Holland 4 – France 1!

So this story actually started last Monday, when Holland played against Italy in their first Euro Cup match. I was riding my bike to Fencing class and was amazed that every bar I rode past had people flowing out of it and into the street, all watching the game. The support and pride the [...]

Fencing Class

My foray into Fencing started last night. The teacher, Paul, a Dutchman, has over 30 years of fencing experience so I feel I’m going to get my moneys worth. So far he’s been pretty cool and friendly, very helpful to us noobs. My friend and I were the only two English only students, the [...]

Empty Amsterdam

I had the rare pleasure of biking through Amsterdam this morning at around 7am. There was hardly a soul around on the path I had chosen, a semi normal route via canal streets, etc. The wind was calm, the sun was barely lifting its self over the roof tops of the inner canals, and [...]