Pick your color
Yesterday I took a test. It wasn’t a necessity, but purely something that developed from curiosity. At Harvard they developed some implicit association tests. It’s not a questionnaire, but rather makes you place things into categories as fast as you can. The test I took was to find out if…
Weekly photo challenge: gone, but not forgotten
Home. It’s a place I haven’t been in a while, especially around Christmas time. Actually, it’s been a while since I had a cold Christmas. It’s gone, but not forgotten!
Five places that deserve some more attention
It’s always a tough choice to decide where the next trip goes to. At every destination I’ll hear about new places to go, and at every place I’ll find out about more things to do in the area, which make me want to come back. Generally I’ll go to a…
Miss you lot
Over the years I’ve felt a belonging to different groups and different places. At the moment I am so at peace. I know I belong here in Christchurch right now. I know that what I am doing is exactly right. Everything worked out. Everything feels in balance. This bunch here…
Make some noise!
Ok, let me start by saying that by no means do I associate any of these bands with noise. Going to concerts is something I miss most while I’m travelling. At home I know exactly where to go and who is worth seeing. Here, I haven’t even got a clue…
Merchandise on the world’s markets
I always love visiting markets on my travels. From some I come back with a lot of merchandise, from others I return empty-handed, but with a mind full of impressions. Here are three extraordinary markets I found around the world. First up is the market on Greenmarket Square in Cape…
Travel theme: orange
Besides my favorite color, orange is also my country’s national color. It was only a few weeks ago that I was wearing orange socks to work on days that the Netherlands played a match on the world cup in Brazil. While travelling I mostly see orange in the sunsets and…
Six outstanding and unique places to stay the night
Over the years I’ve stayed in hostels all over the world. I remember my first experience well. I’d decided to go on a city trip to New York by myself and chose the cheapest accommodation in Manhattan, which happened to be in Harlem. The hostel looked alright and was situated…
If you could switch lives, where would you go?
This is a question I’ve asked myself a few times. Wouldn’t it be great to experience someone else’s life for a while? To get a good idea of how other people do things? To immerse yourself into a culture in a way a normal tourist can’t? In the Netherlands a…