This Is Why I Shouldn’t Try to Help Tourists
As I walked down one of Amsterdam’s canal streets during my lunch break I was stopped by a familiar question. “Excuse me. Can you help us?” I’d already spotted them as I approached the...
Category: Tourists & Visiting Holland
The Trouble With Tourists
It is a widely excepted fact that tourists are strange. It is also a widely accepted fact that they do strange things. At the start of spring confused looking tourists clutching maps suddenly appear...
Tourists in Amsterdam Who Refused To Believe My Directions
If you spend a lot of time walking around Amsterdam it is inevitable that at some point a tourist or a group of tourists will ask you for directions. They seem to have a...
So You Want To Move To Holland
A few people have asked me about the process of moving to Holland and what they might need to do with in the first few days of arriving. For this reason I am going...
Accidentally Dutch Tours
You may not be aware of it at the time but when you become an expat you agree to abide by an unwritten rule. There are some variations on this rule depending on what...
