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Halloween in Amsterdam

Posted by Dana Marin | Oct 31, 2011 | All Photos, Amsterdam

Amsterdam may not be Salem (USA) or Bran (Romania), neither Offaly (Ireland), known as top spooky places for spending this time of the year; but that doesn’t mean one can’t spend a proper spooky Halloween here...

Beautiful fishing villages: Volendam and Marken

Posted by Dana Marin | Oct 28, 2011 | All Photos, The Netherlands

This page includes affiliate links. If you click and purchase, I may receive a small commission at no extra costs to you. It was a warm, sunny autumn day when I decided that I must revisit the little villages that charmed me and...

Torensluis, aka Brug 9

Posted by Dana Marin | Oct 26, 2011 | All Photos, Amsterdam

On the Open Monument Day (Open Monumentendag) the Sun itself decided to come to Amsterdam and visit some old monuments. It was a great sunny day, perfect for walking through the city from one place to another. One of the...

Façades

Posted by Dana Marin | Oct 19, 2011 | All Photos, Amsterdam

In a previous post I was showing the beauty of the canal houses of Amsterdam. One feature that makes these houses so special and unique is the façade that every one of them is adorned with. The façade is the house’s...

Visiting the country: Leiden

Posted by Dana Marin | Oct 17, 2011 | All Photos, The Netherlands

There are many lovely cities in the Netherlands… If only I had the time to visit them all! But given enough time, I’m sure I’ll have the chance. One of these days I visited Leiden, the birth place of Rembrandt....