Photos – Katie McCandless

KatieAugust 7, 2017August 7, 2017

2016 Pride Parade in Amsterdam

KatieAugust 10, 2016December 11, 2020

Gay Pride is one of my favorite holidays in Amsterdam. Everyone is in a good mood and the weather always manages to cooperate. T and I made up a picnic and found a great spot by the water early in the day. Here are a few of my favorite photos from the Pride Parade.

The inimitable Jennifer Hopelezz presiding over the 2016 Drag Queen Olympics celebrating Gay Pride in Amsterdam

2016 Drag Queen Olympics in Amsterdam

KatieAugust 9, 2016August 12, 2016

I’d been looking forward to this event all year. I missed out on the Drag Queen Olympics in 2015, arriving too late and with the wrong crowd to enjoy it. This time around I was eager to fully soak in all the rhinestones and sequins, so I got there early, parked myself in a good spot near the stage and […]

Trenton on the beach in Zandvoort, the Netherlands

bike trip from Haarlem to Zandvoort

KatieJuly 26, 2016December 11, 2020

We started our trip, in earnest, at Haarlem Station. We bought day passes in order to take our bicycles on the train and it couldn’t have been easier. We cycled from our apartment to Amsterdam Centraal Station, hopped on an Intercity to Haarlem and were soon on our way. The Art Nouveau style at Haarlem […]