Sometimes, you read or hear something that explains something important about yourself that you’ve always known, but never knew how to articulate. It happened to me this week! Ever since I can remember (which is not a very long time), I’ve found “loving your country” a strange concept. I feel extremely fortunate that I was born in the prosperous, well-located… Continue reading Camus: “I love my country too much to be a nationalist.”
Recently, we drove our little stealth camper from Athens to Amsterdam, via North Macedonia, Kosovo, Bosnia, Croatia (no stops), Slovenia, Austria (no stops) and Germany. It was an amazing trip. In all the countries we visited, wild camping is not allowed by law. Before we left, I thought that would mean we would have to stay in hotels at least… Continue reading Wild camping in Kosovo & Bosnia and Herzegovina
Today I sent this letter to my friends in Indiana, where I spent 1 year in high school, too long ago. I will post replies if they add value to the discussion. Dear [Friend name], Perhaps you remember me. When I was 17 I spent a year of high school with you in North Judson Indiana. It has been one… Continue reading Letter from a concerned European
Meeting our Spotters in Skopje!
5 days of sunshine, lovely people, great nights out. What a city!
Last monday, I went to Cinemanita @ De Nieuwe Anita. Great movie about Hunter S. Thompson. Here’s Johnny Depp (who was the narrator of the Hunter S. Thompson stories during the movie) doing a great imitation (I know now) of him in one of my favorite movies all time: Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas. Of course there’s also an… Continue reading Cinemanita last Monday
It’s been about a month, but I didn’t write about it yet: Spotted by Locals Amsterdam, a new citblog by Amsterdam locals, is live! Five very cool and enthusiastic local Amsterdammers are going to take over from us and write a lot of new posts, while we’re going into Europe to meet new local bloggers in other cities. Stay very… Continue reading Spotted by Locals Amsterdam live!
Winnaars: Verliezers:
Willem en Reinier winnen. De ontlading was groot bij de winnaars. De foto’s spreken boekdelen… Score: 3-2 voor Dam & Bart
