Things We Learn at the Potdeksel

Who says you can’t learn anything in a bar! We headed over to the Potdeksel last evening for an aperitif before dinner, since Merian and René were there (and we had no St. Maarten’s candy). While there, the subject of tongue-twisters seemed to come up and Kris suggested that if we can learn the following, [...]

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And Seven Ran …

Last night was Quiz Night again at the Potdeksel. As I’ve mentioned before, the quiz is in Dutch, unlike some of the other quiz night’s in town, although we’re fortunate that René is the quiz master, so he’s kind enough to translate when we don’t quite understand some of the questions. We can sometimes get [...]

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Dutch Twang

The title sounds quite naughty, doesn’t it. But get your minds out of the gutter — they’ll drown from all this rain — I’m talking about accents, particularly when singing bluegrass music. Friday night we went to the Potdeksel, as we’re wont to do. When we got there, I remembered that it was Utrecht’s night [...]

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Quiz Night

Since moving here, we’ve participated in a few quiz nights that have been held at the Potdeksel. They’ve always been special occasion evenings rather than a regular event. However, that is changing with the introduction of the Murphy’s Quiz Night, held the first Tuesday of every month. This week was the inaugural quiz night and [...]

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Star Gazing

After dinner last night, we headed over to the Potdeksel for a couple of drinks to celebrate G’s return home after a week-long trip to Italy. As we arrived, we saw a number of people — vaguely dressed up — hovering in the general area, along with a number of large black Land Rovers. We [...]

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There Be Giants There

Tonight at the Potdeksel, we ran into one of the regulars with whom we often chat. He was asking if we knew Paul, another regular. We didn’t know Paul by name, so we asked for a description. His response? “The tall guy.”
We had to laugh.
Our response? “Could you be a  bit more specific?” After all, [...]

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New Year’s at the Potdeksel

We were at the Potdeksel this week and got an early viewing of the video for Sjarrel and Sjaan’s New Year’s single. It was filmed at the Potdeksel. Fred, the owner, is also the manager for Sjarrel and Sjaan. (FYI, their names sound like Sheryl and Sean, basically.)
The Christmas tree is [...]

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