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Saying Cheese In The Netherlands

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It Ain't Much If It Ain't Dutch - Interactive Journey πŸ§€ Welcome to Dutch Culture Central! • 🌷 Discover windmills, cheese markets, and canal adventures • πŸ‘ž Learn about wooden clogs and Dutch traditions • πŸ›️ Explore Amsterdam, Edam, and Haarlem • 🎑 Experience the Flying Dutchman legend • πŸ“š Interactive learning journey ahead! πŸ‡³πŸ‡± It Ain't Much If It Ain't Dutch An Interactive Cultural Journey Through the Netherlands Show Fun Facts Animation Mode ...

The Greenhouse Effect + Amsterdam's User-friendly Windows

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Tune In. Turn On. Drop Out. Greetings from The User Friendly Universe of Amsterdam. Mapquest is OUT. Cosmic Cartography is IN. I'm testing/ tracking / false positive for "hanging loose" in the present tense. as I perform a life hack on my comfort zones and live in Hotel @ nyware--- I started drinking beer again, after a 15 year break (wow). It started with Guinness, in Dublin. I lowered my standards with Holland's brew. Dreaming with eyes wide open, As I twitter, pulp-free on my G1 Goggle phone, My buddy Mike and I stopped off for an authentic Amstel, second only to Heineken. If Amsterdam INC. is a business, it isn't Wal-Mart — it isn't trying to be the lowest-priced product in the market. It's a high-end product, maybe even a luxury product. Playing down and out in the Majik kingdom gets you short-listed for a double helping of cool, but don't expect a family friendly Dutch discount. There's chill and creativity everywhere you turn; a whole ...

Dublin's Guinness Storehouse

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You'll remember me when the West wind moves, Upon the fields of barley

Rocky Mountain HighLanders-Scrabster and Glencoe, Scotland

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Glencoe (Left) Scrabster (Right) AND The MacDonald Genetic Project MacDonalds of Glencoe-(NearOban) Got a Can of Wup-Ass from The Campbell's The Massacre of Glencoe occurred in Glen Coe, Scotland, in the early morning of 13 February 1692. I was born of February 13 1959; 267 years later--Weird, since my Grandmother is Dorothy Mac Donald. Test results are positive- I am a reincarnation- made flesh again---No wonder why I don't like that soup company. Beam Me Up Scotty

The Grass IS Greener @ Saint Andrews

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Betteroff Scotland Weighing in at 140 Pounds Sterling, I am not T'd off as I got some religion from The Patron Saint of Golf, Andrew. In The United States of Total Consciousness-The Carl Spangler Cinderella Story continues. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac... It's in the hole! It's in the hole! It's in the hole! Too cold to do the no shirt and no shoes John Daly thing. Checked in, however, with Ty Webb, Judge Smails, and Al Czervik. Lacey couldn't make it this time. Visible Origami: My World is a Rumor, Formed from the Daydreams of Caddyshack... So I jump ship in Oahu and I make my way over to Scotland, and I get on as a looper at a course over in the highlands. Angie D'Annunzio: A looper? A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I'm a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald... s...

Beam Me Up Scotty-Ediburgh

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Got Kilt? Scotland the Brand verses Scotland The Brave Auld Lang Syne ...Fields Of Gold...Better Days... Just got back from The Scotch Whiskey Experience in Edinburgh. I believe I now possess Christ-like healing powers, thanks to the Angus Dundee Distillers and their Tomintoul 1976 Vintage. The irrevocably Scottish kilts, the green landscapes. the whiskey, the Bagpipes, the Porridge, and guys like Malcom, Duncan and Macbeth, all were on tap AM; as the Fest and Furious get ready for the Edinburgh Military Tattoo tonight. The Geeks Shall Inherit The Earth Sejuiced Did not see a single red haired, surly, penny-pinching Highlander who speak a language I am not familiar with. Homage to the most instantly recognisable Scot in the world ---BEAM ME UP SCOTTY, James Doohan, from Star Trek. P.B.U.H. I was channelling The Chief Engineer... "The engine imbalance is what caused the worm-hole in the first place. It'll happen again if we don't fix it." Man that malt reeked. It w...

One(Nordic) Track Mind-Beta World City Plus

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Why Pay less? Oslo, Today, Beta World City Plus. The most expensive city on the planet. The Norse saga continues. I think I'm in Minnesota, AKA New Norway. Norwegians-- healthy, enlightened, effective people or too much alcohol? Make the call. They eat lutefisk, are passive-agressive, pronounce their W's as V's, look as though they were soaked in bleach and the ones from the old country listen to death metal.Born with skis on, they like their Viking past.

Da Vinci Code Or Are We Dancer?

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Fortunate Son Meets The Prodigal One. "You do an eclectic celebration of the dance! You do Fosse, Fosse, Fosse! You do Martha Graham, Martha Graham, Martha Graham! Or Twyla, Twyla, Twyla! Or Michael Kidd, Michael Kidd, Michael Kidd, Michael Kidd! Or Madonna, Madonna, Madonna!... but you keep it all inside." The Quicks and Perks of ...Queuing Up: The shortages are gone but the Cold War nightmares continue So I'm back in Mother F"n Russia. Part Victoria Secret Cat Walk, part Janitor-in-a-Drum-gold-plated Septic tank.... And Then There is The Hermitage : Saw Leonardo di Caprio's Madonna and Child Michelangelo's Crouching Boy Statue, and Rembrandt's Prodigal Son. What's hot verses what's not: Waiting in line for six hours for the latest iteration of i phone at the Apple Sto re (Hot) verses waiting on line from 8AM to 10:30 to step foot in The Hermitage.(Not) + the multiplier effect getting to role play in an old soviet peasant breadline scene--Sti...

Make Your Teeth Whiter With Rembrandt

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Forget those Crest Whitener strips or baking soda, the quickest way to whiten your teeth is looking at a Rembrandt. Makes you smile. "You could take a Rembrandt anywhere in the world, to the deserts, jungles, or islands, and everybody would immediately understand it and respond." Back in St Petersburg, Russia again for three days. With 400 rooms, 14 miles of hallways and nearly 3 million pieces of art, I always come back here to Rembrandt.The hermitage is closed on Monday (Tomorrow)On Tuesday I'll take video of The Prodigal Son . I just had a big dinner-so I'm a bit tired, but just shot this video of GR8 view...Roll to video...

On Schedule

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The Baltics And British Isles 14-Aug-09 Friday STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 15-Aug-09 Saturday AT SEA 16-Aug-09 Sunday LUBECK (TRAVEMUNDE), GER 17-Aug-09 Monday COPENHAGEN, DENMARK 18-Aug-09 Tuesday OSLO, NORWAY 19-Aug-09 Wednesday AT SEA 20-Aug-09 Thursday EDINBURGH (LEITH),SCOTLAND 21-Aug-09 Friday EDINBURGH (LEITH),SCOTLAND 22-Aug-09 Saturday SCRABSTER, SCOTLAND 23-Aug-09 Sunday OBAN, SCOTLAND 24-Aug-09 Monday DUBLIN, IRELAND 25-Aug-09 Tuesday WATERFORD, IRELAND 26-Aug-09 Wednesday DARTMOUTH, UNITED KINGDOM 27-Aug-09 Thursday AT SEA 28-Aug-09 Friday AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND 29-Aug-09 Saturday KIEL CANAL, GERMANY 30-Aug-09 Sunday COPENHAGEN, DENMARK 31-Aug-09 Monday KIEL CANAL, GERMANY 1-Sep-09 Tuesday AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND 2-Sep-09 Wednesday AT SEA 3-Sep-09 Thursday PARIS (ROUEN), FRANCE 4-Sep-09 Friday AT SEA 5-Sep-09 Saturday LA ROCHELLE, FRANCE 6-Sep-09 Sunday BORDEAUX, FRANCE 7-Sep-09 Monday AT SEA 8-Sep-09 Tuesday VIGO, SPAIN 9-Sep-09 Wednesday AT SEA 10-Sep-09 Thursday GIBRALTAR, UNITED KINGDOM 1...