Over the last ten days, I’ve been travelling at a rate of knots. I finished up my training through Eastern and Central Europe, and started work again in more familiar territory. One thing’s for sure though; Slovenia absolutely blew me away. I’ll be writing more about the country later, but I spent a day exploring [...]
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The old Zeeland
This past weekend was my last weekend in Dordrecht for a few months; on Thursday I’m off to Prague and will be tour guiding throughout the summer, mainly in Eastern Europe. It was almost as if Mother Nature had heard my pleas, as the weekend was beautiful and sunny. At first, I didn’t know how [...]
What I love about life in the Netherlands
I realise I have been absolutely all over the place on this blog lately. I still haven’t finished talking about Vietnam, despite leaving more than two months ago. I haven’t mentioned trips to Qatar, Luxembourg and the Rhine Valley. I’ve even still got more to say about Las Fallas in Valencia AND I’m currently in [...]
437 years of graffiti
For all the negative things I’ve said about Leiden University, I’ve got to give it to them with regards to how they conduct their graduation ceremonies. Yep, yesterday I graduated from Leiden and received my Master of Arts. Woohoo! Unlike my Bachelor of Arts graduation in Melbourne, where I was among 300 or so people [...]
More Mekong, markets and the best pho of my life [Part 2]
I’m going to plunge right into part two of my Mekong Delta (mis)adventure. For the first part, where I discovered that I really didn’t get all the fuss about the region, you can catch up here. We pulled into Can Tho just before dinnertime, and thankfully we were told that we were free from our [...]
A February to forget
It’s March tomorrow. I don’t think I’ve ever been so excited to turn a page on a calendar; I may have filled this blog up with stories about January in Asia, but in reality I have developed a massive case of cabin fever. February can be summed up with one word; waiting. Waiting for my [...]
Is it the Netherlands or Holland?
I was one of those kids who grew up thinking that the Netherlands and Holland were two separate countries. I had no clue which country spoke Dutch. To me, it kind of made sense that the Danish would, you know, with the whole ‘D’ thing going on. And the Flemish? I figured they lived in [...]
Hitting the markets of Amsterdam
Over here in Holland, when I want to go shopping, I head far, far away. I head to Amsterdam. Perhaps that’s a bit harsh. There are shops in Dordrecht – including some lovely little independent boutiques – but Amsterdam is in another league. I’ve usually stuck to the main shopping districts; the Kalverstraat, Haarlemmerstraat and [...]
Getting my Rembrandt on
The Rijksmuseum has been on my list for a while. It’s the biggest, grandest and most famous museum in Amsterdam and has one of the most prestigious art collections in the world. But there’s always been other distractions in Amsterdam. There’s been the Anne Frank Huis, the Van Gogh Museum and the Heineken Museum in [...]
An Aussie Christmas in the Netherlands
There was lamb. There were prawns. And there wasn’t snow. If it wasn’t for the chatter in het Nederlands and the roaring fire, we could have been celebrating Christmas in Melbourne. But we weren’t. Instead, I had my first Christmas away from my family, and my first Christmas outside of Australia for twenty-one years. Paul, [...]
About me
I'm Caitlyn, a twenty-something Australian living in the Netherlands. Six years ago I crammed my life into a backpack affectionately called 'the Beast' and hit the road, anxious to see all the world's Olympic sites. Needless to say, I got a bit distracted along the way. Today I'm a tour guide in Europe, and blog about what I love; travel, sport and food.
I’m in: Dordrecht, The Netherlands
