Double Dutch…. Holland may be small (if you drive fast for two hours in a straight line, you are in a different country!), but with nearly 17 million people, it can get quite crowded. Amsterdam is a truly international, but still village-like city. make sure [...]
Magical island in the clouds Saba is magical! A fairy-tale community of white houses + red roofs built on a steep volcano. There’s only one road, which is referred to as ‘the road that could not be built’, because Dutch engineers said the [...]
Paradise! I have had the privilege to experience the beautiful islands of the BVI on a sailboat. Turquoise waters, white beaches and turtles, it doesn’t get any better than this! Virgin Gorda: Richard Branson owns a private island in this [...]
A humbling hurricane experience… In 1996 I had briefly visited the Bahamas by boat and on jet ski with some friends from Miami. We enjoyed the sun, sea and fun. In 2008, however, I was about to have a completely different experience… In the [...]
In 2007 I visited Botswana. Read about my adventures in Dutch.
In 2011 I visited Curaçao. Read about my adventures in Dutch.
I visited Curaçao. Read about my adventures in Dutch.
Twittering twits? When the Dutch Queen made some denigrating comments about the internet and social media in her Christmas speech, it elicited a barrage of protest on the internet. Are the technological developments and social media the cause of individualization as Beatrix stated, or do they generate more [...]
365 holiday days per year Are you one of those people who lives from holiday to holiday? Or do you count down the holiday days that are left until you can go back to work? Increasing numbers of people who have found a job that really suits them [...]
What is your dream? What would you most like to do if you were not hampered by time, money, obligations or other limitations? Start your own company? Take a trip around the world? Write a book? Devote more time to fun things? And when do you plan to [...]
