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 Adventures Big & Small, Blogging, Expat Life, Netherlands, tagged embarrassment, fear, flashback, memories, Netherlands, North Sea, seagulls, terror, The Hague, university campus, winter, wolves on March 3, 2012 | 10 Comments »
I don’t know why it is, but this week appears to have been secretly designated ‘Odd Memory Flashback Week’ in the blogosphere. I guess I just didn’t get the memo. For the second time (you can catch the first here at The Upside of Humor) in just a few days, I’ve been visited by a […]
Posted in Dutch Life, Netherlands, tagged darkness, daylight, latitude, Netherlands, Scandinavia, summer, sunshine, winter on July 16, 2011 | 10 Comments »
High on my priority list these days is getting outside and enjoying the fresh air and warm weather. And of course, the sunshine. I realize that statement isn’t particularly earth-shattering. It is summertime, after all. Why wouldn’t I? For those of us raised in the northern hemisphere, we’re accustomed to […]
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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