We pretty much ate our way through Holland and Belgium, excited to try foods that were new to us and fall in love with things we knew we couldn’t find at home. Of course, some of the foods we tried in Holland were things we’d had before, like stroopwafels, but that didn’t mean we didn’t eat…
48 Hours in Amsterdam
The last two nights of our trip to Europe were spent in Amsterdam. We arrived by train from our excursion to Belgium a little after noon on Thursday and left out of Amsterdam Schiphol the following Saturday around the same time. This gave us just a little under 48 hours to explore (given we had…
The Albus Hotel Amsterdam Review
When researching for our time in Amsterdam, I knew that finding the perfect hotel would be one of my biggest challenges. With so many to choose from and my unfamiliarity of the layout of the city, I spent hours comparing hotels by reading reviews and checking their locations versus places I had starred on Google…
Visiting Kasteel Doorwerth
After visiting De Vlijt windmill while we were in Wageningen, Diana and R drove us east of town to visit a nearby castle, Kasteel Doorwerth. This medieval castle dates back to the 1200s and is located on the floodplains of the Rhine River, halfway between Wageningen and the larger city of Arnhem. The original structure(s) were…
Visiting De Vlijt, a Working Windmill in Holland
It may be one of the most touristy things a visitor to the Netherlands can do, but seeing a windmill while visiting the country is one of those things you almost have to do. They’re so iconic, and “so Dutch.” I was happy just seeing them from the highway, smiling whenever I spotted one from the…