The idea of millions of people crisscrossing the country in every direction and manner of transportation, negotiating major airports and cathedral-like train stations, waiting for planes, trains and buses to arriveanddepart, triggers in me such anxiety I want to hide.
The coastal cliffs are home to a mind-boggling array of seabirds, including the ultimate crowd-pleasers: the divinely comedic puffins that arrive for the breeding season in April anddepart for warmer climes in mid-August.
The Dutch Patriot batteries will depart for Turkey on Monday and are expected to arrive by 22 January along with nearly 300 troops, the country's daily De Telegraaf newspaper reports.