vierdaagse

Kirsten is currently walking in the gruelling vierdaagse (four-dayer) 160km walk around the 2000 year old Roman city of Nijmegen. At this point, after a day and a half, she is still going strong and even enjoying herself. You can track their progress: KirstenMarjoleinMichel I will be putting some photos up when I return to… Continue reading vierdaagse

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Dutch customer service?

The Dutch customer service philosophy is simple and elegant: “that is not possible”. I take back everything I ever said about Telstra, compared to anything Dutch they are Gods of efficient and friendly service. This rant was sparked by our need to get ADSL. Currently we are stuck on dialup and both of us need… Continue reading Dutch customer service?

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Den Haag and Delft

I was woken by Kirsten at about 8am, and got up to watch the snow outside. Ahh, springtime in Holland. Back to sleep for a few more hours and then we were outside for a walk. We went to the Panorama Mesdag, which is a massive (120m wide) panoramic painting of Scheveningen, painted by Hendrik… Continue reading Den Haag and Delft