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Things You Run Into

We went over to the shopping center (the Hoog Catharijne) yesterday to check out the sale going on at V&D. No luck, unfortunately. Then we headed across to the train station, to pick up a few odds and ends from the Albert Heijn To-Go store, which is located in the terminal. Being Sunday, it was [...]

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A Grey Dawn Breaking

Sea Fever
by John Masefield
I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;
And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn [...]

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Stunten Op De Miniramp
Originally uploaded by indigo_jones

It’s that time of the month again: Cultural Sunday! Sadly, the weather isn’t really cooperating for parts of it. Fortunately, there are many indoor events, as well. I suspect with the approach of autumn/winter, more of the events will be indoors.
As our Dutch is still limited to discussion of [...]

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I just took Pippo out for a walk and as we were coming back and reached the area where all the cafés/bars are, a woman across the street from me was obviously looking at me and speaking to me. The usual moment of panic set in, but then it clicked as to what she was [...]

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Meet Welpie, the little lion given away with each €15 purchase at Albert Heijn, the local grocery chain. He’s in celebration of the Euro Cup ‘08, which began Saturday. Sunday was the first match between the Netherlands and Italy, who happen to be in the same group. Bad luck.
We had a standing invitation at the [...]

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