You can’t really go to Rotterdam and not stop by the Kijk-kubus (Cube Houses), a mixed-use project designed by Piet Blom in 1984. The tilted signs on the streets and walls nearby hint at what’s to come.  Remember the last pic I posted in yesterday’s entry? This is what’s behind the boat that was behind me: This entire …
The Swan
 You can imagine how busy the port of Rotterdam must be on any given day of the week, still the center of shipping activities in Europe since the 14th century.   However, I am down by the water mainly to see the gorgeous Erasmusbrug (Erasmus Bridge). Its nickname is De Zwann (the swan) but for some reason, it reminds …
Packing 1996 Here And Unpacking 2005 There
 I like to document things. Trips, events, people, especially fashion… stuff that makes life fun and funny, particularly in hindsight.  Before technology became fingertip-available, I’d laminate or Formaldehyde or shadow box whatever I could and keep them in perpetuity. I didn’t want to not have a reminder of everything I ever experienced. But in time all my moves from city …
Great Way To Be Alive
 This whole technology thing is not quite there for me yet. While I’m slow-dancing my way through Dublin with you in these entries I’ve actually crossed a few borders already. But blogging in real time is not as easy as I’d hoped. I’m not wired enough yet that I can always blog from the road. Tack on the travel …
Can You Say Schrijnwerkersstraat?
 When in Anvers, get dim sum.  I had some really fabulous Thai food in Namur my first weekend at a restaurant called Sawasdee, but Anvers is really the best Belgian town for first-rate dim sum. Don’t ask me why, c’est comme ça!  Chinatown is mere steps away from the central train station so there’s no excuse to not go …