San Francisco: Bus drivers. Without wanting to generalise, in Holland it’s as if some tend to drive off deliberately just…
Stories
Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn
San Francisco: I took the Caltrain to Stanford yesterday at 1.07pm, and sat in the back of the bicycle cart…
Priceless birthday gift
On my 29th birthday, I went into San Francisco with a sign reading the following lines: “Today is my 29th…
The most enjoyable option
Amsterdam: Monday evening, late for a meeting at 6.30pm. I ran from my office at Rockstart to my bike parked…
Former strangers stepping up
Koh Phangan: First the bad stuff: I was attacked and bitten by two dogs on Koh Phangan a week ago,…
I’ll ride with you #illridewithyou
A contribution about kindness from Sydney, Australia. Written by: Jordan Valinsky / Found on mic.com In the aftermath of the hostage crisis in downtown…
Life saver
TEDxAmsterdam’s 6th edition commenced at 5.30am on Friday-morning and went on until just before midnight that same evening. I caught…
Makes the day
We Dutchies complain about our public transport system on a daily basis, but I woke up this morning with the…
San Francisco turns into Gotham City for Batkid
Writer: Carol Kuruvilla for NY Daily News. Miles Scott is a 5-year-old with leukemia who has always wanted to be Batkid….
Helpful neighbors
‘If you think you’re too small to make a difference, you’ve never spent the night with a mosquito.’ This is something…
Loving companionship
Amsterdam, July 2014: A little while back we had TEDx partner meeting at Amsterdam Science Park –home to the University…
Nyoman
Bali, January. 2015. In my life, I don’t recall being as sick as this weekend before. Ever. At 6pm on…
Gratitude for San Francisco
San Francisco, December 2013: How to say goodbye to a city after you’ve started to love it so much? When…
Warm welcome in the blistering cold
Amsterdam, December 2013. I got home late and was craving for some yoghurt but realised there wasn’t any honey left….
Endless amazement
San Francisco, November 2013: Experiences of one week in a city that’s become so dear to me. Perhaps now is…
I got your back
Washington, October 2013: Landed in Washington DC tonight. We’re three hours ahead here and the plane touched down around 11pm…
Love being [wrong] here
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Los Angeles, September 2013: Sending love and warmth from Venice Beach, Los Angeles. Where it really is lovely and warm. Landed…
The blind leading the blind
San Francisco, September 2013: Since moving to another room within my house last week, I’ve been looking for a comfortable…
Kind and generous people rock
Took a BART ride to Berkeley early evening, in the midst of after-work traffic. Having a leg handicap that’s invisible…
‘It ain’t bad, but it ain’t San Francisco’
How traveling makes you appreciate what you have at home. Whereas I thought New York and its amazing energy would…