All Entries Tagged With: "Food"

The Craziness of the Cologne Market

Saturday myself and Penny were off to the Christmas market in Cologne, Germany.   We’d been looking forward to going for weeks on end so we were both totally stoked.   I think we weren’t really prepared for what was waiting for us though.

We knew it was going to be busy, since it is getting closer to [...]

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Woe is Me

I have a bunch of stuff in my head but can’t really concentrate on one single thing.  Welcome to my pity party…
I went to a party last weekend that had a lot of crying snot covered little kids in a small area.  Having not purchased myself a plastic bubble yet, I got ANOTHER COLD.  Yeah, [...]

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Canadian Invasion

My parents have been here now for a week and a half.   I have three days left with them before we get up and put them on a plane… not something I am looking forward to.   I am looking forward to getting back to our old routine, as I’m sure my parents are… but the [...]

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Tesi Bon Mac & Cheese – The Disappointment.

If you grew up in Canada, chances are you love Kraft Dinner, just like me.
If you are an expat in the Netherlands, you know it’s not easy to find here and when you do find it it’s expensive (but always worth the buy).
Recently, Albert Heijn has started carrying an assortment of imported items.  Among these [...]

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An Expat Meme

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 [...]

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LOOT!

Today Xander had to go in to the office for a few minutes.  He is on a new project with the government in Dordrecht and the first day he was there he went to hunt and gather for lunch.  He phoned me telling me that there was a quilt shop around the corner, and a [...]

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Stick a Fork in Me

You know that saying ‘Stick a fork in me, because I’m done’?  Yeah, that was me yesterday afternoon.
We went to a BBQ at a friend’s place in Beneden Leeuwen, which is about an hours drive from here.  It was a gathering of an expat group that I belong to online.  The same one that we [...]

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Stuff Dutchies Like

On Correr Es Mi Destino, fellow expat Zhu wrote about Stuff Canadians Like.   She is sort of the opposite of me, having gone from Europe to Canada and having to get used to my country’s customs and weird ways.   I have to admit, I like pretty much everything she listed.
It made me think of what [...]

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Saturday Photohunt - Candy

This is a candy shop in the town of Pezenas in France, which is the village we stayed in while visiting my mother in law a few weeks ago. The shop was huge and full of tons of different kinds of candy. I didn’t go in any longer than what it took for me to [...]

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