Without knowing it, the near end of my sixth year living in Europe found me back in Rotterdam. To celebrate my six-year roller coaster ride of a life in Holland, my partner and I decided to go to our old stomping grounds by Hotel New York, one of the few places that made an impression on me when I was still living there. Back then and till now, I find it’s the best place to live in a city that, while it deserved little of my affection, I can’t avoid but accept as a part of who I am. Given the amazing weather that greeted us that lucky day, the place was as beautiful as I remembered.