A side note to the traveler from the Americas, when traveling in Europe, make sure that you are not relying on Credit Cards to pay for stuff, they are simply not accepted. The consensus in Holland at least is that if you can’t afford it, you aren’t going to buy it; that for American’s is […]
Tomorrow, I will be heading off to Hamburg Germany, on a four day trip to amongst others, see the Miniatur Wünderland, a 20 million dollar, miniature model of Europe and America. They’ve opened a new section called knuffingen Airport and I’m dying to see it. Then, my Girlfriend and I will spend the next day […]
Dutch cuisine, or something. Let me start by saying that I don’t dislike Dutch food at all, but it’s very different, much more so than the way American and Mexican food are different from each other. Holland is a very integrated society, they have succeeded in taking the best parts of a particular culture, and […]
Vacation is sometimes less about relaxation than exploration; if you get bored, and have the time, take a train or bus somewhere you haven’t been before. In America, unless you are on the east coast, this isn’t a practical thing to do, the distances are so large, and the transit so slow, that you will […]