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 [...]
There you go – we have succumbed to the lure of the car. Tis out now – we have driven ourselves by car – not public transport and bicycles in the UK We arrived home Sunday night, 10th October rather late, after a 10 day journey from Haarlem by train, via Ghent in Belgium, on [...]
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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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Our family came from Switzerland for Christmas and we were a little worried. Not because our house is small, with one tiny bathroom on the ground floor. Not because we have only one bedroom and they all had to sleep in the lounge on one fold out single bed, one 3 seater couch, and one [...]
Then believe it or not, Best Beloved and I had 12 marvellous days in Denmark, we went everywhere, we were taken everywhere, and had such a fantastic time. My Danish family were amazing and gave us a holiday to remember. Some of you will have heard the story that Best Beloved said 44 years ago [...]
We have had some of my Danish family here for a week – they stayed in Den Helder in the north of the Netherlands, and we visited them and they visited us here in Haarlem. We even took our bikes to Den Helder and across on the ferry to Texel for the day. That was [...]
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Continuing the story of our doctor / patient relationship (business partnership). The drugs that I use are for Asthma and I need a new prescription every 3 months. So I wandered back to the doctors to arrange an appointment to organise a new prescription. I did not phone for an appointment because I do not [...]
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