Gourmetten

Gourmetten

The Dutch love gourmetten, or a raclette grill. At this time of year all the supermarkets are full of tiny hamburgers and bits of meat and fish to go on your gourmetten. Previous years we’ve shied away from trying it, as we were worried about having a hot grill...
Learning Dutch

Learning Dutch

Last week I found out that I passed my re-take of the Dutch NT2-2 exam. So I have now completed the qualification. My First New Year’s Resolution completed for 2017! Doing the exam the second time around I knew what to expect and I used the time better. The...
Celebrating Sinterklaas 

Celebrating Sinterklaas 

I love the idea of Sinterklaas and that it is endemic in dutch life. It is literally everywhere and there is an annual national tv series about his visit here. It airs daily for the month or so leading up to his arrival and during his stay in the Netherlands. It...
Blacklisted by Amazon

Blacklisted by Amazon

Amazon have blacklisted me. I am no longer able to review on their site. As they don’t reply to my many emails asking for clarification I am posting it here. Over the last few months, year maybe, I have been becoming more aware of how important it is for authors...

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