Posted in arts, cultural, entertainment, tagged bands, domtoren, music, video on July 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
After my last post about the sounds of Utrecht and my recording of the Dom Toren chiming the noon hour, it seemed appropriate to post the following video, since it has double relevance.
Thanks to Kay’s informative comment about the prevalence of carillons here in the Netherlands, I learned a bit more [...]
Posted in cultural, tagged audio, domtoren, festivals, neighborhood, sounds, video on July 22, 2009 | 7 Comments »
As I sit here surrounded by silence that is broken only by the ticking of the clock, I find myself pondering the sounds that I have come to associate so closely with Utrecht. Living here in the city center, we get our fair share of noise, but we still manage to have our fair share [...]
Posted in work, tagged tourism, tv, websites, writing on July 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Thanks to Aga, one of the lovely people who actually reads this blog, I recently received the opportunity to start blogging for Trippist.com, a site designed to help visitors to the Netherlands find out about some of the events going on throughout the country. It started primarily focusing on Amsterdam — what else is new [...]
Posted in news, tagged brandweer, emergency, fire, neighborhood, photos on July 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I awoke this morning to the sound of sirens. At first I thought that it was perhaps the police finally going to intervene in the all-night student party going on nearby (at 7 a.m. I could still hear the remnants of the party). Then a strange, loud noise started up, making it impossible to drift [...]
Posted in holidays, tagged holidays, photos on July 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Happy Independence Day to all my fellow Americans, no matter where you’re living.
OK, I had to add this. It’s beautiful!
Posted in entertainment, tagged film, language on July 2, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Eddie Izzard has a joke about the Dutch, saying it’s impossible for them to speak four languages: How do they fit them all in their head? Nobody can speak four languages!
Tonight, I felt almost Dutch. We were watching an English-language film, but it was taking place in Italy. One character was speaking Italian, so the [...]
Posted in weather, tagged flamingo, heat, Orlando, photos, weather on July 2, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Hot. With more hot expected.
I’m pretty sure that’s the forecast through the weekend. Europe seems to be in the midst of a bit of a heat wave recently, and for once, we haven’t been left out. As of right now, I believe the temperature is 31C/87F. Part of me thinks, no, it can’t be that [...]
I believe the words that escaped my lips were, “You have got to be kidding me.”
The reason for this? It was dark, I was awake, and the clock said 4:18 a.m. Second day in a row. This time I was awakened by someone outside on the street below yelling some sort of nonsense. This was [...]
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