Then we drove to Connecticut for a relaxing vacation… …Followed by a brief visit to New York… And then…
Archive for the ‘Sights’ Category
How did this happen? Part 2
Posted in Home, Sights, Travel, USA on 10 September 2010 | Leave a Comment »
World Cup Madness!
Posted in Adventures, Neighborhood, Sights, Sport, Travel, tagged fans, FIFA, football, Nederlands Elf Tal, netherlands, Orange Army, soccer, South Africa, World Cup on 15 June 2010 | Leave a Comment »
World Cup fever is raging here in the Netherlands. I have been totally remiss in documenting the build-up to the first match (NL 2 – DK 0!), but the country is just covered in flags, signs, banners and pendants in red, white, blue and orange. A week ago we went for a drive around Wouter’s [...]
Dirty dirty Amsterdam
Posted in Adventures, Bureaucracy, Neighborhood, Sights, tagged amsterdam, filth, garbage, strike, trash on 17 May 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On Queen’s Day (April 30th) the municipal waste removal workers in in the Netherlands went on strike in Amsterdam and Utrecht. Their demand? A contract (they’ve gone a year without one) and a 1.5% pay raise (basically a cost of living increase). The strike was originally supposed to last for 24 hours– just long enough [...]
Giro d’Italia in Amsterdam… Andiamo, andiamo!
Posted in Adventures, Neighborhood, Sights, Sport, tagged amsterdam, bicycle, bike, cycling, giro, giro d'italia, grand, grand tour, grandtour, italy, pro cycling, pro tour, professional cycling, protour, race, sport, tour, UCI, zuidas on 11 May 2010 | 1 Comment »
It is amazing how much stuff there is to do when one lives in a world-class city. Sure, no matter the size of the city, there is always something to do– it’s only a matter of keeping your eyes peeled. But it seems like fun just finds me here– like this Sunday when a world-class [...]
All hail the queen! (Koninginnedag 2010)
Posted in Adventures, Friends, Locals, Neighborhood, Parties, People, Sights on 7 May 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last Friday the 30th was Koninginnedag (Queen’s Day), the Dutch national day. It is celebrated every year in honor of the queen’s birthday… well, actually the queen’s mother’s birthday. One the first acts of the current queen, Beatrix, when she was crowned was to declare that Koninginnedag would remain on April 30th to honor her [...]
Hello Madison! See you again soon La Maria!
Posted in Dining, Eats, Neighborhood, Sights, Travel on 11 April 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ll be paying a visit to my home university for the next two weeks. This trip feels very different from previous ones– I wasn’t so sad leaving Schiphol yesterday. Sure, I’ll miss Wouter. But it’s only two weeks and, after all, I live in Amsterdam now. Wow, it still seems weird to say it, but [...]
Four, five days for the big canal!
Posted in Neighborhood, People, Sights, Travel on 25 February 2010 | 1 Comment »
I arrived this morning early (but hardly bright), back in the Netherlands for another stint of cohabitation. So from here on out things should be a bit more active in this space. Today felt like a real move-in day. Part of this was due to the fact that I brought WAY more crap than usual. [...]
