Live life on the go!
We're India bound. This morning we woke up ridiculously early to catch a 6 am flight to Toronto. For me the morning was surprisingly smooth, despite having perhaps one too many libations at the University of Calgary's, Haskayne School of Business 50th anniversary celebrations. The night was fun, enriched with moments from the past. The…
The Dutch have some quirks. For example, it is very typical for a Dutch person to keep a calendar in their "toilet room." The purpose of the water closet calendar is to keep track of all those important birthdays in your life. (If you have a Dutch friend, who always remembers to text you on…
I LOVE HOTEL NEW YORK! Hotel New York in Rotterdam is an homage to the past. The boutique hotel is the tenant of what was the head office for the Holland American Lines. In the late 1800's, Europeans in search of a brighter future would buy a one-way ticket to New York, NY to escape…
Fashionably, the Dutch would never be on time. In their culture, one is either early or one in late. Despite the Dutch aversion to tardiness, as a people the Dutch dress smart. Missing from the shopping streets are the herds of students, yuppies, and stay at home moms adorned in Uggs and Lululemon's. Instead, the…
In Rotterdam, T was determined to play tourist with me. His goal, I'm convinced of, was to make me fall in love with his city so that "maybe" I would consider moving there. The catch with playing tourist meant we played "Dutch tourist." If you find your self-asking, WTF, how is a "Dutch Tourist"…
Things I love include (in no particular order) Green Juice, Barre Classes, fitness, my boyfriend, shopping, Instagram, etc. My boyfriend laughs at my green juice, and barre addition. To him, it's hysterical how EVERYONE who drinks green juice and works out at barre classes looks the same. He's right, we do. And yes, I fit…
Rotterdam is the second city of the Netherlands. In size and population, the city is second only to Amsterdam. Although Rotterdam is far less famous and touristic than the afore mentioned first city, Rotterdam has its own unassuming charm, Rotterdam is a business hub for Europe. For the better part of history, Rotterdam was home…
My first time in Amsterdam, I stayed at a small hotel just on the outskirts of the "inner city hustle" of Amsterdam. The hotel itself was nothing special. But the location of the Bastion Hotel Amsterdam ZuidWest was prime. The hotel lives in the cities fashion district (near the world fashion center, and across the…
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