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Amsterdam photos

Some of the many houses, bikes, canalboats, and so forth I captured with my point-and-shoot. See more on my page at Flickr. Pearl

Day Two--Amsterdam

Well, I am a bit behind but will try and catch up this week. Amsterdam was rainy, cold, and grey... and absolutely great. Of course. On day two, I got up early and went along the canals to the Anne Frank House. Mum did not want to go, but I did. I knew that there is usually a long line (having...

Amsterdam - Painting

And what might this be? Guess.... Above is a photo of the cubicle doors inside the ladies' room of the Rijks Museum branch at Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands. They depict a print/s of Rembrandt's largest painting that is showcased in the main Rijks Museum in Amsterdam: the Nightwatch. I like...

Spain - Off to Madrid!

Early morning at Schiphol in Amsterdam for my connecting flight to Madrid. No sunrise yet! And waiting at the terminal that took about 10-15 minutes of walking from when I got off the plane from Manila and had my passport/Schengen visa stamped by immigration here in Amsterdam. At this point, I have...

Day One--Amsterdam

The first order of business was to meet up with Mum at Schiphol Airport outside Amsterdam: she flew in from the States and I flew in from Paris, both arriving before 8 am. We both made our planes, arrived safe, and met at the cafe we had picked out in the arrivals area. Success! We cabbed into the...

Canals of Amsterdam

The canals of Amsterdam - I believe they are the life-line of the city. There are many options to stay like the hotels and apartments in Amsterdam and I was happy to get my room there too. My adventure for boat-ride in Amsterdam made me come across many house-boats that you can take for your stay. I...

Amsterdam

Tomorrow I'll be traveling to Amsterdam--maybe my second favorite city in the world after Paris--to meet my mother, who is coming to visit. I'll be writing from there for a couple of days, sharing about Van Gogh and the delights of beer. In previous visits to that city, it has been my observation...

Tales of Amsterdam and the Blood Sausage

Do you know where your Grandparents are? Years ago when I worked in Amsterdam, you’d often see something amusing or amazing …or both. Once a week it happened the coaches would pull up inside the red light district. The bus doors would open and out stepped several coach loads of pensioners and...

$2 Billion Industry: School Teaches Students to Grow Marijuana

$2 Billion A Year: Pot Turns a New Leaf Starting a certification process to sell medical marijuana, Oaksterdam University is a groundbreaking trade school offering quality training for the cannabis industry. What if we legalized all drugs?...

Amsterdam next

Had a wonderful long weekend in Amsterdam at the IBC 2008 exhibition. (International Broadcasting Convention) A place with way too much cool technology. Just felt like putting all of it in a bag and bring it back home! :)

NY TV Festival, Boston Film Festival, Temecula Valley Film & Music Fest, Business of Film Conference

IMFF Cinedays M, taking place in Skopje through September 7, celebrates the past, present and future of the music and film. The Festival's focus is on music-related content, including feature films, documentaries and short films submissions that have an emphasis on music - rock, jazz, blues, soul,...

Sailing the Netherlands...

A group of 24 students went on a wonderful sailingtrip through the Netherlands this year in August for two weeks. It was just amazing. Here are some impressions taken by Sebastian Denef and me...

You came along

It has been some time since I last posted anything, and uploaded a video to Youtube. It's been a very busy month, and very little of that has been music related. I attended the wedding of a friend, and I have to say that that it was one of the best I've been to. We were very well looked after....

Europe's First FCPUG SuperMeet Coming to IBC

Final Cut Pro user groups from around the world are planning to gather Sunday, September 14, 2008 in Amsterdam at the Culture Park Westergasfabriek, Gashouder as part of IBC 2008 week. This "SuperMeet" is expected to be the largest gathering of FCP users and digital filmmakers on the planet. Tickets...

Sophia: The Worst Dining Experience in Amsterdam To Date

Sophia...Sophialaan 55. Be forewarned. I have read about this place for some time--famed for its bar and artful cocktails. It has a marble bar. Huge and beautiful. Tonight, a Thursday night. Empty. Bad sign. I arrive ahead of my friend Giles. I sit at the empty bar alone save for this one man who is...

So much better

After a dreadful morning yesterday, the day got much better in the afternoon and quite cheery in the evening. Needless to say that my spell of self-doubt, doubt and whatnot is currently on hold. Good. So we changed our rental car booking from 2 days to 1 day, so we can go straight to Unna tomorrow....

an outing to de afstap

I decided that since we had a long day yesterday that I would take today to go by myself to Amsterdam. Erik agreed and off I went. I went to the train station in Haarlem, bought myself a ticket and set off. I thought it was a good sign that my yarn expedition began with a sighting of Dutch sheep,...

Team Building Day

As threaten, here are some pictures from our Term Building day. Once again big thanks to Simone, who organised it all, Duck Trail's and a bevy of Citroen 2CV's.

05-07-2008

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