Most of my long trips begin with a red-eye out of Montreal, and a fair number of those red-eyes put me down at Schiphol with hours to spend before the next leg. …
Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada, at the base of the CN Tower in Toronto, is a lot of fun, and the Dangerous Lagoon is the best of it. It is the aquarium’s largest …
I am usually disappointed by airport food, and by airport coffee even more. So Café Flor, on Schiphol’s D pier, was a surprise. We stopped there in May while we waited to …
I did not expect to love the pasta at The Duchess in Amsterdam as much as I did. Every dish we ordered was excellent and full of flavour, and the pastas were …
Amsterdam rewards a plan. The Night Watch, Almond Blossom and the canal ring are all here, but so are the timed tickets, the terraces where nobody gives up a table on a …
‘t Nieuwe Kafé is on Dam Square, facing the Royal Palace, right in the centre of Amsterdam. The W Amsterdam, where we stayed for a few days, sits just behind the palace, …
Who would have guessed that one of my favourite meals in Amsterdam would be Chinese? I did not come to the Netherlands expecting to eat Chinese food, let alone to enjoy it …
Almond Blossom is my favourite Van Gogh. I came home with it on a magnet and a coaster, because of what it stands for. Almond trees flower early in spring, and for …
I had heard about Amsterdam‘s houseboats. I had even watched Rebecca fall into a canal in Ted Lasso and spend the night on one. What I had not grasped was how many …
Most people come to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam for one painting. I did too. On May 2nd I finally stood in front of the Sunflowers, and my first thought was …
On 1 May we arrived at the W Amsterdam before our room was ready. While we waited, the hotel recommended breakfast at Greenwoods, on the Singel canal. I’ll be honest: I was …
Amsterdam is a bicycle city. That part of the reputation is accurate, and it makes sense. With the canals, the density of the centre, and the environmental case for leaving the car …
I went to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam for the paintings and came out thinking about a family. Vincent van Gogh sold very little in his lifetime and died believing he …
