Tag Archives: Netherlands

Ben je slimmer dan een kind? is the Dutch version of the American TV show Are you smarter than a 5th grader? and is my latest discovery for a fun way to learn more of the language. I’m not sure what it is I like so much about this show but I’m pretty sure that it’s the fact that I …

For the last few weeks things have been really tight here financially.  With our trip to Canada and our end of year bills, we were so broke we squeaked.  Thankfully things turned around the other day when money we were waiting for had come in.    I’ve been on a huge cross stitching kick lately and wanted some new new threads, …

On the way through the airport in Amsterdam I asked Xander if there is a term in Dutch similar to Home Sweet Home, he said Oost West Thuis Best, which means East West Home Best.  Works for me… The traveling was long and tiring but we are finally back in the Netherlands and battling our jet lag (the jet lag …

After my post about the naughty Dutch ad,  I was talking to my friend Matt the other day about Dutch accents.  While I was looking for some videos to show him as an example I came across a lot of the funny Dutch television ads that have been played here over the last few years.    I couldn’t stop watching them, …

I was just arsing around and found this random website with a video saying that it is the most inappropriate TV commercial ever, and how some countries can get away with anything. In my mind I said… how much do you bet it’s a Dutch ad.  Sure enough, it is.  Check it out:

This past weekend Xander and I went to visit our friends Penny and Yuri.  They are housesitting for Yuri’s boss here in Rotterdam and it’s been great having them so close.  They live in Roosendaal, about a 35-40 minute drive from us, so we get together once every 1-2 weeks if we are lucky. The place they are housesitting is like …

… but it’s finally here! Today was such a great day, we woke up and the sun was shining and it was like summer had been here all along.   People were out in their shorts and tank tops enjoying the weather, it was great. At 11am we went to see the new Fantastic Four movie, which was really good!  Part …

Friday afternoon my friend Penny came over for the afternoon to watch some chick flicks.  We watched Studio 54 and Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.  After my KD and Wieners I had a craving for regular hotdogs so we went and picked some up at the Plus (our local supermarket). When we got home we went straight to the kitchen …

Today I am FOADing the Canadian Embassy in The Netherlands, and possibly the Dutch influence on them.   How friggin’ hard can it be to change your surname when you get married?!  I mean, seriously!! These people make me insane! I’ve been trying to sort out a new passport because we are going back to Canada in October on holiday.   My old passport …

It’s thundering outside with some lightning but I never bother to look at the lightning here because you can’t actually see it. I wish we got really cool fork lightning here that I could take photos of, but we just get the white sky kind. The closer it gets to summer the more and more irritated I’m getting watching people …

Yesterday me and the girls went to Kinderdijk which was really cool.  I can’t believe I’ve been living here almost 8 years and hadn’t been there yet! If you are wondering what Kinderdijk is, it’s just a nice place just outside of Rotterdam where there’s a buttload of pretty windmills to take pics of. This is me in front of …