Paris, France – 2007 Once upon a time I happened to be in Europe and, surprisingly, I was with my girlfriend (not anymore), so going to Paris seemed like the trite, romantic thing to do. And it was. I found the people to be quite unfriendly and hostile, especially upon hearing me speak English, yet when I spoke French they snarled and spoke back in English. I got a general feeling of arrogance and self-importance from most of the people working in the service industry that I interacted with. For a city that receives significant revenue from tourism there certainly was a lot of complaining about having to serve tourists by its people. I would not go back to Paris and spend any of my own money. If I ever have a girlfriend who wants to go to said city…well…depending…
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Alicante, Spain – 2007 Years ago I went to visit my brother Andrew in Spain, where he went to teach English and practice drinking. My bro and his clan decided we were going to take a daytrip from our smallish…
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Rotterdam, The Netherlands – 2013 Trapped in a dark, cold and rainy place for New Year’s 2013, I decided to sleep through fireworks so I could wake up dreary and early to clean up the mess other creatures make in…
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Rotterdam, The Netherlands – 2012/2013 Hanging out in the second-largest port city in the world. Industrial, bleak and sadly not a prime target for terrorist attacks, I’m not going to lie and say this is a place I’d ever go…
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands – 2007 In 2006 I took a trip with my friend Sondra to visit her family in Bremen, Germany. From there we went on some excursions like this one, to the Amsterdam, an unknown but up-and-coming city…
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