Wednesday 30 march 2016 Bill and Beth are retired law enforcement officers, originally from California, who came to Idaho and […]
Archive for ‘Travel & Culture’
Ireland Road Trip
From Dublin to the Dingle and Iveragh Peninsula The hardest part of driving on the left with a wheel on […]
The Gun Culture: Part III “If You Can Read This You’re In Range”
Today I went for a nice walk at Round Lake and afterwards took a meandering detour home. As I explored […]
Coffee Habits: Amercia vs Holland
THE RITUAL OF COFFEE DRINKING is very particular to a culture. Argentinians and Italians down their espresso standing up at tall tables in a three-minute pit stop. Colombians drink small cups of sugar with some strong coffee, no milk. Australians….
Into The Mines Where The Devil Rules
– November 2013 BOLIVIA – POTOSI, THE HIGHEST CITY IN THE WORLD, was once the largest and richest. Not much […]
Sinterklaas and “Black Pete”
Explaining the cultural history of the Saint Nicolas (Sinterklaas) tradition of the Netherlands and the significance of Black Pete (Zwarte Piet).
Marjolein Goes to America 