Exploring the Places No One is Talking About
The prompt this week was form poetry, specifically the Terza Rima. Here are the guidelines for writing one: Poem comprised of tercets (or three-line stanzas) Lines are eight to 10 syllables long (usually iambic meter) Lines one and three rhyme in each tercet Line two rhymes with lines one and three of the next tercet
This was defiantly the art museum day. If you want to visit the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, buy your tickets in advance. Honestly, that’s my advice for pretty much any popular tourist attraction. Van Gogh Museum Keltin and I both loved the Van Gogh Museum. The way the museum is laid out takes you
This day started early and ended late and yes, I did take a nap in the middle of it. Albert Cuyp Markt I spoke a bit about this market in my Food in Amsterdam post. Eating is mostly what we did while visiting the market. In addition to food vendors there were also some really
This is the book that I picked up in Amsterdam. It’s a novella, I read it on the fight from Amsterdam to Heathrow. This book does fit my rules for regional literature as it was written by Dutch author. Synopsis: Kayleigh needs money. That’s why she takes a job as a content moderator for a
While traveling we love to visit bookstores and I do my best to find a book that fits my definition of regional literature. These requirements are: I’m not allowed to buy a book I can easily find at home From the city or country we are visiting I have broken this rule and I didn’t
The Anne Frank House is the most popular tourist attraction in Amsterdam. We did not know until it was too late that we should have pre-purchased our tickets 6 weeks in advance. Keep that in mind if you are visiting Amsterdam. On a personal note, it feels weird to call this particular place a tourist
The prompt this week was to pull color swatches and write a story or poem using those colors and/or the names of the colors in the story. The colors that I pulled were named: Hunt Club (dark green), Turkish Coffee (rich brown), and Framboise (deep magenta). In other news, if you are curious as to
We saw some great street art while in Amsterdam. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good art museum but there is something about finding art out in the wild, where you least expect it that I deeply enjoy. What do you think of street art? Let me know in the comments. Street Art Other
Day two started with us crossing the river on the no. 3 ferry. The ferries are free and, at least during the day, run consistently. These ferries are for bikers and pedestrians… mostly. We did see one tiny EV car use the ferry. I think I’ve seen dogs bigger than that car. Canal Cruise If
So this prompt was a suggestion by a club member and it got a lot of love. It was also a fun bit of first person point of view writing. The prompt was to write from the point of view of the demon or ghost doing the haunting or possession. Here were some of the
