Travel blog of a digital nomad.
Two of my favourite things in Amsterdam (of the many) are the amount of bicycles and the bridges spanning the canals. Travel Photos: Amsterdam Photo Gallery I travelled to Amsterdam via rail thanks to Eurail.com as part of my My Grand Tour of Europe with Eurail. The content and photos used in this series are [...] Read more »
National Monument at Dam Square, Amsterdam – Netherlands. Travel Photos: Amsterdam Photo Gallery Read more »
Vismarkt, Utrecht - Netherlands Read more »
Before my first trip to Europe I wouldn’t have been able to tell you where Karlsruhe, Katowice or Klagenfurt was on the map. Since then I not only know where they are, I have used their airports and have saved hundreds of Euros in the process. [Amsterdam Schiphol Airport - Closest isn't always cheapest] My [...] Read more »
The Grote Kerk (Big Church) of Dordrecht, Netherlands. Travel Photos: Dordrecht photo gallery Read more »
Amsterdam is world famous for its coffee shops, but as a non-smoker I have no interest in these “coffee shops”. [Cannabis coffeeshop displaying Coffeeshop license] The Netherlands doesn’t rate high in the coffee making stakes in Europe. The typical coffee of the Netherlands is filter coffee. Coffee shops that aren’t coffee shops in a land [...] Read more »
As much as I love sitting in European cafes watching the world go by, I do miss the ritual of reading the newspaper with my coffee. I have found a regular cafe in Amsterdam that has great coffee and a selection of daily newspapers in different languages. In English they have the International Herald Tribune [...] Read more »
I have been in the Netherlands and Germany for the last week and I now find myself in Amsterdam for a few days. I always forget how beautiful this city is. I could walk around the canal lined streets for days, which I have done plenty of times before. As it turns out it’s been [...] Read more »
Next door to modern Rotterdam is Schiedam, a picture postcard version of Holland. Schiedam is a separate city to Rotterdam, though it is practically a suburb and is part of the Rotterdam metro system. In Schiedam you will find everything you thought a Holland town should have: windmills, canals, old world homes and warehouses, and [...] Read more »
The Netherlands is famous for being a liberal country, but this public art in Rotterdam could be the most offensive in Europe. The statue is of a giant Santa Claus holding a butt plug. It was created by the American installation-artist Paul McCarthy and it represents a symbol of modern consumerism. Read more »