I’ve visited my fair share of galleries and museums around the world, and to be honest, I don’t remember much about most of them. Unless you’re deeply into art or history, it all becomes a blur of genius talent and [...]
One of the finest pleasures of travel is the immersion in a place and culture that is novel to the visitor. I always travel with an eye out for what is distinct about the destination I am visiting, which spawned [...]
Each spring, the Netherlands bursts into a colourful landscape of bulb flowers, the most famous being the tulip. After a long, particularly harsh prairie winter at home in Canada, by the time we travelled to Amsterdam in March this year, [...]
The Netherlands has become one of my favourite destinations. Steve’s work takes him there regularly and I’ve tagged along to a few different centres. Amsterdam is busy, eclectic, and energizing. Rotterdam is modern and smart, Delft is adorably charming, and [...]
Do you have a travel bucket list? we don’t. Most of the places we’ve travelled are the result of chance opportunities and I think that’s worked out better than making plans based on “must-see” destinations. Allow me to make the case for [...]
My December tag along trip with Steve to Delft was sandwiched between an evening in Amsterdam upon our arrival to the Netherlands, and a day-long visit before our departure to Istanbul. Bad planning – what were we thinking? You can’t [...]
Situated between Rotterdam and The Hague, Delft is an absolutely enchanting city that had me feeling as though I had stepped into storybook. It’s a 45-minute train ride from Amsterdam and given the city’s charms, it’s a must-do day trip [...]