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Handshaking Compulsory in NL?
A recent article caught my eye about a teacher here in the Netherlands who faced losing her job because she decided, for religious reasons, that she didn’t want to shake hands with men anymore.
Read More »25 Things About Me – With a Twist
OK, about 42,000 people have tagged me on Facebook to do this ‘25 things’ meme, so I’m gonna do it here and not tag anyone. If you read this and want to do it
Read More »New Years Eve and Fireworks – A Need For Change in NL?
If you are a friend of mine on Facebook or have followed me on Twitter, you’re fully aware that my anxiety levels were through the roof this year during the holidays. Mainly between Christmas
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Going to Cologne!
For the last number of years I’ve been dying to visit the Christmas markets in Germany. Since my husband was never too keen, it never really happened. This year I was talking to my
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Least Favorite Places – Huisartsenpost
If I were to make a list of my least favorite places to be here in the Netherlands, it would be here. The waiting room at our local huisartsenpost (kind of like outpatients, where
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The Corpus Experience
In an earlier post I mentioned that while my parents were here we were going to Corpus, which I was pretty excited about. I’d first seen info on this place months ago and was
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My Old Man
Today my crazy husband turned 34 years old. The other night in bed he threatened to divorce me because for some reason or another I thought he was going to turn 35. In my
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Diergaarde Blijdorp v2
While my parents were here we took them to the Rotterdam Zoo. I really love that place. I went there one other time with some girlfriends but even in the 1.5 years since I’ve
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Christmas in the Netherlands
It’s now only 29 (oops – Typo!) 69 days until Christmas and as my latest shopping excursions have shown, the Dutchies have their Christmas items out on the shelves already! So far we’ve found
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Auto Free Day
In veel steden kunnen fietsers en wandelaars zondag hun hart ophalen. Milieudefensie viert dan de tiende verjaardag van de zogenoemde autovrije dag. De straten in het centrum van 22 dorpen en steden zijn autovrij.
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Dead Like Me – The Movie!
If you have never heard of the show Dead Like Me, it’s not really a big surprise. It was one of those oddities, like Firefly, that doesn’t run for long but is mysteriously canceled,
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Happy Birthday Grietje!
Today the oldest inhabitant of the Netherlands is celebrating her 111th birthday. Grietje Jansen-Anken lived alone until she was 92 years of age, and has been living in a care home in Middleburg since.
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