This old, worn T-shirt (almost seven years old, I see now) is a souvenir from a rather unusual trip. I was living in Germany at the time, heard that Australia was playing in a short one-day cricket tournament in, of all places, Amsterdam, and drove over there for the weekend.The Dutch, more than any …
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25 years ago in Europe: Cheesy, but great cheese in Alkmaar
I know (now) that they do it all for the tourists. But it's all about cheese, so why can't it be cheesy?! This picture is from my childhood visit to the Alkmaar cheese market in the Netherlands. It fascinated me and definitely provided some enduring memories - I'd never seen such a thing!The …
25 years ago in Europe: Other kinds of beaches in the Netherlands
Back in Australia, all I'd ever seen were long white beaches, with a few beachgoers scattered randomly along them. After just a few months in Europe I'd seen pebbles instead of sand, and now in the Netherlands these (to me, as a child) extraordinary things: basket-like cabins you could hire for the …