Recently in Lowlands Category
I'm back from a hectic trip to the Lowlands which was absolutely draining and I'm still recovering from all the stress and lack of sleep. Friday A. and I left at 07.45 to go and pick up the van, we ha...
Continue reading: The Move [part II] here...
I'm gonna be busy this week so no post probably [but you never know]... Had a busy Friday yesterday: visit to the hospital and meeting up for freelance work at Camden. I'll be working on some new stuf...
Continue reading: Chaotic Time here...
Today is Sinterklaas day in the Lowlands, a special day to look forward to when I was a kid since it is tradition in the Lowlands that all children will get presents today. Mind you, children that hav...
Continue reading: Saint Nicholas here...
Today is Leidens Ontzet which is a day of celebration in the town I was born, I've written a post two years ago about the siege of Leiden in 1574 by Spanish soldiers during the Eighty Year's War. Odd...
Continue reading: Leidens Ontzet here...
I wasn't pissed... honestly!
I was in trance!...
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Continue reading: Cockney vs Amsterdams here...
It's Wednesday and I'm still feeling tired and drained, I think I haven't had enough sleep last week; going to bed late and getting up early. I have a cold since Monday, I'm trying to fight it: I don'...
Continue reading: Maid Of Honor here...
It's Saturday morning, the day of the wedding. I have to get ready in a while so I won't be writing a long post. Yesterday morning I met up with Christiaan at 'De Prins' to have a chat with him, a per...
Continue reading: Wedding Day here...
Things have been hectic for two days and I was really tired last night [Wednesday] when I came home, I didn't feel like writing. I just went straight to bed asap to catch up on sleep... So I will try ...
Continue reading: Busy busy Bee... here...
I tried to get up early this morning but I seemed to be as quick as the speed of a really, really slow snail; it took me ages to get ready. I reckon it had to do with the fact that it was pissing down...
Continue reading: Pampering here...
It feels great to be back in the Lowlands... when I arrived at the airport yesterday it was raining but Dutch rain never felt this good before and it's so totally different from English rain, I swear!...
Continue reading: I'm Here! [or there...] here...
It's been a bit quiet on here lately: I haven't written anything since last Thursday when I found out about the recent infestation of Dutch caterpillars in London... I haven't written much since then ...
Continue reading: Meeting Of Minds here...
I have been invited by Kimm to come over and spent Queensday at the usual spots, Vondelpark and Cafe The Soundgarden but it would've been a last minute [therefore an expensive] decision. I wasn't real...
Continue reading: Hollandse Gezelligheid [Dutch Pleasantness] here...
I killed my taste buds licking stamps just now. I'm slightly recovered from the crime scene observation although still curious to know what was going on. I should be in bed but I had a terrible week o...
Continue reading: Taste Buds here...
To each of you in the Lowlands: have a great evening and hopefully you have been a good girl or boy this year so the holy man will reward you with tons of presents. Don't forget the carrot for his roy...
Continue reading: Sinterklaas here...
Today I'm supposed to eat 'haring en witte brood' ['herring and white bread', the type of bread that has no fibre in it at all] according to costums of the city where I was born some odd time ago. Eac...
Continue reading: Herring and Bread here...
Last Sunday we picked up my aunt from the airport and took her home; a 2 hours drive up north [which I drove]. It was a wonderful sunny day but waaaaaaaay to hot in the car because we couldn't open th...
Continue reading: So Much to Tell, So Little Time here...
Today the people of the city where I was born are celebrating. Each year there's a party going on because of a historical fact. I haven't been there for ages, well I have been there but not to celebra...
Continue reading: Leiden here...
We slept in again today and decided to take the car and go for a spin. We went south [the posh area: huge houses surrounded by trees and dunes] to a place where I used to go when I was a little girl w...
Continue reading: Sunny Afternoon here...
I didn't have time to write and to be honest I didn't feel like it either. My back has been a real pain for a week now and it is not getting better. We're finally home after driving for two days. I ju...
Continue reading: Finally Home here...
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