A “day trip” is where a group of employees go on a day out to various locations participating in various activities. I’m not sure how widespread it is, however one of my Dutch classmates has also had this experience with her research group (her last trip involved a barista training session so that everyone knew [...]
Entries from April 2008
April 20, 2008
More expat goodies
I managed to just miss a train on Monday night at Schiphol, even though my bag was #2 on the carousel. So it certainly wasn’t because my bag was the last off the plane, like it was in Melbourne — lucky there were no Border Security cameras about that early as they would’ve seen a [...]
April 13, 2008
Being home
I’m getting on a plane back to Amsterdam in about 12 hours after almost four weeks in Melbourne and surroundings. I’ve loved the cheap(ish) dinners, the lack of smoking in bars and restaurants (which is coming into force soon in NL anyway), the range of food, the cheap sushi, the hot chocolates, the laneways (if [...]
April 6, 2008
Curiosities
I have been behind on my podcast listening because I haven’t been syncing my iPod. I did some catching up yesterday and scanned through three episodes of Radio Netherlands’ Curious Orange [en]. This show started about six months ago and discusses Dutch culture and current affairs in English. It’s highly recommended for non-Dutch-speakers who want [...]
