Half Bed and Torture Devices at Rembrandt House

In Rembrandt’s time, people believed that sleeping on your back could induce death. They feared that if they were not upright they’d literally lose there breath and suffocate before morning.

Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam

Fantastic Free Things to Do in Amsterdam this Summer

If you’d like to check out one of the city’s terrific music festivals after arriving on cheap flights to Amsterdam, the Grachtenfestival is a great place to start.

Gay Pride in Amsterdam ccImage courtesy of Comicbase on Flickr

Vagobond Travel Museum – A European Wander

Much to my surprise, what I had thought would be a sort of never ending, round the world holiday, had suddenly become mired down in love –

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Bicycles in Rotterdam – Have You Been Here?

One of the great things about Holland is the fact that bicycles are a way of life. Just coming on a bicycle parking lot with this many bikes in it, pretty much says it all.

Rotterdam bicycles

How Not To Enjoy World Travel – Part 2

Don’t read anything about the country of place you are going to. That way you won’t understand the culture, the traditions, the history, the climate, or anything else. You will be able to have a completely one dimensional experience.

reading books by Vago Chris Damitio