Saturday – the Annual floral parade to Haarlem, from Noordwijk – so if you are in the Netherlands and close to Haarlem or anywhere on the route – check with your hotel concierge – because this a parade that should be missed.
The theme this year is “Journey through Europe”
This will be the 63rd [...]
Continue reading about Saturday 24th April – the annual flower parade to Haarlem – Bloemencorsodag
Official figures show a dramatic reduction in the number of bikes stolen in the Netherlands last year. The Dutch are well-known as a nation of cyclists and bike theft causes much irritation.
Just over half a million bicycles were taken in 2009 compared to about three-quarters of a million in 2006. This is down to measures [...]
In the Netherlands one buys Chips / Frites at a Chip Shop or is it a Frites Shop. It comes in a paper cone and it is slathered with mayonnaise and/or ketchup or some other saucy offerings and is often served with a serviette (necessary with all that sauce), and a little plastic or wooden [...]
At Uncle Bruces – reminder to add stuff
Here we are in the Netherlands alone, together for New Years Eve 2008. Our first ever here, but our second in Europe as we spent New Years Eve in Switzerland in 2005 with our son.
We haven’t even partaken of schnapps or herrings – all the normal things that we would be doing in New Zealand [...]
