Archive for November, 2009
Köln (Cologne), Germany
We’re back and exhausted! Three full days of walking and shopping will do that to you, I suppose. ;-) I have a bunch of photos to share, but first things first: Our Thanksgiving Dinner! It was a Herr, not a Fräulein, who brought us our beer. And it was in a glass, not a stein. [...]
Happy Thanksgiving!
We’re off on a short road trip over the boarder. That means no turkey for us! Tonight we’ll be sitting down to a nice, hearty German dinner. And when the Fraulein brings us our beer steins, we’ll raise them westward and send you all an enthusiastic Prost! Happy Thanksgiving to all our family and friends. [...]
Wordless Wednesday ~ 20: Dutch countryside this morning
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Delft, Netherlands (revisited)
If you missed my first trip to Delft last year, you can take a peek here. On that trip, Roxi and I focused our attention on one of the local potteries specialising in Delftware. This time, I went to Delft for social reasons–meeting two of my friends from my Dutch class for lunch and a [...]
A quick look at Leiden, Netherlands
Molen De Valk or “The Falcon” windmill (1753) in Leiden. It has seven stories, all open to the public. We definitely need to go back. Roxi had a jazz gig in Leiden yesterday afternoon… in a BAR. How cool is that? She and her jazz band performed a two hour set–about 14 songs. Now I [...]
Ask an Expat: Holiday Store Decorations in Den Haag, Netherlands
Today’s Ask an Expat is really a follow up to a question Julia asked over a month ago: “I was walking around Target the other day and noticed a whole aisle devoted to Christmas decorations!!! What are the holidays like there? Is Christmas over-merchandised like it is here?” Julia, as you can see in the [...]
Wordless Wednesday ~ 19: I was in Delft yesterday.
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Hoe gaat het met jou?*
A guest photo from Mr. DJ! This is the park not far from his office. I haven’t been doing a good job reviewing the materials from my Dutch class. However, I have been paying close attention to people speaking around me. That should count, right? Also, I attended a Dutch art class last weekend. The [...]
Happy Dutch-American Heritage Day
The program was in this building, which just happens to be the location of one of my favourite places–the Library of The Hague. I had the privilege to go to a very special event this morning. I probably wouldn’t have heard about it except Roxi’s school jazz band was invited to play for it: Dutch-American Heritage Day. What, [...]
Sinterklaas arrives in Den Haag this weekend
These two gals were just too cute! This was the first time I’ve seen a child on a bike holding an umbrella too. It’s been raining here all week. Hope the weather is better for Saturday’s parade. Do you know about Sinterklaas aka Saint Nicholas, aka Father Christmas, aka Santa Claus? He’s comin’ to town this [...]
