An Expat Meme

Breigh September 12, 2008 7

Expat Meme v2.0

1. HDR Kinderdijk, 2. Winterdish-Boerenkoolstampot, 3. Heláás, 4. Famke Janssen, 5. Stroopwafel innards, 6. Marco Borsato Nachtmis, 7. Oliebollen in Rotterdam continued, 8. "I, Piórko, like Cheese!", 9. hard rain, 10. i can make stroopwafels, 11. St. Nicolas has arrived…, 12. Autumn Colors

Ok I’ve seen these mosiac meme’s around but the gal over at A Touch of Dutch turned it into an expat in NL type meme, so I figure I’ll give it a go too.

Here’s what you do:

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page of results, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.

12 Dutch things:

  • A favorite Dutch landmark: Kinderdijk. Check out my pics from Kinderdijk here and here.
  • A favorite Dutch food: Stampot Boerenkool!
  • A favorite Dutch phrase: "Helaas pindakaas!" [Translation: "Too Bad!" or “Unfortunately!”]
  • A favorite Dutch celebrity: Famke Janssen
  • A favorite Dutch candy or cookie: Stroopwafel
  • A favorite Dutch musician: Marco Borsato.
  • One favorite thing seen on the Dutch roadside: Hollandse Gebakkraam.
  • When you think of all things Dutch, this is one thought which first comes to mind: KAAS! [Cheese]
  • One least favorite thing about the Netherlands: REGEN!! [rain].
  • Something Dutch you send home to family & friends: Stroopwafel (again! haha).
  • Favorite Dutch holiday [whether you celebrate it or not]: Sinterklaas! (We don’t celebrate it but it’s Christmasy so I love it)
  • Favorite season of the year in the Netherlands: Herfst [Autumn/Fall]

I just realized a lot of my favorites have to do with food.  It may have something to do with the fact that I’ve been up for hours and haven’t had breakfast yet.  Maybe I should do it again when I am less hungry and see if any of my answers change!

7 Comments »

  1. Suzie McDonnell September 12, 2008 at 8:05 am - Reply

    oh fun tammy!! i made one too….great idea!

  2. Isabella September 12, 2008 at 10:19 am - Reply

    This is EXCELLENT! Very well done! I love all of your choices :)

    Isabellas last blog post… 12 Meme for Expats in the Netherlands

  3. Breigh September 12, 2008 at 10:56 am - Reply

    OMG! I just realized I put Pannenkoeken as a LEAST favorite! I read it wrong, it’s one of my favorites! argh must change must change!

  4. Bluefish September 12, 2008 at 11:29 am - Reply

    This is very interesting.

  5. Decora September 13, 2008 at 12:11 am - Reply

    Fammke is one of my favorite actress as well and your not alone on the food one! lol

    Decoras last blog post… Mommie’s little Oni

  6. Zhu September 14, 2008 at 6:35 am - Reply

    “Helaas pindakaas!” sounds like the French “Hélas” (same meaning).

    I don’t know a lot of Dutch things except for the Orange color, I will look at the pictures more closely.

    Zhus last blog post… Qianmen (前门)

  7. Brenda September 14, 2008 at 4:44 pm - Reply

    Oh, boerenkool, pannekoeken, *sigh*… miss them lots! Great picture meme – gotta love Flickr.

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