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The Dutch have some quirks. For example, it is very typical for a Dutch person to keep a calendar in their "toilet room." The purpose of the water closet calendar is to keep track of all those important birthdays in your life. (If you have a Dutch friend, who always remembers to text you on…
Travel Fit. When on the go, finding a gym, a running route, a workout buddy, or a fitness class lead in a language you can understand can be a challenge. Luckily, with so much to see and discover in a new city, it's easy to turn a day of sightseeing into a fit day of…
On our last day in Rotterdam, T surprised me with tickets (for a beer garden) to watch the Feyenoord Rotterdam play for the "championship plate." (Yes, Europe is different. They play for plates, not a cup, or a bowl that you can at least drink out of - But hey maybe they serve their championship…
Fashionably, the Dutch would never be on time. In their culture, one is either early or one in late. Despite the Dutch aversion to tardiness, as a people the Dutch dress smart. Missing from the shopping streets are the herds of students, yuppies, and stay at home moms adorned in Uggs and Lululemon's. Instead, the…
As a girl growing up in Canada who first learned about other countries on Sesame Street, The Kinderdijk is everything I first believed Holland to be, complete with windmills, wooden shoes, and the Dancing Dutch characters. Funny story about wooden shoes, T has a friend who convinced a girl he was dating that every…
In Rotterdam, T was determined to play tourist with me. His goal, I'm convinced of, was to make me fall in love with his city so that "maybe" I would consider moving there. The catch with playing tourist meant we played "Dutch tourist." If you find your self-asking, WTF, how is a "Dutch Tourist"…
Rotterdam is the second city of the Netherlands. In size and population, the city is second only to Amsterdam. Although Rotterdam is far less famous and touristic than the afore mentioned first city, Rotterdam has its own unassuming charm, Rotterdam is a business hub for Europe. For the better part of history, Rotterdam was home…
Part of the fun of dating someone from another culture is being able to experience new and familiar cultures with a curious eye. In Canada, I play tourist. In Europe T, plays tourist. (I must admit, I think he's better at playing tourist than I am.) Earlier this spring, when we were in the Netherlands…
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