Last year, for the last weekend of summer, I pottered over to The Hague to visit the unpronounceable beach there. (I have read that the word Scheveningen was used during World War II to distinguish between native Dutch and German speakers, as the Germans couldn’t quite get their tongue around it, but there’s no recorded [...]
Entries from September 2008
September 21, 2008
Museums and more
I promised I would explain all the museum trips on my recent tour of the Netherlands. I am in possession of a Museumkaart, which permits me free entry to a lot of museums in the country.
A card costs €35 a year, which does sound like a lot. However, if you think about it, the major [...]
September 18, 2008
Underdogs
The only AFL game I’ve ever been to was Fremantle vs. Collingwood in early 2000, I think it was. It’s rather difficult to explain, but I follow Fremantle in the AFL. My partner and his family follow Collingwood, and where I live in Melbourne is Collingwood heartland. As this was a Collingwood home game (and [...]
September 11, 2008
Gifts accepted
Birthdays here have a habit on going on for ages. I usually start the celebrations the day before (as technically I was born the day before my real birthday in this time zone), and then by the time you have a party and take some pie to work, it’s a good month later. Today was [...]
September 7, 2008
Back-to-front
One thing that confuses me here that the academic year starts in August/September, not February/March as in Australia. It always gets me. I honestly think the southern hemisphere has it better.
At the start of the academic year (I think it’s in the second week of teaching, actually), there is an official opening. This consists of [...]
September 4, 2008
Getting hitched
I’ve been lucky to go to a couple of weddings here now. Just to the receptions (or party as it’s called) — not to the ceremonies. The nice thing about here is that you must get married in a civil ceremony, and only after that can you have a religious ceremony if you like. (Wish [...]
