Zaanse Schans – Bringing Dutch History to Life
While it was still glorious and sunny after my visit to the Maritime Museum in Amsterdam, I took a short 10 min walk back to the Central Station. Of course when visiting the Netherlands you…
Amsterdam – Treasures of the Maritime Museum
Amsterdam, with the highest density of museums in the world (over 60), is definitely not a place where you would get bored easily. And with the Netherlands being so closely connected to the sea throughout…
From Turkish Tulip to Dutch Icon
As I’m born and raised in the Netherlands, so it is no surprise there had to come a post about tulips at some point. As the tulip is known worldwide to be closely related to…
The Crocus – An early celebration of Spring
When Spring is well on its way, the sun is treating us to more and more beautiful days and slowly you can see the changes in nature, trees dressing up with green leaves, and flowers…
A walk along the East Side Gallery – Berlin
After a lunch break near the Neptune Fountain the sky seemed to clear a bit and it stopped raining. Time to move on to our last Berlin location: East Side Gallery. Two months after the…
The Neptune Fountain of Berlin
Although the sun was really trying hard today, the grey clouds still filled the sky. We had to move on, leaving the Berliner Dom behind us, we crossed the road and ended up on a…
The Netherlands, At Sunset and Sunrise
(A favorite dogwalk and wonderful place to calm down – IJsselmeer, Hoorn) Sunrise and sunset is a beautiful time in the Netherlands. The silence and peace in the morning or the tranquil scenes at the…