The Age backpacker blog ran a story a while back on going to sports events overseas. I totally agree with their comment on it being a “window into another culture” — much more interesting than going to the movies or something.
In September I went to the football down at Philips Stadion. This is the fourth [...]
Entries from February 2008
February 19, 2008
Football
February 7, 2008
Carnaval revisted
I forgot to mention a few things about Carnaval.
All the towns change their name for the duration of Carnaval, therefore Eindhoven was known as Lampegat for a few days.
I went down to the Markt on Tuesday afternoon and the cafes were still full of people in fancy dress drinking. I can’t believe this [...]
February 3, 2008
Yet another party
One thing that I think is becoming clear about the Dutch is that they kinda like a party. “Kinda” is the key word here — if you ask a seemingly sane, educated Dutch person if they celebrate Queen’s Night/Day, the answer is usually “no” or “only if it’s on a weekend”. It is apparent that [...]
