Tag Archives: Netherlands

Yesterday is snowed in the Netherlands and I woke up and squealed like a crazy person.  Thankfully I was home alone as it was one of the few days this month that my husband was called in to work.  I thought about going out to take photos but it was so dark and dreary that I decided not to.  This …

Before Friday I had no idea that there was a Christmas Market at Kasteel Keukenhof, but thankfully DutchBitch not only told me about it but gave us her mother’s free pass to the grounds!  So not only did we get in for free, but I finally got to meet her after years of reading each other’s blogs and chatting on …

Actually, no… don’t! A week from today I have my 2nd appointment for a Gastroscopy, not fun.  It goes a little something like this… I just had it done on the 18th, and you’d think once would be enough but please… this is me we’re taking about.  It goes without saying that my body will play evil tricks on me …

Today I am in the best mood.  I’m not sure why, considering I was dragged out of a dead sleep by the cramps from hell… which ordinarily would leave me in a positively foul mood, but I won’t question it! It’s a dark, grey, rainy and dreary day today in the Netherlands and instead of feeling sad and blue I …

Do you remember ages ago when I made a post about Fox News and their opinions on the Netherlands?  Well, the bastards are at it again!  Recently a video has come out where Bill O’Reilly gave his backwards opinions on Amsterdam.  FU Bill O’Reilly, FU!!! Sometimes I think this is more home than even I realize because when I see …

This past weekend I went on a sailing trip to Friesland with my photography club.   It was organized by one of our members who is from there and used to work at a sailing club teaching lessons when he was younger.   It was SO much fun! On Friday night we arrived in the village of Heeg, where we would be …

This is the weather forecast for Rotterdam for the coming days.  The top bit is the weather conditions here this morning.  ONE HUNDRED FREAKIN’ PERCENT HUMIDITY.  You can literally see the air, you can feel it.  It’s disgusting.  This is summer in the Netherlands. This weekend I was in Friesland with my photography club.  We went sailing and visiting some …

On Sunday Xander and I went to the Biesbosch in Brabant, just south of here.  It’s quite lovely around there with lots of water and nature.  There are boats you can rent to see the area from a different perspective and lots of trails for biking and hiking.   We drove around the area for a few hours, stopping every so …

Ok, so yesterday I wrote about a teacher who was canned from her job because she decided she didn’t want to shake hands with men anymore.  Apparently, she made this decision for religious reasons and that didn’t really jive with the Dutch way of life. Now today I read this article over at DutchNews.nl about a teacher who was suspended …

A recent article caught my eye about a teacher here in the Netherlands who faced losing her job because she decided, for religious reasons, that she didn’t want to shake hands with men anymore.  Here is the article from DutchNews.nl: A school in Utrecht was within its rights to sack a female teacher who refused to shake hands with men …

Well the blood work came back and the only thing that showed up was that my glucose was high.  I phoned the doctor and was surprised when All In Your Head Doc’s wife answered.   She was the ‘nice’ one (if you use a really wonky scale of what is nice, I mean).  Here’s the conversation: “Hello this is *Name*Birthday* calling …