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There’s a lot to be said for the Euro: no more losing value when crossing borders within the euro-zone: day trips from Berlin to Paris don’t incur an inherent exchange penalty. On the downside, euro banknotes are designed to be non-specific and boring (although the bridges were subsequently constructed, see Spijkenisse). My favorite pre-euro […] This painting of Amsterdam is something I acquired a long time ago. The date on the painting is 2003, which sounds about right. I know that bought it before I moved to Germany – it was framed by Framemakers in Bloomington, Indiana. I am relieved to know that Framemakers is still in business, apparently […] Last week I popped over to The Netherlands to visit colleagues, tackle a few ideas, and do another one of those odd touristic things that I seem to find, in this case visit the Euro-bridges. The 5€ facade on the Bridges of the Eurozone. Hello 10€ Bridge! Back when the Euro was being […] Apple Heaven In the hustle and bustle of the last week (in the last week, between the pointless physical therapy and other meetings, I had stuff to do every afternoon after work) I forgot (not really) about my trip to Amsterdam last weekend. It was a splendid long weekend: I left Berlin first thing […]
Dutch fury at US general’s gay theory over Srebrenica. Glad he’s retired. I wish he was muzzled. He’s an embarrassment. Nobody was injured. Best looking library award goes to… Imagine living on a canal in Amsterdam… Speed Skater Sven Kramer wants you to eat bread. I (heart) bread. Rotterdam evening rush hour as seen from above […] Via the BBC / In light of the recent discussion: Social workers in the Netherlands have taken legal action to try to stop a 13-year-old girl from sailing around the world on her own. They want Laura Dekker to be made a ward of court, so that her parents, who support her plans, temporarily lose […] Seen in Rotterdam! Ultimately I decided upon two Photo Contest winners: Ian in Hamburg for his “clean” responses of “Christmas Tree” and “Buttplug”, and Jul for the more accurate responses of “Buttplug” and “Buttplug.” After taking the photo, I sent a link of it to one of my Dutch friends who doesn’t live in […] |
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