All Entries Tagged With: "living in The Netherlands"
Weekend Wrap-up
On Friday, I rode out the the Centrum to see what I could see. Mostly it was a bunch of families enjoying the day together. Lots of homes and business flying the Netherlands flag. By the way, have you ever heard the Dutch National Anthem? It’s very regal sounding. I thought its history was quite [...]
Den Haag, Netherlands: Koninnenacht
Last night, the Netherlands celebrated Koninnenacht, which to my understanding, is the “party hearty” portion of Queen’s Day. Some of the main streets in the Centrum were converted into pedestrian zones for the occasion, basically turning the middle of Den Haag into a big festival. Roxi and I were invited to a friend’s house* for pre-Koninnenacht drinks. [...]
Winding down
I finally bought my first bunch of tulips in Holland on Saturday. Shame on me for not buying some sooner, huh? Well we’ve had tulips and other flowers in our house here, but they’ve been gifts :-) The house is so quiet today. Papa DJ flew back to Texas yesterday morning. His visit with us was [...]
Grounded in London
An ash-y sunset this evening in Den Haag? Hmmm. Not sure about that. Still pretty, though. Poor Mr. DJ. Early this morning, he flew into London for a few hours of meetings. On his way to the airport this afternoon, he found out that all flights out of London were cancelled due to suspended ash [...]
Spring Cleaning
Locally grown lemons, Cinque Terre, Italy. We’ve had beautiful weather here in Den Haag lately. The only trouble with having such bright sun is now I can see all of the dust in my house! I took a few hours today to go through a bunch of papers, dust, vacuum, clean out my pantry, blah [...]
Eeyore weather
It’s been dark and gloomy these last few days. Lots of strong wind, rain, and occasionally some sleet. I wish someone would say: “April Fools! Here’s your beautiful Spring weather back.” [Edited 7:00 pm to add: Mother Nature took pity on us and offered a sun-filled afternoon. Still lots of wind, but I felt those [...]
“Beside the lake, Beneath the Trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.”
These lovelies are finally in bloom. Such pretty golden faces. And now, I leave you with this. :-)
Roxi in Turkey
A couple of weeks ago, Roxi had the most amazing experience–she flew to Ankara, Turkey to participate in the AMIS International Honour Band and Choir Festival. Roxi and 12 other students (6 choir, 7 band) plus their chaperones flew out of Amsterdam early Wednesday morning. They arrived in sunny Ankara later that afternoon. Most of these [...]
Don’t forget to change your clocks!
We “spring forward” to EU/British Summer Time here this weekend. You know what that means… one lost hour of sleep! LOL Have a great weekend anyway :-)
