Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Albert Heijn, Catarina Chronicles, Change, Culture, Crosscultural, Intercultural & Multicultural, Dutch Life, Expat Life, Expat Transitions & Change, Netherlands, Repatriation, tagged Albert Heijn grocery store, doppelganger, Dutch countryside, ginger cookies, here and now, icicles, icy, memories, mint tea, skating, sneeuw, snow, snow-covered trees, there and then, tram, windmills, winter, winter wonderland on February 13, 2014 | 6 Comments »
What a difference a snowfall makes. Actually, it’s our third of the winter. I’m from upstate New York so we don’t count flurries or dustings or even light coatings. If it doesn’t stay on the ground and can’t be measured in inches, sometimes feet, it doesn’t count. So with a good six+ inches of unspoiled […]
Posted in Albert Heijn, Dutch Life, Expat Life, Netherlands, tagged snow, winter on December 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
No, really, that’s the Dutch word for snow. It’s been snowing since before dawn. Son’s and Daughter’s school closed a little early (but not before the students finished their last midterm exam). It’s our second winter storm of the season, and it’s beautiful. Back when we lived in the Washington, DC area, whenever it snowed […]
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