We are having major computer issues – laptop is having its hard drive replaced – you know the one – slot out, slot in – but here in the Netherlands it takes from 2 to 4 weeks apparently. So far we are in week 3. Don’t think Acer and Computerland are doing any kind of [...]
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Trams in Amsterdam are run by the Gemeente Vervoerbedrijf (GVB for short. It means, as far as my limited Dutch can assess, “Local Government Transport Business”). On Thursday morning, 25 November 2010, I caught a Number 9 tram from Amsterdam Central Station to Alexander Square. I don’t remember the exact time – shortly before 10:00 [...]
Thank you for all the advice. We have set 4 traps (we do know it is not mouse friendly to do so – so do not remind us of that fact please), and we are pleased to report that no mouse has entered a trap since our first post on this matter – and even [...]
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 [...]
or do we have a family of mice – I don’t know, I only see the evidence of their presence. What to do???? We have 2 spunky mouse traps – that capture the offending bench crappers and kills them, neatly. BUT what does one use to attract these mice. Nothing according to the mouse trap [...]
The law has been changed or is being changed to make it illegal to use a mobile phone in a car. Hey, that is good, isn’t it? But the mutterings are regarding mobile phone use, you guessed it, on bicycles. Why not make it illegal to use a mobile on a bicycle as well? Well [...]
We three (Best Beloved, son, and myself) took a ride on our bicycles to the beach at Parnassia on Saturday. Of course we rode into the wind going out and into the wind for most of the ride back home again. The starting point was Haarlem, out throught the Kennemer Dunes (Duinen) to the beach [...]
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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It is cold and miserable if you are a bird here in Haarlem right now, except if you are a smallish bird within 500 metres of this house. The bird restaurant is very busy every day – yesterday saw visits from the blue & great tits, a tree creeper, a robin, 1 jay, black birds, [...]
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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