If one night in Bangkok makes the hard man humble, what do you think two nights would do? Only time will tell. spicy flight to bangkok thailand I flew to Thailand from Amsterdam via Moscow. I had a spicy flight, where somewhere over the Ukraine border the Russian pilot said “put on your seat belts, […]
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I had been to Edinburgh back in 2010 (back when I was poor). I stood outside the famous castle and admired it from behind the cold, black gate bars. I felt as though my wallet held me prisoner. Kidding, there was no gate, only a ticket agent named Susan. Flash forward to 2017, when I
I went to Copenhagen and now half of what was in my bank account is gone. Mind you, I did eat out every meal so that’s maybe why but you can never be too certain. Copenhagen is clean, small and how do I best put this? Well-to-do. I arrived late on a Thursday and had an
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No, I didn’t just make up the word Efteling. It is the name of a fan-fricken-tastic amusement park in the Netherlands. It’s based on the Brothers Grimm fairy-tales. Now, you may think oh but I am just simply too old to go to a fairy-tale amusement park. WRONG. Well, mostly wrong. efteling rides There is
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The Netherlands owns some islands. Now don’t get too excited, these particular ones don’t have palm trees or crystal-clear lagoons. Oh no, no. These bad boys are situated in the Wadden Sea. So you get to enjoy some crisp, cold North Sea air accompanied by flat farmland. There are five inhabited islands. I visited two
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The first time I went to Prague, the city went straight to the top of my all-time favs list. I went back recently and it’s still magic, just throw in a few (hundred) more tourists and security control around the castle. I went up the Old Town Hall Tower this time, which has a wonderful view
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As a Dutch gal, or any SANE person really, I am obsessed with cheese. Due to this, I am going to write about it now. Czech Cheese Korbacky: I didn’t know the Czech did cheeses but it once came to me on a platter in Prague so I was destined to taste it. Like the Greek
Replace funny with horrible and let’s get started. So housing in the capital is a nightmare. I personally have moved 8 times in 5 years. Some places were overpriced and waaaay outside the city centre about a 40 min bike ride. After being here for so long I only know distances in bike riding minutes.
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I have five friends so naturally when three of them came to visit I tried to impress them. I failed miserably. I was living “outside” the city in a place called Amstelveen so that didn’t help. Years later when my brother and sister-in-law came to visit, I lived closer to the city centre in Buitenveldert
Here is my beef with published travel lists. Now I adore lists more than the average person. They are inspirational, ambitious and such a great way to organize your thoughts. Written down on a crisp, clean piece of notebook paper… Ahh, I just got shivers. So how can I have beef with such a thing
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