by Palleyad | Jan 9, 2026 | 2026
Photo: Rembrandt’s Night Watch Arriving at the Schiphol airport in Amsterdam we saw a sign: Welcome to the Netherlands. We have more bicycles than people. Watch out when you hear ‘tring, tring’. Aside from possible accidents, what might the impact of all...
by Heidi Webb | Jan 8, 2026 | 2026
Photo: Yorkshire Sculpture Park- Barbara Hepworth’s The Family of Man If you are wondering why our journeying took us to Dublin, Berlin, Leeds in the UK, and Amsterdam, let me explain the context. When we received an invitation to my grand-nephew’s bar...
by Heidi Webb | Jan 7, 2026 | 2026
Photo: Eastside Galleries Arriving at the airport in Berlin, we immediately spotted a kiosk where we could purchase multi-day tickets to Berlin’s transportation system – its trains, subways, and buses. If you know the board game, Ticket to Ride, it’s like that,...
by Heidi Webb | Jan 6, 2026 | 2026
Being a native Bostonian, Dublin and surrounding towns were the ancestral homes of many of my peers growing up. So I have some familiarity of Irish culture, and curiosity about the humor, the poetry, the wit, the writing, and traditional Irish music. We spent...
by Heidi Webb | Jan 5, 2026 | 2026
Recently my husband and I traveled to Dublin, Berlin, the UK, and Amsterdam. He dubbed the trip as “appetizer, salad, entrée, and dessert”. While in Amsterdam, the dessert part of our trip,...
