Tassie Devil Abroad

• Visiting Maria Island National Park 5 months ago One of the things I like most about Maria Island is explaining where it is. It’s an island off the coast of the island of Tasmania, which in turn, is off the coast of the island continent of Australia! For the last 20 years my grandparents have had a spectacular view of Maria Island from their...
• Staying at the Volkshotel in Amsterdam 8 months ago There’s nothing better than a STAYcation am I right?! Not long ago, some friends from Australia came to Amsterdam to visit us, so Dennis and I took the opportunity to spend two nights in the city at a hotel so we could hang out with them without having to drive home each day. We stayed at the...
• How to Experience A'DAM Toren AKA Amsterdam Tower 8 months ago Pretty much any time I am showing visitors around Amsterdam, I take them to (or tell them to visit), A’DAM Toren. If you’ve stood on the river side of Amsterdam Centraal then you’ve seen A’DAM Toren, aka Amsterdam Tower across the water, next to the white spaceship-looking building which is...
• The Coolest Places to Eat in Amsterdam 10 months ago One of the best things about living overseas is getting to show friends from home around your new city! While I don’t actually live in Amsterdam, I visit often enough that I feel I have a basic grip on the must-do attractions and I love doing more research then taking my friends to all the best...
• Experiencing Dahlia Fields in the Netherlands - a Summer Alternative to the Tulip Craze 11 months ago Sure, everybody knows about the famous Dutch tulips, tourists flock to the country every spring to see them in bloom, I’ve even written previously about visiting Keukenhof and how to see tulips away from the tourist hordes in Flevoland; but what about the rest of the year? You might be surprised...

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