So this turned out to be a rather surreal evening. It starts with a beautiful day. Rarer than a male under six feet tall here in the Netherlands. Sunny, 72 degrees, slight breeze, just perfect. And it just so happens to be the first day of official ultimate practice. For Read more…
So a few days ago I had to interact with the Dutch bureaucracy again. I decided that after a year without a car, it’s finally time to get a driver’s license. Owing to the fact that I am just a wonderful and talented individual, a unique and beautiful snowflake you Read more…
I may have mentioned before that the cuisine of the Netherlands is not necessarily what one would call ‘gourmet’. While the quality of the basic food ingredients is much better than what you generally see in the US, it’s the dishes they decide to make with them that makes you Read more…
The weather forecast for the next few days. Just to give you an idea… there isn’t a day this week that it won’t be warmer in Anchorage, Alaska.
The Adirondacks There’s a carved wooden sign on the side of the house that says “Tripp Hausâ€. I suppose it was intended to create that chalet kind of feeling, and the long, steep driveway you have to climb to get there, and the tall skinny pine trees that flank both Read more…
We have about three hours before we head to Newark to go back to the Netherlands, so I thought I’d jot down a quick list of things that my vacation home has reminded me that I miss: Heat in the summer The sound of cicadas Tall leafy trees on both Read more…
It was a little weird at first. But only a little. Stepping off the plane I ran into a wall of hot humid air. It was kind of like a warm smack in the face saying, “Hey, welcome back. You’re not in the Netherlands anymore.†I wasn’t. I was at Read more…
Busy weekend. (Skip all this shit and go straight to the pictures) First we decided on Friday night that it would be fun to stay in a hotel in Rotterdam, so Ann called up and got us a room at the Hilton for the night. Friday night we had probably Read more…
Go to photo gallery. Last weekend after Leiden we spent Sunday walking around Antwerp with Ian, Anja, and Anja’s friend Karin. Ann has a special affinity for Antwerp since she went to college and lived there for three years. Don’t ask her about any of that time though because she Read more…