Tag Archives: travel

when the saints

New Orleans’ beat has been composed with the blood, sweat and tears of generations. Its notes move over a gamut of hope and fear. ‘When The Saints Go Marching in’ is the city’s soul. A sounds straight out of the Big Easy heart of one of its favorite sons: Louis Armstrongs…click here for the full […]

close encounters

The soundtrack of Generation X was aired by MTV. The videoclip shot by Steven Spielberg. In a 7-year timespan, the director delivered three iconic movies. ‘Jaws’, ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ and ‘E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial’ were huge blockbusters between 1975 and ’82. And like with Richard Dreyfuss in ‘Close Encounters’, the spell of Devils […]

luctor et emergo

According to the site Geotargit the US is home to 24 towns called Holland, 10 Amsterdams en 1 Rotterdam. The States also harbor two hamlets named Nederland, one in Texas and one in Colorado. The latter was founded in 1874 gesticht and has a silver mine to thank for its name…click here for the full […]

the enchanted grotto

Under the rich soil of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, magic has created its own enchanted forest made of lime and stone. The Luray Caverns for centuries have been a place of natural beauty that shocks and awes all who descent underground to step into a world painted by the nature…click here for the full article published in […]

into the woods

Around the time the Romans built the Pantheon, a seed fell on the rich soil of Northern California. From it grew a sprout, a tiny trunk, a twig, a branch, a mighty giant. About 2000 years after gravity called, the Hyperion is defying the earth voice and reaching for the sky, trying to touch heaven […]

home of bourbon, land of horses

Kentucky was built on horses. So the first night in the Bluegrass State, zzzzzzz’s are produced on the soft pillows of the former Coppin’s Department Store. Copppin’s was founded with money made by a race horse called Knowledge. These days it has been transformed into boutique Hotel Covington. But before sleep hits the fan, a […]

summertimmmmme

Not one, not two, not three, four, five….but six articles by journeylism.nl are featured in the ‘summer is finally here’ edition of AmericA Magazine that hits shelves and doormats on June 18, 2019. From Alberta, Canada to Rapid City, South Dakota. From Tampa, Florida to Kentucky and (take me home, country roads) West Virginia with […]

american foetball

In the golden age of American soccer, the world’s most famous players roamed the baseball-field-turned-into-soccer-pitches around the US. They were not necessary the best anymore since Cruyff, Beckenbauer, Best and all those other stars were in the twilight of their career. When their light faded, night fell over professional soccer. Some 3 decades or so […]

winter is coming

Winter is coming, as is the new AmericA Magazine. Journeylism.nl contributes three new stories to this issue. Hair the musical is featured in the American Songbook column. Patrick Amiot – or better his art – stars in 24/7 Junk Art and the ‘only in America’ Maryland Renaissance Festival takes you back a few centuries in […]