This time yesterday I had never heard of Naarden, now it is on my list of places I really fancy visiting – and unlike most of the other places on my list (e.g. Tromso, Uruguay) it is actually affordable to get to. If, like me yesterday, you aren’t aware of the place then I defy […]
Entries Tagged as 'Netherlands'
Piet Koopt Hoge Schoenen
July 27th, 2010 · Comments Off on Piet Koopt Hoge Schoenen · Uncategorized
I have just finished reading Amsterdam from the ‘City-Pick series of books, which I got through Amazon’s Vine programme. It is a collection of snippets from literature about the city.  I must have visited Amsterdam more than anywhere other city except Paris and can find my way round it better than anywhere except London, but […]
Tags: Amsterdam·Books·Netherlands·Reviews·Vine
Street Life
March 25th, 2009 · Comments Off on Street Life · Life, Technology
I am really loving Google’s Street View at the moment.  Google’s cameras have not yet penetrated West Sussex so I can’t look at my house, but that doesn’t bother me too much: if I wanted to do that I could just go outside.  What I have been doing is ‘visiting’ old haunts to see if […]
Dank u wel
June 13th, 2008 · Comments Off on Dank u wel · Life
Many thanks to the Netherlands for providing some top entertainment today. Not only have their games been tremendously watchable, but they have now made sure that next week’s France/Italy game has the potential to be a real battle. The game was not as one-sided as the 4-1 result might imply: France still looked dangerous, especially […]
Tags: Football·France·Netherlands
Euro 2008 finally kicks off
June 10th, 2008 · Comments Off on Euro 2008 finally kicks off · Life
OK, so it officially started at the weekend, but it hasn’t been terribly exciting before today. The Croatia result was good for those of us who drew them in the sweepstake ((having the boss get Austria was just the icing on the cake)) but it was hardly a game to remember. Today though: the Holland/Italy […]
Tags: Europe·Football·Netherlands
Overseas jollies
December 28th, 2006 · Comments Off on Overseas jollies · Politics
The other story in the Crawley News today was about expenses for councillors on fact-finding visits to Liverpool and Rotterdam. The facts appear to be that a group of 7 officers and 6 councillors went on visits to compare town centres to help them with planning the major redevelopment of Crawley, the developers paid for […]
Tags: Buildings·Crawley·Crawley Council·Local Papers·Netherlands·Town Planning
Rijkswidget
November 29th, 2006 · Comments Off on Rijkswidget · Technology
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is really in a league of its own as far as official museum websites go. Most major museums have the ability to view their collections online (except the Museo del Prado which either does not have the facility or has it very well-hidden) but they are often only in low-res small […]
Tags: Art·Netherlands
Its what I would have chosen.
May 17th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Life
Apparently I belong in Amsterdam. I try to avoid all those quiz things, but often give in to temptation, as I did with this one called what European city do you belong in? from Blogthings. The thing is, this one has got it exactly right. There are a few places in the World where I […]
Tags: Memes·Netherlands
Bad art
May 23rd, 2005 · Comments Off on Bad art · Life
I have been trying to get artistic with my new freeware photo editing software. Its not easy for me – I really do have no artistic talent at all. Maybe I will improve with practice? he first fruits of this endevour are a bit of a tweak to the photo on my profile (must take […]
Tags: Art·Holidays·Netherlands·Photos
Amsterdam
February 18th, 2005 · Comments Off on Amsterdam · Life
This week we are childless. Frankie has gone on a week’s ski trip with his school, and the two youngest have gone to stay with grandparents for half-term, so we decided to take a little break and went over to Amsterdam for a couple of days. After the experience of booking through eBookers I was […]
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