Tag Archives: Dutch

When I was out with my friend Penny the other day we were talking about Rotterdam and how it’s changed because of World War II, and it got me to thinking about how different things might be here had it all never happened. You see, during the war, the Nazis bombed the city center to bits.  They didn’t just blow …

I’m ripping this post off from A Touch of Dutch where she also posted this video today (linked same video for Facebook notes cuz the stupid thing doesn’t import them properly).   It’s a video with just music and photos showing typisch Nederlands (Typical Dutch).   It shows what the Netherlands is mostly made up of and gives you non-Dutch / non-Netherlands-dwellers …

One thing you can never say about the Dutch is that they aren’t patriotic.  Especially when it comes to football!   This past weekend Holland lost to Russia and are out of the semi finals. It sucks, but the Dutch milked the short ride for all it was worth.   Everywhere you looked was ORANJE (orange), which is the true color of …

Apparently Dutch kids are the happiest in the western world.   From DutchNews.NL: Dutch children are the happiest in the western world, according to a new World Health Organisation survey of 41 European and North American countries, quoted in Wednesday’s Volkskrant. Last year, a Unicef report also found that Dutch teenagers were the happiest in the developed world. The WHO report …

On Correr Es Mi Destino, fellow expat Zhu wrote about Stuff Canadians Like.   She is sort of the opposite of me, having gone from Europe to Canada and having to get used to my country’s customs and weird ways.   I have to admit, I like pretty much everything she listed. It made me think of what would be on a …

Them meaning, the Dutchies.   I know, I know… I didn’t think it would ever happened either and yes, I did check to see if monkeys are flying out of my arse.   I can’t help it though, even without trying I’m finding things I really love about this place. One of the most recent things is Marco Borsato.  I’m not sure …

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 …

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:

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 …