The “clickbait” title for this post could well have been “The gays are making our bears queer” but no, this is a book review,...

Cape Town or Kaapstad: I have a love-hate relationship with the town. Maybe that’s too strong, but I am not falling for the tourism...

We have been talking trash a lot lately. There was a post on trash birds and Kai recently really went for the knock-out by...

Just the other day we had an extensive lunch with my Mozambican in-laws. To make things even better, a family member I had not...

There are two questions I get asked a lot. Do you take pictures of the birds you see? Are you a bird-watcher then? The...

Rotterdam is the only city in the world where shops sell shirts with the sleeves already rolled up. It’s a city that prides itself...

We all know and use the derogatory term trash birds link. When I recently put in a comment of “wanting to write a post...

Naturally, I am thinking of Shakespeare’s play while the ferry approaches Helsingør’s Kronborg Castle (Elsinore). The sea is frothing with Great Cormorant and Herring...