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July 17, 2014 by LAJ. Not just home or away, home.
Restaurants, shops, people and life in Amsterdam.
The life of a retired Southern Belle raising two Dutchlings in a kingdom far, far away. Thursday, April 23, 2015. The Time My Son Said I Was Sexy. I love to be called sexy, except when it comes from my seven year old son. Whew, what a relief my hunch was right, he had no clue.
A Gibraltarian expat trying to make sense of the Netherlands. Important Notice to My Readers. This blog will be incorporated into my current blog, The Diary of an Eternal Student. Some of the most-read posts will be copied across to the new blog so you are more than welcome to join in the discussion over there. This blog will be moving to a new URL within the next couple of weeks. All of my earlier posts have been archived and the new URL will be posted here soon enough. Watch this space! If I could .
9679; Cast of Characters. Saturday, November 3, 2012. Nearly every single time I rode that bike from the last house in the village to the train station in Purmerend, I timed the journey. I did it so often that I am having a hard time even believing that I cannot doubtlessly recall how long it would take to go from the house to the station. 18 minutes on a good day? Or did the train leave the station on the hour and then at 21 minutes past the hour? Oh, hello,.
All about my life in the Netherlands. Lisbon and The Algarve, Portugal. After 2 nights, we hopped on board the train to Faro, and spent the rest of the trip laying on the beach enjoying the sun. A scenic overlook of the city.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013. One of them, the Oprah magazine is filled with all goody goody stuff just to give you the right kick. Reading through it has been such a pleasure so far! Links to this post. Monday, December 16, 2013. So now, what is imagination? But a per.
My former life in the Netherlands. Expats in NL and Other Links. Things to Do in Utrecht. The site is still a work in progress, but you can follow my new adventures in Italy at A Flamingo in Italy. I have a lot of city to explore and there could be all sorts of surprises! Follow along and see what I find.
Artie Aardvark Goes to Greenwich. Artie Aardvark told me to stop working so hard on revising my paper to post about his adventures in Greenwich already. Artie Aardvark Jaunts to Jodrell Bank. Last weekend I had my 15 minutes of Internet fame with a front page AMA about astronomy on Reddit. Jodrell Bank is one .
I rebel, therefore we exist. Wednesday, December 22, 2010. However, as it is against my nature as a contrarian, I will not go quietly into the night. To continue reading my blogs, please go to.
Thursday, August 16, 2012. Musings on English, Turkish and French. That the English language is a rich one is evidenced by the fact that almost all languages have borrowed from it to make up for deficiencies in their own vocabulary. The French people think le weekend just seems to say it better than la fin de la semaine.
The universe is made of stories, not atoms. Sunday, October 28, 2012. It seems that I have some medical issues to deal with. There will have to be a pause in the Postings until the doctors have finished with their testing, poking and prodding. Sunday, October 21, 2012. THE BATTLE OF QUEENSTON HEIGHTS.
My dear family and friends. Pics are in the usual place here . To all photo albums here. Edgar is ten-and-a-half and getting very grey in the muzzle. Hazel is about eleven and she is slowing down on our walks in the summer. We stayed in Madrid with.