Why Holland Sucks, part I

Read this first (especially if you are Dutch): Everything I say in this post is my personal opinion. It's wholeheartedly subjective and biased and probably says much more about me than about the country in the title. Just imagine that 'these are the reactionary rantings of an embittered old man' and don't get offended in …

About Tulip Mania And Other Bubbles

Amsterdam was even more glorious than in the postcards and wandering along its elaborate canal system with the narrow seventeenth and eighteenth century gabled merchant houses was like getting lost in a painting by a master of the Golden Age. It was astonishingly beautiful and romantic. Green, healthy trees lined the canals, shielding people from …