Happy Thanksgiving to Celebrants at Home or Abroad
Yes this is creepy.Just a quick note to say Happy Thanksgiving to all those Americans out there celebrating our national holiday today regardless of where you are living. The last time I was outside the country during this holiday was 2001 when I was studying in Ireland. That time, I got together with a bunch of American friends attending

Social Networking in Maastricht with my.Mtricht.com
Foot bridge in MaastrichtYou may have noticed some time in the last couple of months that I have a large green button on the right hand side of my blog leading to a mysterious place called My.Mtricht.com. Well I’ve been remiss in explaining it to you for long enough. As a quick disclosure, I help maintain the Events page on my.Mtrich

“Dear Annalaan” Published on Crossroads Magazine
The article I wrote about Sint Annalaan has been published on Crossroads Magazine as part of a two-part article about an international family and how they came to name their daughter “Annalaan”. Part one of “Ever named a kid?” is written by Eric Lemay, who lives with his family in the US, about how he and his wife na

A Christmas Carol in the Velvet Cave
The holiday season is picking up here in South Limburg, even if we haven’t had a single flake of snow. So to get into the spirit ourselves, Dan & I hopped on the train to Valkenburg and followed the Kerstmarkt signs to the Fluweelengrot (Velvet Cave) for their annual underground Christmas market. The Velvet Cave is one of two marl cave

Places Around Maastricht: John Mullins Irish Pub
guiness draught photo (cc) Leonid Mamchenkov via FlickrType of Place: Restaurant & Pub Location: Brugstraat 50, 6221 ED Maaastricht Website   Located conveniently just across the St. Servaas bridg