blog in chronological order
- June 2008
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27/06/2008 - What's the story with Dutch surnames?...
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12/06/2008 - Where to buy Dutch ice-cream...
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12/06/2008 - "Yes" or "no" to the Lisbon Treaty...
- May 2008
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30/05/2008 - Photo story: Through the eyes of Expatica readers...
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29/05/2008 - Elementary, my dear Dutchie...
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27/05/2008 - A policeman calls...
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19/05/2008 - Arriving aliens...
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09/05/2008 - The spotlight effect...
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08/05/2008 - The jester, expat communities and the Internet revolution...
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05/05/2008 - Queen's Day Rotterdam: Rowdier than 'rustig'...
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05/05/2008 - Queen's Day Amsterdam 2008: Boats, trash and fun...
- April 2008
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29/04/2008 - Writing what you want to read...
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28/04/2008 - The Qur’an translated into Dutch...
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22/04/2008 - Lady of the lies...
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11/04/2008 - How do you keep fit?...
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01/04/2008 - Taking the best of both sides...
- March 2008
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28/03/2008 - A most ingenious paradox...
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25/03/2008 - Critical Eye: the frog lady...
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15/03/2008 - Paddy power and Dutch courage...
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14/03/2008 - Such a flap over Eurovision contender...
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13/03/2008 - The resurrection of Pontius Pilatus...
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11/03/2008 - Primary '08: What Americans home and abroad probably missed...
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09/03/2008 - Dutch couples should go forth and multiply...
- February 2008
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26/02/2008 - For the love of bureaucracy...
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15/02/2008 - Facing the music...
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08/02/2008 - Dogtown...
- January 2008
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29/01/2008 - Smell the coffee...
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25/01/2008 - Dutch expats comment on Wilders' film...
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23/01/2008 - Critical Eye: Forty nights and a hamster...
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22/01/2008 - Wilders and the Dutch image...
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18/01/2008 - A helping hound in Holland...
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09/01/2008 - The almost Expat...
- December 2007
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18/12/2007 - The root of happiness...
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11/12/2007 - Islamic bullfighting...
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03/12/2007 - Does the Netherlands meet your expectations?...
- November 2007
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30/11/2007 - In the 'spits'...
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21/11/2007 - In search of the Great American Thanksgiving Feast...
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19/11/2007 - Where the Fourth Estate fails, Disney steps in...
- October 2007
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23/10/2007 - Of goats, donks and bikes...
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16/10/2007 - No fun being a foreigner...
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11/10/2007 - What's in a culture - part I...
- September 2007
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28/09/2007 - California State of mind meets Dutch way of life...
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17/09/2007 - Wet summers and SUVs...
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06/09/2007 - 'Ik spreek Nederlands hoor'...
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01/09/2007 - Seasonal politics: Sinterklaas vs Santa Claus...
- August 2007
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24/08/2007 - Annual pilgrimage to Lowlands...
- July 2007
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10/07/2007 - Vigilance is valuable...
- June 2007
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28/06/2007 - Concerning rubbish attitudes...
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21/06/2007 - Snobbery in the brickwork...
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14/06/2007 - Body parts and trade rules...
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07/06/2007 - Travellers of conscience, and tourists (part III)...
- May 2007
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31/05/2007 - Keep me safe, please?...
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31/05/2007 - There's a positive side to paranoia...
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24/05/2007 - Don't freeze my bread...
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16/05/2007 - Pedestrianism is a calling...
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10/05/2007 - The Maxima and the Minima...
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08/05/2007 - Travellers of conscience, and tourists (part II)...
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07/05/2007 - Neo-Nazi or X factor?...
- April 2007
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26/04/2007 - "Lock up your grannies – British Bankers are coming!"...
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18/04/2007 - Travellers of conscience, and tourists (Part I)...
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18/04/2007 - The right to know...
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18/04/2007 - Who is Michaela?...
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12/04/2007 - Cycling in Britain?...
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05/04/2007 - Bricks and posteriors...
- March 2007
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30/03/2007 - What's eating Geert Wilders?...
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29/03/2007 - Who is Michael Dawkes?...
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29/03/2007 - Conforming to norms...
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15/03/2007 - Geert Wilders' McCarthyism...
- February 2007
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22/02/2007 - Solar, Not Nuclear...
- December 2006
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23/12/2006 - Where's my Christmas gift?...
- November 2006
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29/11/2006 - S.O.S.ocial Graces...
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16/11/2006 - The joys of Dutch myths...
- October 2006
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19/10/2006 - Birthday walks in the autumn forest...
- August 2006
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28/08/2006 - They just don't fit...
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10/08/2006 - Old Europe - glorious or just mouldy...
- July 2006
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28/07/2006 - Heatwave...
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13/07/2006 - Dutch holiday essentials...
- June 2006
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15/06/2006 - Orange shocked...
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06/06/2006 - One cookie per tea conspiracy...
- May 2006
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30/05/2006 - How to go for the gold...
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29/05/2006 - Getting inside Dutch humour...
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22/05/2006 - Dutch proverbs...
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15/05/2006 - Summer pressures...
- April 2006
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28/04/2006 - Dutch Consumerism 101...
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21/04/2006 - My date with the inspection shelf...
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20/04/2006 - Your tips on Dutch life...
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13/04/2006 - Putting upwith Dutch words...
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13/04/2006 - Bike shock...
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07/04/2006 - Who is Dutched Pinay?...
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05/04/2006 - Save the seals...
- August 2003
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13/08/2003 - Zwarte Piet — a sinister symbol in a 'tolerant' country ...
disscussion forum
- Humour Stripped., by wesley-nl 05/07/2008 22:12
- Pets Anybody ever get complaints about their dog barking?, by russea 05/07/2008 21:44
- Humour Spanish lessons., by wesley-nl 05/07/2008 21:37
- South Africa Forum SA with Dutch passport but no clue where to start, by MarixMania 05/07/2008 21:21
- South Africa Forum Amanda Strydom in the Netherlands, by MarixMania 05/07/2008 21:17
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