Sunday morning I woke up and my back was still killing me, but I couldn’t stand the thought of not making it to Keukenhof.  The last time I was there was about 8 years ago and I was due for another visit.  I packed my camera bag with painkillers and tried to take the Suck it up, Buttercup approach. It …

Ok, so as I mentioned in my post about my latest visit to the Doc the one thing he did agree to do was to send me to get x-rays of my foot.   I’d stepped on one of the dogs toys months ago and my foot has been bothering me since.  After squeezing around my pinky toe for a while …

If you have two dogs, and you use those extension leads with the big plastic handles… don’t do like I did today and think you can hold both of them and your camera at the same time.  Whatever is out there can wait.  Otherwise, you will just end up deciding it’s a good idea to put one lead between your …

April doet wat hij wil is a saying about the spring weather in the Netherlands.  It means “April does what it wants”, and boy does it!   A lot of people get irritated by not knowing what the weather will be like from one moment to the next, but I like it.   We go from days of 20-25 degree sunny weather, …

As you know, I’m a big Reality TV junkie.  I’ve been subjecting myself to the insanity of American Idol for years, even though I not-so-secretly hate it.   I’ve watched Project Runway, Survivor, The Amazing Race, Hell’s Kitchen and endless other reality shows as well.   I’m not sure why I like it, but I think a part of it is watching …

I hope everyone is having a good weekend!   Things are great here in the Soldaat household!  Hubby has taken an extra long weekend so he is off for four days, thank god!   After having him home every day for months and months when he was working from home, having him back in the office has been a bit of an …

Best April fools joke ever. I don’t know how she managed to keep a straight face!  My favorite bit is the look on the guy’s face after she mentions Seal and he clues in to who she is!

A while back I blogged about some funny Dutch TV ads, and every time I’ve seen the above ad I’ve meant to put it on here as well but kept forgetting. I just saw this at 7pm on a Sunday evening while sitting and watching some TV after dinner.   Even after living here almost 10 years I still can’t help …

Every so often I browse through the events that will be happening at the Ahoy here in Rotterdam, which is where most of the big shows take place.  It’s only about 5 minutes from my house and there are big concerts going on there all the time.  I’ve never been to any, although I did see Cirque du Soliel’s Dralion …

At least that’s what my doctor said the other day when in the process of telling me why he won’t help me.  Nice. One common theme among expats here in NL is their dislike and distrust of Dutch doctors.  I’ve always sort of been on the fence because I’ve never had a truly horrendous experience like some others have, but …

This weekend I went on my first outing with my new photo club.  I was a bit nervous as I didn’t know anyone other than my friend Heather, but I liked the fact that it was a smaller gathering.  I’m more comfortable in those kinds of situations and thought it would give me a good chance to meet some of …