what a lovely unexpected touch – the lovely fruity aperitive cocktail with a heart shaped pineapple piece over the rim, and the red rose that all guests received at the Phang-Nga Bay Thai Restaurant. Mind you – why is it unexpected – well in New Zealand that has never happened. Generally someone comes in with [...]
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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, rooks, [...]
I know we are besotted by the birds here in the Netherlands and my all time favourite is the Swan, but then it could be the Jay or even the Tits or the Robin or ???. Yes we are besotted.
Today I am having a Jay experience I could never have imagined. We had considered that [...]
JJ is studying Dutch, and came home with a new word for us last week. It appears that your local cafe/bar/pub whatever you call it, is your “Stamcafe”.
In the short time we have been here we have visited more than 3 times each “a local” and we have enjoyed them all. BUT our local [...]
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