After returning home from my trip to Lisbon, I sat behind my desk, staring at the computer screen, reflecting on my trip to Portugal’s capital. My mind and hands were willing, but punching in keys to produce the words that would form this article became an exhausting task. Whatever energy I had gained from my
I never knew much about Barcelona. Most of the things I did know, were football related; Cruijf, Guardiola, Messi, Koeman. Despite my lack of knowledge of this city, I’ve always wanted to visited it, without even really knowing why. Some places have a certain allure, there’s something about them that draws you in. Barcelona had
The following article is a guest blog by fellow dutchman John, who also wrote about his trip to Laos on this site. So I heard about this crazy event going on every year somewhere around April in Thailand. I followed the safety instructions scattered around on the internet; placed my phone in a plastic bag,
Last year, Lonely Planet placed Rotterdam in their top 10 cities to visit in 2016. The Lonely Planet has lost it. I’m not sure what they were smoking or got paid to give Rotterdam such a high ranking, but I want some of it. Rotterdam is boring, bland, run-of-the-mill, too damn sober (NOT in the
Last weekend, I, along with a friend of mine, decided to visit the 2016 vakantiebeurs (vacation expo), in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Always considered to be for older people, the idea this year was, that it would it also be for younger people. Was it? Here my write up of a day at the expo.
My trip to Munich didn’t start out well. It was raining when I left for the airport, and the weather report indicated that it would be no different at my destination. Upon arrival at the airport, I managed to slam the car door against my shoulder with a less than gentle amount of force. The
The Following article is written by our guest writer John, a Dutchman, who moved to Thailand several years and has been living there ever since. When he has the time, he likes to travel through Thailand and the surrounding nations. This article is about his trip to Laos. During my first year of studying in
Poor Wales, it’s basically the smaller and oft forgotten brother of the nations surrounding it. People know England, people know Scotland, and they know Ireland. And what do people know about Wales? They know it brought forth Princess Di, Gareth Bale and perhaps they even know it has the village with the longest name in
Good ol’ London. Where ever you go, there’s always something to do and something to see. A world city that always remained good ol’ London, despite the millions of people that come visit it each year. It does not bother, aspire or even try to be more, seemingly contempt with what it is. When one
Thailand, it’s a pretty popular place. Millions of people descend upon the nation each year, traveling to its northern mountains or golden shores and blue waters down south. And why shouldn’t you go there? Plenty to explore, plenty to discover, more to enjoy. Thailand thrives on tourism, it’s a major economic factor. How strange