How (Not) To Pick Up Dutch Girls – Part 2
It is nine years ago. I have only been in the Netherlands for two months. I am standing at the bar waiting to order drinks as the club’s music rings in my ears and...
Monthly Archive: September 2010
How (Not) To Pick Up Dutch Girls – Part 1
It is a late summer evening six years ago. I am still young, free and single. I am standing at the checkout of my local Albert Heijn super market. The young and attractive Dutch...
Dreadfully Dutch Fake Facts – Part 1
1) Everyone in Holland is 6’5 tall. Any Dutch person who has not reached this height by their 21st birthday is exiled to Belgium. 2) Due to a series of escalating over exaggerated tourists...
The Englishman Who Spoke Good English
It has finally happened. After all the years of waiting and hoping and wondering how I would respond it has finally happened, the one thing I have been waiting for all this time. I’ve...
Surviving The Dangerous City of Cologne
The City of Cologne is very dangerous. That’s not to say that it isn’t a very nice city. There are the appropriate amount of historical buildings for tourists to take photos of, there are...
