You know the college Eurotrip…go country hopping and get into trouble. Someone that stuck with me and now Europe is my nomad home for the past 8 years. Now, I’m pimping my granny bike in Amsterdam
We’re made to play. We’re not made work ourselves to death. We’re not made to unconsciously follow rules like robots. We’re made to compete and to find ways to survive. And for me that only comes in one form, to play.
Christmas Market 2011 in Cologne 6 out of 7 Christmas markets down, countless number of Gluwen cups, a billion homemade cookies and ...I am TKO! (total knock out) or zzzzzz
chocolate tool shop
Say what??? Oh yeaaaa, I was spitting 20 euro bottles of wine and cognac from 1990....it felt so wrong, yet so righhh........no, it was probably just dead wrong. [nggallery id=5] When a friend asked me last week if I wanted in on a weekend road trip to Lille, I didn't hesitate for a second. I had the pleasure of being at one of France's largest wine expos called the "Salons ...
The sun started sinking from the skies. I gazed around absorbing all the magnificent colors and reflections from the buildings while a man plays the violin. The sunset, the violin...it seems as if they are teaming up to create an unforgettable show that will be a lasting memory for all passing by. Finally the sun falls behind the Pyramid du Louvre. The sun is captured in the glass. And ...
If you had to describe French food (or maybe use the word “cuisine” to appear sophisticated like the French as we touring around the Parisian streets), what would you say? Would you talk about the French foods in a creepy way? “Oh those freaky frog legs, the uncooked meat called tar-tar, which omg I need to zap in the microwave before eating… Or would you talk about the elegance, the ...
Who's a globetrotter? If you're sports fan from the States, you might refer the incredibly talents basketball stars "Harlem Globetrotters" (btw...The city in New York, Harlem, actually originates from The Netherlands). If you look on Google, then a globetrotter is someone traveling a lot to several locations. If you ask students, some may refer to a cool person absorbing the various surrounding cultures to gain a better understanding of ...
If you want to see to evolution on "crack", referring to rapid changes, then I highly recommend going to events displaying old versus new technology devices. You will smile and aww seeing what has changed in the past 20 years. The Arcade was My Battlefield Maybe some can relate to the childhood memory of mom dragging you to the mall as a kid. Nothing, I mean nothing, was cool about the ...
It's easy to point the finger at someone for doing "wrong", but are the fingers pointing in the correct direction? The name Julian Assange has gone viral! As CEO of Wikileaks, Julian's name is all over the mainstream medias for releasing a massive amounts of supposedly confidential government documents. (Article on how Wikileaks will change diplomacy for us all, written by Former British diplomat, Carne Ross) Was he wrong? Was ...
Travel to the Netherlands and during your first breakfast or snack, you may notice a strange choice of food among the locals. Chocolate sprinkles! Like me, many Americans know sprinkles as those little sugary pieces added to the top of ice cream sundaes. Never for breakfast. For me, sprinkles make ice cream look more entertaining IMO, but I never added them for the taste of chocolate. Try chocolate sprinkles made ...