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Sat, 5 Sep 2015 | By vagabonds3 | Views [461]
WE WOULD RATHER BE COVERED IN HONEY and staked out on an anthill than to be tour guides. Yet here we are chaperoning Connie’s brother and his wife on their European adventure. We met Ken and Dee at the port after their river cruise ... Read more >
Mon, 10 Aug 2015 | By light_weight_big_stories_filmmaking | Views [203] | Video | Scholarship Entry
To travel and to move is under my skink. As a child I moved beacause of my parents. As a young adult I moved because I needed freedon and discovery. I needed to see the world with my own eyes and in a certain way I did it. 2 years living in Barcelona ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia
Tue, 9 Jun 2015 | By gnome-san | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 31 May 2015 | By emptynester | Views [1219] | Comments [1]
I realise this is stating the obvious, but Holland is flat. Very. There is also rather a lot of water. Flying from Birmingham to Schiphol is the only time I have ever really listened to the stewardess' advice about life jackets because I could see that ... Read more >
Tags: alone, amsterdam, cycling, photography, solo, water
Thu, 28 May 2015 | By changes | Views [199] | Scholarship Entry
There's a great deal of talk in this world about 'tolerance'. We're treated to discourse on it everyday, often by people who have so little interaction with those who are different from themselves that they rarely need to exercise any tolerance at all.... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Thu, 28 May 2015 | By captainnice | Views [230] | Scholarship Entry
A visit to Amsterdam can get very overwhelming, with its crowded streets, flashing billboard lights, unforgiving sex and drugs image, and cyclists who don’t slow down for anything less than a concrete wall. If you are in need of a break, and provided ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By xventures83 | Views [181] | Scholarship Entry
There was no way I was getting on that bike. The seat was up to my shoulders. If I fell, which seemed likely, there would be no helmet to prevent my skull from cracking. And hang on, no brakes? What kind of bike doesn’t have brakes? “It’s a fixed-gear,” ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By lepotage | Views [161] | Scholarship Entry
“On the way back I always sing them «Schlaf, Kindchen,” says Carsten. His son is two years old, so he knows his onions. «Where else will they hear a German lullaby? Nobody cares for the historic facts. They are here for the experience! And this is where ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By shanghaibeach | Views [186] | Scholarship Entry
It was late by the time I found myself in Leidseplein. Too late for dinner, though I’d happily scoffed a cream cake and a basket of crispy fries in Jordaan that afternoon. I’d spent a languid string of hours day-dreaming by the canal and poking around ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By curiousme | Views [384]
I loooove cycling. That's probably the main reason why visiting Amsterdam with my partner has left a deep footprint in my memory. The landscape is flat and full of fairy tale-like gems - definitely one of the best places to explore on two wheels.
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Tags: amsterdam, clogs, cycling, day trip, history, marken, netherlands, rented bike
Wed, 27 May 2015 | By sophw | Views [157] | Scholarship Entry
I peeled away from the mass of tourists in rainy central Amsterdam, making my way behind Central Station to board a ferry to the desolate, industrial expanse of one of the Northern islands. Wiping steam from the window, I looked out as we neared our ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Wed, 27 May 2015 | By tatiana | Views [210] | Scholarship Entry
Do you believe in love from the first sight? But from the second touch? Our relationship with him started so unexpectedly for me. Because at first I was so hostile and even suspicious, mentioning all my exs, which still have very special place in my ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By angcozco | Views [139] | Scholarship Entry
On a sleepless summer night in the streets of Amsterdam, I was met by a rare sense of clarity. It’s nearly 11 pm in Vondelpark and my Dutch companion tells me I am the luckiest person on earth. “Do you think I am?” I ask, raising my right eyebrow in ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By travelingwithwords | Views [215] | Scholarship Entry
Excitement and anticipation is present even before you enter the building, the queue filled with eager tourists and people whom are waiting for their time - their time to take a step into this impressive, historical and important home - Anne Frank Huis.... Read more >
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