So much is going on that I need to just get you up to date in one fell swoop! So here we go… 1) The elections: the “libertarian lite” VVD party won (31 seats), followed by Labor (30 seats) and then… gasp!… the anti-immigrant, anti-Islam PVV (24 seats, up from 8!). There was no majority, [...]
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World Cup Madness!
Posted in Adventures, Neighborhood, Sights, Sport, Travel, tagged fans, FIFA, football, Nederlands Elf Tal, netherlands, Orange Army, soccer, South Africa, World Cup on 15 June 2010 | Leave a Comment »
World Cup fever is raging here in the Netherlands. I have been totally remiss in documenting the build-up to the first match (NL 2 – DK 0!), but the country is just covered in flags, signs, banners and pendants in red, white, blue and orange. A week ago we went for a drive around Wouter’s [...]
Dutch rush hour
Posted in Adventures, Cultural Differences, Cycling, Neighborhood, Sport, tagged bicycle, bike, cycle, cycling, facts, holland, netherlands, rush hour, utrecht, video, youtube on 1 June 2010 | 3 Comments »
Some fun facts: There are more bikes than people in Amsterdam A quarter of all trips are made by bicycle in the Netherlands (in some cities half of all trips are made by bicycle) Wouter’s niece is 4 and is already a master of the two-wheeler (without training wheels) In a collision between a car [...]
Giro d’Italia in Amsterdam… Andiamo, andiamo!
Posted in Adventures, Neighborhood, Sights, Sport, tagged amsterdam, bicycle, bike, cycling, giro, giro d'italia, grand, grand tour, grandtour, italy, pro cycling, pro tour, professional cycling, protour, race, sport, tour, UCI, zuidas on 11 May 2010 | 1 Comment »
It is amazing how much stuff there is to do when one lives in a world-class city. Sure, no matter the size of the city, there is always something to do– it’s only a matter of keeping your eyes peeled. But it seems like fun just finds me here– like this Sunday when a world-class [...]
Are you ready for some football?? (Er, soccer.)
Posted in Adventures, Sport on 4 March 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On Wednesday (March 3rd, for those of you scoring me on truancy ), Wouter and I attended a friendly soccer match between the United States and the Netherlands national teams. One of my “life list” goals was to see the Dutch National Team (or, in Dutch, Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond) play a match in the Amsterdam [...]
NL vs. USA
Posted in Adventures, Cultural Differences, Sport on 22 January 2010 | Leave a Comment »
No, this isn’t going to be a long-winded comparison between the two countries. Nor will it be a short-winded comparison. Wout got us tickets to see the Netherlands and the United States play football/soccer at Amsterdam ArenA on March 3rd! Would dressing all in red-white-and-blue and donning an American flag cape be too much? (Whoa, [...]
