Two weeks in, and I’m no tourist anymore; I’m an Amsterdamer and lovin it! I’m feeling rather well settled in Amsterdam and sampling all this vibrant/crazy/cool city has to offer. I’m proud to call Amsterdam home. (more…)