All Entries Tagged With: "Netherlands"

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 you go outside of office hours, only … different).  I took this photo with my mobile while sitting there being miserable [...]

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Decorating Early

Today while I was in town I took this photo of the Christmas decorations in the city center.   Everywhere I turn there are people complaining about Christmas decorations and items being out already, but I honestly couldn’t be happier about it.   I think here in the Netherlands we are slightly early as well because we [...]

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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 keen to take my parents there because I thought it’d be really cool.
When you look at their website it gives [...]

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Halloween in The Netherlands

Halloween is not a big thing in NL at all.  They sell a small amount of decoration in some shops but there is no big hype about it like back in North America.  There’s no children out trick or treating, no big zombie walks like in Toronto (I soooo wish there was) and the only [...]

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Rockanje

The day before mom and dad left we took a drive a bit south to show them some more of the countryside and the beaches near Rockanje.   We had initially planned on spending the day at home chilling out before they left but I think we were all feeling a bit weird so we decided [...]

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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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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 Christmas items for sale at Blokker and Xenos, and our local Intratuin is currently about 50% through setting up their winter wonderland!  [...]

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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.

Today is ‘Auto Free Day’ in Rotterdam and 21 other cities and towns across the Netherlands.  This is the 10th year that [...]

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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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