May 14, 2005Paris I am the happiest girl in the world- well, now that I’m here. My supposed high-speed 4 hour train ride from Amsterdam to Paris ended up taking 8 hours due to a railway strike in Belgium. They held our train for 2 hours in Antwerp and then we were additionally late cause they couldn’t find the conductor!…   see more…

May 10, 2005Amsterdam  Happy Birthday to me. After a serious overnight flight of no sleep whatsoever and a subsequent day of zombie-like wandering in a delicious daze I am celebrating my birthday in true fine style. So incredibly happy to be here. It’s like a dream. A dream with really good clothes shopping and super-fine beer and lots of bicycles….   see more…