A lot of people appear to think it is not possible to make money with Constant Content. This is far from being the case. The site is also often considered to be a content mill, but again this is not true. To my understanding, content mills are sites, such...
The Building and Toppling of a Cardboard Tower in Den Bosch
On Sunday I went to Den Bosch for the Boulevard Theater Festival and noticed something new in the marketplace—a tall tower made from cardboard boxes and sticky tape. A took a few pictures and didn’t give the matter much thought. A few hours later, I returned to the market...
FlixBus Takes Over MegaBus
I got an email this morning. It said FlixBus has taken over MegaBus. “The Networks are Unified”, it proclaimed, “Book now all Megabus routes on the FlixBus website!” I’ve used Megabus a few times. The last time was when I travelled from Barcelona to Amsterdam and the price was...
Kapsalon: A Dutch Hairdresser’s Favourite Food
The first time I ate a kapsalon I thought I was eating a dish that originated in Turkey or Greece. I was wrong about that. Every time I walked past a hairdresser’s shop and saw the word “Kapsalon” above the door I wondered if the two words were spelt...
A Weekend of Festivals
When I lived in Spain I liked to go to flamenco shows. Now I’m living in the Netherlands I go to festivals instead and there always seems to be so many to choose from. At the weekend there was a festival called Duizel in het Park in Rotterdam. It...
How I Avoided the Brexit Blues
I am not interested in politics and never watch the news, so I was unfamiliar with the word “Brexit” until a couple of days before the referendum in June. I was talking to a friend from Spain and asked me if I thought it was a good idea for...
The Rotterdam Summer Carnival Street Parade
It was Summer Carnival time in Rotterdam at the weekend. I’d never been to a carnival before, so the temptation was too great to resist. You may have heard that carnival is popular in the Netherlands, and this is true, but I should probably point out traditional Dutch carnival...
A Sunny Sunday Afternoon at the Valkhof Festival in Nijmegen
Three weeks ago I visited Nijmegen. I returned yesterday because I wanted to go to The Valkhof Festival. The town was much busier than it was on my previous visit and it wasn’t just because of the music festival. Every year in July Nijmegen hosts the International Four Day...
A Saturday Afternoon in Breda
A lot of people had told me Breda is a nice city, but I never got around to visiting it until yesterday, and everything I’d heard was true. I arrived by train. The centre of town is only a short walk and to get there I had to walk...
Uitsmijter: A Traditional Dutch Dish
A few weeks ago a friend cooked me a meal. She told me it was a traditional Dutch dish called uitsmijter. I’d never heard of it, but it was really tasty, I enjoyed it a lot, and it’s also a meal that is quick and easy to prepare. Today...