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Flowers and Raindrops

by Dana Marin | Aug 12, 2021 | All Photos, Nature, Photo essays | 0

For today’s photo essay I decided that flowers and raindrops are appropriate. It has been...

Rainy Day in Nice, France

by Dana Marin | Feb 24, 2020 | All Photos, Travels | 0

My last day in Nice was supposed to be the day when I would finally explore the city a bit more,...

Edinburgh, the Cold Beauty

by Dana Marin | Oct 13, 2019 | All Photos, Travels | 0

My friend and I were planning this trip to Edinburgh for about a year; we wanted to celebrate our...

Spring Snow in Amsterdam

by Dana Marin | May 6, 2019 | All Photos, Amsterdam | 0

One of my favourite part of the spring season in Amsterdam is the spring snow time. I’m not...

Rainy Night in Amsterdam

by Dana Marin | Feb 13, 2019 | All Photos, Amsterdam | 0

After dark, Amsterdam’s streets have a very cosy look and feel. I love how the orange light...

GLOW Eindhoven 2018 – A Very Cool Light Art Festival

by Dana Marin | Nov 13, 2018 | All Photos, Culture and Events | 0

They call Eindhoven “The City of Light”. I’m not sure who came up with this...

Heatwave in the Netherlands

by Dana Marin | Jul 28, 2018 | All Photos, Amsterdam | 7

At 5 a.m. this morning I woke up to the sound of rain. It was such a joy to hear it! The house was still a sauna, but I went on the balcony to breathe in the fresh air and feel the raindrops on my skin. After a month of drought...

The Story of a Saturday Morning

by Dana Marin | Apr 16, 2018 | All Photos, Lifestyle | 0

The day started sunny and warm, with beautiful fluffy clouds and cherry blossom: It continued with dark clouds approaching (still beautiful) and a lunch with a good friend at Orloff, where we found refuge from the rain and...

How to Survive Winter in the Netherlands

by Dana Marin | Nov 24, 2017 | All Photos, Lifestyle, The Netherlands | 4

The alarm goes off and I reach for it convinced it was set at the wrong time. It’s too dark in the bedroom, I hear no birds singing; it can’t already be the time to wake up and go to work. But the little lit screen shows me I am...

Cosy days

by Dana Marin | Oct 21, 2017 | All Photos, Lifestyle | 0

“You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintery light. But you knew there would always be the spring, as you...

When it was still summer

by Dana Marin | Sep 20, 2017 | All Photos, Amsterdam | 0

It’s been raining for a few weeks now in the Netherlands. We had high expectations from September: a bit of late sun after the rainy month of August. But September decided to brutally disappoint us. There was only a bit of...

Summer rain

by Dana Marin | Jul 30, 2017 | All Photos, Nature | 0

“The nicest thing about the rain is that it always stops. Eventually.” — said a Winnie-the-Pooh character. With this quote in mind, I get through the Dutch rainy days. And when the rain stops, I very much enjoy...

A Lovely Evening in Giethoorn

by Dana Marin | Jun 29, 2017 | All Photos, The Netherlands | 0

At the end of the day, after all the tourists are gone, Giethoorn becomes still and peaceful. On the canals, only a lonely boat here and there would disturb the water mirror. On the footpaths, locals carrying their groceries in...