travel
Recently in October '25
In striking difference with the past month, October has been quite busy and hectic. And no, it's not because of Halloween! Not only did I travel to two places, but there have also been many events, and anxiousness about things happening around be. Let's recap.
Being In New York
A few weeks ago, a few friends and I visited New York. It was our first trip to the United States. This had been planned for quite some time, so, between the hesitation, the current geopolitical situation, and all the scary news, we still went. And what a trip it was!
Recently in June '25
One more month has passed, and June is now away from us. We've officially entered the last half of the year, at least when it comes to counting months. It was quite a busy month, with travel, new job, events, and the heat! Let's take a look.
Recently in April '25
April was a fantastic month. Spring is now on full swing, the trees and flowers are in full blossom, and the weather is warming up - perhaps a bit too much. It was also a month of travel, my second intercontinental trip ever. Let's take a look!
Recently in March '25
March has ended a few days ago, meaning that this recap is coming a bit later than usual. Maybe it is a product of the weather being nicer, and the fact that I've been a bit more busy than usual. It's been quite some hectic days!
Elizabeth Pillow
Yesterday, we visited the Harry Potter Studios. Since it was quite far away from the center, it took some time to get there, and consequently most of the day. It was worth it. It’s one of those one in a lifetime experiences to see the actual set of one of your favorite franchises. And the butter bee…
Eurostar to London
We arrived last night at St Pancras with the Eurostar. It’s the second time doing this trip using the train, and despite taking much longer than the flight, I’m glad I made that decision. It probably helps that I never took the flight from Eindhoven to London, which takes around 40 minutes. The adva…
Recently in December '24
December is now coming to an end. It's time to recap about what has happened during this last month, before writing my final Year in Review. This month was quite of a rollercoaster, I visited a few places, met with people a few times and watched a lot of stuff.
Recently in October '24
October is now two days away. Halloween is gone - which I always enjoying mentioning despite never doing anything for it -, and my birthday too. I'm now 25, a quarter of a century, a very interesting-feeling number. Some would say it's now closer to the 30s than to the 20s. Let's recap what's happened this last month!
Recently in September '24
September is now almost gone and we're diving deeper and deeper into the autumn. Despite a few problems here and there, I think it was quite a nice month, and it's important to always try seeing things for their positive side, despite that now always being very easy.
No Plane? No Problem
What it’s like to travel across the country via Amtrak—and what you need to know if you want to do it yourself.
Recently in August '24
Uff, I wanted to write this before the end of August, but I'm still on time. August is over and it's starting to feel a bit like autumn to me. Quite excited, as it will become a bit colder, hopefully, and it's also one of my favorite seasons. Very colorful! But now, let's recap August!
Three-Country Point
Last weekend - starting on Friday - we went on a small trip to Limburg, the southernmost region of the Netherlands. The initial plan was to bring our bikes and bike to some interesting points in this region. Due to my wrist, we decided it would be better to just walk. I'm so glad we made that decision!
Recently in June '24
Time flies and now it's June that is coming to an end. This was the first month, or at least first weeks, of summer. Despite all the rain and the mild weather that we've been having here in the Netherlands, it reached 30°C last week. A bit too warm if you ask me, especially when it comes to how houses are not prepared to deal with heat.
Recently in March '24
March had quite a lot of highlights for me, despite the bike shituation. Let's take a look and recap what has happened the past month. I always have to go through my calendar and check stuff for these posts!
Recently in February '24
February is complete. That means that around 16% of the year is also gone. Many things happened this month - I feel like I say this every month though. Let's take a look at everything that happened, from some trips, to my Dutch language course ending.
Traveling to Vienna With the Nightjet
Over the past days, my partner and I did a small trip to Vienna - and also Bratislava. This post is not going to be about the trip and the cities themselves, but about the transport to and from Vienna: the Nightjet. This was our first time trying out night trains, so it was quite a journey.
Year in Review '23
December is coming to an end, and with it so is 2023. In general, it's been quite an incredible year, marking my first year post-university, which always brings a lot of changes to one's life. Allied with living in another country, trying to learn the language, traveling, a lot has happened, and there is a lot to be grateful for.
Visiting Köln's Christmas Markets
Last year, Chris and I visited Aachen's Christmas market and I wrote a bit about it. In the article, I mentioned I was looking forward to similar adventures. Well, it has happened! Last weekend, we went to Köln to visit some of its Christmas markets, and it was amazing!
Dispatches from a Nomad: Recurse Epilogue
Recurse Center Epilogue: Reflections on my remote half-batch at Recurse.
Dispatches from a Nomad: Recurse Week 06
Recurse Center Week 06: Last week of my half-batch
Recently in September '23
September passed by quite quickly and with that two thirds of 2023 are now finished. As we now enter the final 🏁 quarter of this year, let's recap what has happened on my life over the past month. As usual, I feel like a lot has happened, especially when looking at it in retrospective.
Recently in July '23
July is now coming to an end, and so is summer in The Netherlands per the looks of it. It has been raining for two or three weeks already, and the prediction is that it'll continue over during this week. This, of course, after a few days of what I would consider unusually high temperatures in The Netherlands. Let's recap this month.
Dispatches from a Nomad: Recurse Week 05
Recurse Center Week 05: Live Music and Machine Learning Model Serialization
Dispatches from a Nomad: Recurse Week 04
Recurse Center Week 04: King of Clay, français, Sacré, Beyoncé
Dispatches from a Nomad: Recurse Week 03
Recurse Center Week 03: Poppin' bottles, and making ink flow
Dispatches from a Nomad: Recurse Week 02
Recurse Center Week 02: Easing into the work, Questioning life in general
Dispatches from a Nomad: Intro
This series will capture my experience going through Recurse and my travels.