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Amsterdam Part 1: A Sex Education Master Class…and Red Lights

By My Travel Stamps on Saturday, December 6, 2014

Amsterdam is unlike any other place I know. Of course, I knew before I got there that the country is quite liberal. Their laws unapologetically embrace prostitution, the use of soft drugs, and pornography. Yet I still found myself a bit wide-eyed on more than one occasion. NOTHING is left to the imagination! There are …

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Amsterdam Part 2: Dutch Windmills, Clogs and Cheese

By My Travel Stamps on Friday, December 5, 2014

I saw my first working windmill in Holland in a village called “Zaanse Schans”.  Did you know that at one time Holland had close to 10,000 windmills? They were used for industrial purposes (dyes, chalk, barley, rice,  etc.) and for pumping local water.  Today that number is down to about 1000. At the village, a shoemaker demonstrated how to …

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Hi, I’m Macaulay, a neophile (routine averse) Gen Xer who travels with limited vacation time and on a budget. I collect passport stamps because I love to explore new lands and learn about new cultures.

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