The home of tulips – the Netherlands When I lived in NYC and San Francisco I used to treat myself to a bouquet of flowers weekly to spruce up my apartment and my attitude. Seriously – how can you be stressed or angry with a colorful bouquet of flowers in your home? I made a decision […]
I live my life very deliberately – and I have very few regrets. In fact, my regrets are the usual…I wish I would have kept up my violin skills, I wish I would have learned how to ski at a young age, and I really regret I didn’t learn a language in college. But now […]
I really didn’t know what to expect from the infamous Red Light District in Amsterdam; but I was certainly intrigued and excited to check it out. I like the sleeze, the grime, the passionate, and I really like things that challenge my way of thinking – so I had high hopes. Yet those hopes were […]
As most of you know – I’m currently traveling/housesitting in Europe. This has sent my photography into overload…so instead of one photo this week – you get a set of photos from my recent trip to Kinderdijk Netherlands. Kinderdijk is a Unesco World Heritage Site thanks to it’s amazing display of windmills – over 19 […]
As soon as I stepped out of Amsterdam Centraal station from the airport, I saw what makes Amsterdam different from other cities I’ve visited…no, not the canals (Venice has canals!); it was the bikes. Seeing everyone flitting around on two wheels immediately struck me as a unique piece of culture. I’m not sure why, but […]
Tick Tock, Tick Tock… The alarm went off at 5:15AM and I wondered why I was doing this to myself. It’s just flowers, I could sleep a little while longer – right? Yet my desire to see flowers ended up winning out over my desire to sleep; after all, this was the only time I’d […]
It was 11:30AM and the man at the ticket counter looked at me anxiously and said “Are you ready?”. I took a deep breath, tightened my backpack straps, got a good grip on my camera and said “Yes” confidently. The machine let out a long BEEEEEP! My I Amsterdam card was now officially ticking. I […]
Amsterdam has a lot to offer for tourists – but how do you see everything Amsterdam has to offer while on a budget? Prior to arriving in Amsterdam, I had heard of the I Amsterdam card from many websites; see everything Amsterdam has to offer a tourist in a limited amount of time. It sounded […]