Archive for October, 2008
October 29, 2008
This ………..
Now to give you an idea how much €7,40 is for two, that’s right… TWO…
Canadian – $11.94
American – $9.43
Pounds – £5.89
Denmark Krone – kr 55.1171
Thailand Baht – ฿ 329.493
Japanese Yen – ¥ 914.560
So you see…for a squash and a pumpkin it really isn’t a cheap meal! This is going to be one expensive soup.
And [...]
Categories: Netherlands
Tags: food, money, pumpkin, squash
Comments: 8 Comments
October 25, 2008
Well I’m home… after a wonderful two days in Paris I am back in the Netherlands. The start of the trip was pretty uneventful, we left around 8:30, dropped off Stoney, then headed off towards France. During the trip down we had good weather and little traffic. Going through Belgium was pretty much trouble free [...]
Categories: Netherlands
Tags: Eiffel Tower, Paris, Travel
Comments: 7 Comments
October 21, 2008
I’M GOING TO PARIS!! Ok, it is only for a day but still I’M GOING TO PARIS!! Yes, I have been there before but still I’M GOING TO PARIS!! And even though I have to do the touristy things along since Frank is working, it is ok because I’M GOING TO PARIS!! Now you might [...]
Categories: Netherlands
Comments: 10 Comments
October 14, 2008
Autumn has always been my favourite time of year, I love the warmish days and the crisp cool nights where you either need the extra blanket or the good old flannels. I like being able to wear jeans and a light sweater with out suffocating from the heat or freezing to death. But most of [...]
Categories: Netherlands
Tags: colour, fall, leaves, Netherlands
Comments: 7 Comments
October 13, 2008
Well Happy Thanksgiving everyone, here in the Netherlands they don’t celebrate this holiday so I miss out on the turkey and stuffing. Also because I didn’t order the turkey in advance from the butcher… oh and because it costs a small mortgage to get one. But nevertheless, I will have a turkey this year at some point. [...]
Categories: Netherlands
Tags: food, Netherlands, Thanksgiving, Turkey
Comments: 4 Comments
October 6, 2008
Well for some reason I can’t sleep, it could be that I really didn’t do much today, or the fact I didn’t roll out of bed until 11am, or just one of those nights where Mr. Sandman is a little late. Either way, I’m up.
So I made myself some hot chocolate and let me tell [...]
Categories: Netherlands
Tags: awake, chocolate, food, Netherlands
Comments: 7 Comments
October 2, 2008
Well I took a trip to Utrecht today to pick up my permit at the IND office. Now why didn’t they send us to this office in the first place instead of the one in Zwolle is beyond me. But today I got on my bike, headed down to the station, got on the train [...]
Categories: Netherlands, Shopping
Tags: boots, IND, Netherlands, permit, Purses, Utrecht
Comments: 10 Comments