Listen on Spotify Venice waits for her demise like a ship whose hull has been breached and has only a few hours before it is submerged completely underwater. I didn’t really think much of this as Adi and I boarded a city bus to take us to the water taxis that awaited the arrival of a mix of tourists and locals as they prepared to join the doomed on this sinking city.  Adi and I were only halfway into our bus ride when we mistakenly exited the airport bus 20 minutes early at a stop where only locals seemed to […]

Listen on Spotify Spring in Amsterdam brings the tulips. Big, luscious tulips that illuminate the city and breathe life into a community that has just awakened from a winter soon long forgotten. This is the city that Adi and I discovered as we paraded around town on our first day after our arrival. The smell of marijuana permeated the air and as I looked around, I saw a city that seemed exceptionally at peace with itself. All the things that many of us seem to suffer from—guilt and shame, prejudice and discontent, angst, and ambition—they all appeared to be noticeable