In short – no we are not We are not in good shape for our ride – but we are working on it. And we will have time to do it, the trip I mean, after all Best Beloved will have retired – (forced to retire, unheard of in New Zealand), so we have nowhere [...]
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There you go – our first bike ride in our training program – for our bike ride to Switzerland from Haarlem in the Netherlands at the end of Best Beloveds job here come August this year. And we did manage a pathetic ride of 12.5k’s – and as it always does – the wind blew [...]
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Yes we cycle. And we have decided to cycle from Haarlem to our son in Untersiggenthal in Switzerland in August this year. Could be a crazy thing – two 60+ers and two 2nd hand city bikes and about 900k between our two homes. So I bought a book. Cycle for Life Bike Basics + Body [...]
On Saturday we did go and watch the Irish play the All Blacks at “The Tara Irish Pub” on Rokin in Amsterdam. There were hundreds of bicycles and people everywhere on the way which is unusual and it was very difficult to negotiate our way through the crowds and the bicycles to proceed to the [...]
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Sinterklaas arrives today at 1pm by boat and will alight at the Teylers Museum after travelling along the Spaarne on his journey from Spain. And we will be there and record what we can of this event as a Mormor and a Grandad from New Zealand. I was born in Denmark – hence Mormor, Grandad [...]
We (Best Beloved and I) shopped in Haarlem for a few important things – like coffee, tobacco and Dilmah Supreme Ceylon tea. You do know of course that tobacco is not important to me, but along with excellent coffee and tea tobacco keeps Best Beloved on good behaviour. And we purchased Christmas lights, Christmas presents, [...]
On Sunday we went for a short, meandering bike ride, ostensibly to pick blackberries between Haarlem and Sloterdijk. We were armed with containers for the blackberries, sandwiches and liquid – a couple of cans of beer and fruit juices. Yes we picked blackberries, Yes there were plenty, but we were wearing sandals and that is [...]
Today is the spring equinox, and the first official day of spring in the Netherlands. In this lovely Northern land, seasons have so much more meaning than in countries closer to the equator. You feel each new season with all your senses, in sharp contrast to the last one. The transition from one to another [...]
Now I do think there will be many of you who have seen some of this activity – because I keep telling you all about it. Read all about it Headline in the paper (well on a website) Read all about it There is a tree – it has a scarf, it has now had [...]
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Expat Voices: 25/01/10 ConnieLene Johnston on living in the Netherlands Danish expat ConnieLene Johnston, who moved to the Netherlands from New Zealand, is ecstatic about Dutch bird life but cannot abide the way the Dutch simply park their bikes at any spot convenient to them. However, she has managed to join a group to continue [...]
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