We’ve been in Amsterdam for five days now and the jetlag is slowly getting less pronounced. Each day has followed a similar pattern of waking, abruptly, at some point in the wee hours of the morning to convince our little one to at least wait for the sun to get up before getting out of […]
Mary’s Law
“When you travel, there really are no mistakes – just learning opportunities” – Mary Casanova I’ve said it before, travel days can be tough. Traveling with a toddler can make it tougher. Traveling with misplaced luggage and stroller can make it a nightmare. Let’s back up a bit…. Wanting to celebrate our little one’s final […]
Markets, Museums and the Need for More Time
Final day in Amsterdam dawned as expected: we woke up late, but not too late, and made it to the Anne Frank house before the line had formed. This was an extremely powerful and moving experience to actually be IN the building that housed Anne, her family and four other people in the hopes to […]
Amsterdam: The PG Attractions
We had a bit more PG type culture lined up for our second day in Amsterdam. First was to try – at Melissa’s insistence – the local fare of raw Haring, basically the Dutch version of street meat. I got peppered mackerel but luckily was able to try the raw stuff after Melissa had […]
I Can Smell the Sin From Here
One tram ride, one bus, one airplane, one train and one tram later we are in the Netherlands and the original sin city: Amsterdam. The weather is gorgeous upon our arrival at 6 PM – not too cold and sunny! Goodbye weather demon of Prague (please, please knock on wood for us!). We made our […]