andrew on June 17th, 2009

At the end of March, I met my friend Sean in Amsterdam.  It had been quite a while since we’d last seen each other, but we had a great time exploring this fascinating city.

The Van Gogh museum had an excellent exhibit of his evening and nighttime scenes, reflecting his view of the dark hours as [...]

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andrew on October 23rd, 2008

Last week, we began a whirlwind tour of Scotland in Edinburgh.  We arrived late on Thursday night, staying in a recently built apartment on the waterfront in Leith.  It was right near the the Royal Yacht Britannia, the boat used by Queen Elizabeth II and other royal folk, so we stopped by for a quick [...]

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