Picture yourself looking up at a blue sky peeking through a huge canopy of leaves on a perfectly clear day in Kyoto. As the faint sound of Japanese flutes recedes softly into the background, it’s […]
Somewhere around six months ago, I was sitting in my apartment talking on the phone with my mom. From just outside my window I could hear Buddhist monks chanting at Ninnaji, an enormous wooden temple […]
Peder and I left our pousada in Trancoso and started out for our day’s 30 km walk at around 11am. The plan was to follow the coast all the way to Arraial d’Ajuda, a neighboring […]
I’m here. In Tokyo. Finally. During my idle time on the flight over I kept on thinking, “what am I going to write to everyone once I finally get to Japan?” Most of you already […]
You know how I’m always seeking out new and interesting experiences? Well last weekend I went drift racing. One of my coworkers, Miki, is extremely into cars. He has a Limited Edition Impreza (one of […]
5am. Buzzzz.
I felt like a zombie. A planned 5 minutes of showering, brushing, and checking out took 15.
That’s OK, I still had plenty of time to make it to Keukenhof Gardens and back in time for the 2:30pm bus to Paris.
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My original itinerary for this trip had me heading straight from Munich to Amsterdam, renting a bike, and spending 2 days riding across the countryside amidst millions of colorful tulips, all in advance of the Queen’s Day festivities. But after oversleeping my train transfer on the way I was forced to rearrange everything, visiting Rotterdam first and leaving the tulips for after. Now that the holiday weekend had concluded, it was time to head back into the countryside and get some of those postcard-perfect Holland photos.
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Lucky for me – and unlucky for my liver – Queen’s Day fell on a Friday. This meant that even after the real festivities ended, I still had a Saturday night out in one of the most notorious cities in the world: Amsterdam.
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My God. Queen’s Day. Where do I even begin? This has been without question the second biggest street party of my life – second only to Brazilian Carnaval – and bigger even than Tokushima Awa Odori, my favorite Japanese Matsuri.
Sadly I didn’t take a single page of blog notes, and since I don’t have a travel companion with me to help recall the nitty gritty details…well…I’ll just have to give it my best.
So here goes.
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