Leiden’s Claim to Fame

I thought I should honor the city which hosted the conference which took me to the Netherlands with a post:

Besides having the older University in the Netherlands, Leiden was also the host of the “pilgrims” – yes, the Mayflower departed from the Netherlands, not England. Who knew? Apparently they stayed for about 10 years before [...]

Our Lord in the Attic

I’ve been very slow in delivering the updates I promised about Amsterdam – I also have a book I finished that I will be writing about soon. I’ve been very busy since coming back to Berlin with the last week of my language class and a lot of German writing I have to do. Which [...]