2014 has ended and all I can say is ….Woooaaahhh!! What a ride.. When the year crossed over into 2014; I was in Almere, close to the Dutch capital with friends…drinks and cameras in hand, […]
Out with the old, in with the new!
Is Sinterklaas and ´Zwarte Piet´ a racist tradition?
The door bell rang just as I rolled out of bed. As soon as I opened the door to my apartment, some blackened-up petes in costume tossed some candy on the floor […]
A dark day for the Netherlands..
Just a day ago, shocking news filled our television screens. A plane had been downed while flying over Ukraine air space. It was not just any plane, it was a commercial jet; […]
Who says that Tilburg is a sleepy town?
Tilburg , a small town in the south of the Netherlands has oft been dubbed ‘sleepy’, with not much in the way of fun, or things to do for people to amuse themselves; […]
Did I meet a paedophile?
The day had gone well. We had made it to a friend’s wedding in the nation’s capital: Amsterdam. I hadn’t seen her for six years. My daughter whom she had cradled as […]
5 great reasons to visit Amsterdam Bijlmer
It is the allure of drugs, the Red Light District and tulips at Keukenhof gardens that draws most tourists to Amsterdam. However, Keukenhof is open to the public for just three months; […]
Travelogues of an African Girl 