dinsdag 21 juni 2011
Irish & German vs. The Netherlands! Nice one...
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Momenteel werk/woon ik in Brighton-engeland, maar u kunt ook lezen over mijn vorige verhalen van mijn tijd als assistant bar manager in Reykjavik-IJsland, en Les Ormes een camping in Frankrijk.
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Hi everyone!
A new blog, because of some international events that happened recently :) A few weeks ago I met Mona & Kathi in Groningen, because Mona had to look for a new place in the city. It was really nice that Kathi came along, coz this way.. Mona and I could show her some 'Groningen' city..
Unfortunately it was 2e Pinksterdag (some of you know this;) the shops where shut. So we couldn't climb the 'Martini tower', but Kathi was lucky enough to experience the Groningse version of the Red Light district. I think I can speak for her if I say it was quite fascinating.
Then later on we went out for diner, and she had some typical dutch 'bitterballen'. She didn't really like it, but oh well.. I do :)
Last weekend was really nice aswell. Alison, a Irish classmate, and a friend of her Emily came to the Netherlands as part of a 'Europe trip'. Sarah also joined with a friend and together with Tianda we went to Ameland, one of the 5 islands of The Netherlands. First night at Tianda's caravan, and the second day in Sarah's house. Tianda had to work, so we didn't spend a lot of time with her, but the rest of us went on the bikes (how dutch can you be) to the beach and the supermarket and so on.
The supermarket was quite something, coz i showed them loads of Dutch specialties and nice food and stuff. The Irish girls were really enthousiastic and they wanted to try a lot of stuff.
Oh, I forgot to mention, before we left to Ameland, we met in Groningen, had a cappucino, and ordered some of the best 'belgium fries' you can get in Groningen.. with saté sauce of course! (its the peanut butter sauce)
first night on Ameland I made 'stamppot andijvie' but unfortunately I forgot the bacon. So it was nice, but something was missing. Oh well.. the taste was still good, so thats grand! Tianda and I also brought 'vla' and they liked that aswell.
The next day, as i mentioned before, we explored the dutch supermarket, en during the rest of the day, they tried all different kinds of food, like:
'Suikerbrood' which is a REALLY nice bread, with loads of sugar in it.. really nice..
'Speculoos' which is a kind of peanut butter, but then different. With the taste of 'speculaas' cookies, I don't think there's an english word for it.. Oh well i guess you just have to come to taste it! They loved it, because you're supposed to put this on bread, which they did initially, but later on they just scooped it out with a spoon :)
They also tried another vla, chocolate whipped cream vla.. Curious? google it: Slagroom vla, chocolade.
Let me see.. we also tried Appelmoes, which is kind of a mushed apple sauce thing.. Its REALLY good, especially with patato things.. (you eat it with ur diner). We made patato pancakes, so the appelmoes was perfect :)
Sarah and I both love it so much, that we scooped this right out of the jar.. ^^
Let me see.. we also tried Pisang Ambon, which apperently you also can't buy in Ireland. Its a liquor kinda thing of Bananas.. mix it with Sprite/7-up and its really sweet, but nice! Its like a soda.. :) On friday we had the same, but then with a 'red fruit' liquor.. really nice aswell..
And some of you are already familiar with the dutch chocolate sprinkles: Hagelslag... Well we bought a slightly different thing: Vlokken.. and they loved it aswell... It was even quit convenient on the boat, because we wanted a bite.. just something to eat.. and so the vlokken came out.. :) Also pure its nice... Who needs bread? :P
So then we wanted to go to the beach.. but there was SO much wind, that we could barely reach the sea without getting a shit load of sand in our eyes..
Well we reached the sea and alison and I were diehard and went into the sea with our feet..
Cold, but quite nice!
By the way: mathieu; thanks for the card trick, I managed to get them Flabbergasted! But I also explained the tricks.. sorry for that... :$
Then we had to go on our way back, and we met Tianda agian on the Boat! Since it was easier for Sarah to take a different route then we had to do, Tianda and the two Irish girls went in the car with me. In the käfer.. However.. My wipers were broken back then, (I already fixed them) and it rained like hell! haha imagine not being able to see a thing on the road, and drive a really old, non-wind-resistant car.. ^^ Nice one!
But we made it home, and a Kids Menu at burger king was a well deserved treat :)
Today I saw Fleur again, which was really nice but we both agreed that is was also strange to see each other in The Netherlands, in stead of Ireland.. that we both miss a lot!
So even though I miss Ireland and the people, the past weekend was really nice, so I can say: Come and explore The Netherlands, and I'll give you the Ultimate Dutch Experience! :) Next week friday I'm gonna have my own place in Groningen, so it'll be perfect! FAIR GRAND LIKE!!
R U in?!
donderdag 2 juni 2011
Back 'home' for a week already..
THANK YOU FOR VISITING MY BLOG, AND I HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY READING THIS. I ALSO WANT TO INVITE YOU ON MY NEW BLOG WHERE I AM SHARING MY ADVENTURES OF LIVING/WORKING ABROAD!
READ ABOUT MY CURRENT LIFE IN BRIGHTON- ENGLAND, AND PREVIOUS IN REYKJAVIK-ICELAND AND LES ORMES-FRANCE!
YOU CAN FIND MY NEW BLOG HERE
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Bedankt voor het bezoeken van mijn blog. Hopelijk heeft zult u veel leesplezier beleven! Graag wil ik u uitnodigen voor mijn nieuwe blog, waar ik mijn leven deel en vertel over de avonturen van het wonen/werken in het buitenland.
Momenteel werk/woon ik in Brighton-engeland, maar u kunt ook lezen over mijn vorige verhalen van mijn tijd als assistant bar manager in Reykjavik-IJsland, en Les Ormes een camping in Frankrijk.
U kunt mijn blog vinden door op deze link te klikken
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Hi everybody!
Or, Dia dhuit!, Bonjour, Gutentag or just 'Hallo' :)
So I've been back 'home' in The Netherlands now, for a bit more then a week. It's quite strange I'd say! First of all the fact that I'm speaking Dutch non-stop, is kinda strange, since there where almost no Dutch people in Ireland. (Ok, it was not soo bad because I was teaching my neighbour Dutch ^^)
At first I had the feeling that I was just visiting my parents for a week, and that I would return to my 'own' apartment in Limerick, a week later. Helaas.
Then the whole point of getting things started again!
It is going quite fast. Already I met my best friend just in the first few days after my return. My mother organized a small welcome back party on the day that I came back, and last sunday my future roommate/friend and my brother organized a surprise BBQ with all of my friends :) It was really nice!
Last monday I took a look at my future house, my soutterain in Groningen.. which you all have to visit of course, and have a 'kopje koffie' with me :)
It is so awesome! the location is perfect, en the house is really cute!
Also I had to bring my cat to the vet, which you already know from my last blog, but I had to bring her a few days earlier then planned. It was really strange, because she was still eating properly, and responding to me, but her sickness, you could see, was just growing really fast. So I had to make a decision, ok you have to die today. Now, when i miss her, I have this image in my had of her in a box dead.. and I made the vet do it. I know, it was better for her but still... Weird.
Last monday I had my first meeting already, so back in Holland, Back to business! I also dropped my CV at some stores in Groningen, so now I hope someone will call me back, to tell me that I have a Job :)
Next friday I will be back 'on air', back to the radio station! Friday from 6 to 8 (Dutch Time, GMT+1 I think?) Ill be onair at 'radio westerwolde'.. Wich i think you can listen to here: http://www.radiowesterwolde.nl/live/live.wax
And after, i'll have another meeting, about this radio program, so the second meeting is also already planned!
Then, I also had contact with one of my lovely German/Irish neighbours, who is coming to Holland in June!! :D:D:D Were going to explore Groningen, meet two other Irish classmates of mine and then go to the beaches of Ameland, wich is one of the Islands of Holland :D Party time!
Ohja, im going a bit from here to there in my story, but yesterday I lit up the fireplace we have in our garden, and had a beer with a few friends of mine:) it was really nice. And yesterday afternoon myself and a friend went to Germany to buy some liquor... a whole bottle (1 litr or somthing) for: wait for it 4.77 euro!! (which is actually shyte, because before I went to Ireland, it was cheaper haha)
Since my parents and my brother are gone from wednesday till sunday, Today I was really really bored, till i got a text from a friend, asking me what i was doing. 'Nothing' i replied, so we jumped in the car, went to Groningen and had a nice beer (he a cola) on 'sunset dakterras' which is a terras upon a roof! Nice and high, and an awesome atmosphere! Whoop Whoop!
Mcdonalds provided us with some food and now im here again writing this blog :)
Still loads of fun stuf to come: 17th of june, sarah and the others are coming to holland, 1st of july, im going to move to my new housie, 20th of july a friend of mine, from elementryschool/highschool is going to marry! and somewhere around this time i'm expecting more 'Irish/Foreign' friends who will visit me.
I'm probably forgetting to tell you something, but that's no big deal coz then i will have a reason to write ya'll anther blog!
In the mean time, take a look at flickr.com/photos/52882764@N08/ where I posted some pictures of the campfire, and our bar that we made, in our carport.. Awesome! You should check it out here sometime!
Slán!
Rik
READ ABOUT MY CURRENT LIFE IN BRIGHTON- ENGLAND, AND PREVIOUS IN REYKJAVIK-ICELAND AND LES ORMES-FRANCE!
YOU CAN FIND MY NEW BLOG HERE
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Bedankt voor het bezoeken van mijn blog. Hopelijk heeft zult u veel leesplezier beleven! Graag wil ik u uitnodigen voor mijn nieuwe blog, waar ik mijn leven deel en vertel over de avonturen van het wonen/werken in het buitenland.
Momenteel werk/woon ik in Brighton-engeland, maar u kunt ook lezen over mijn vorige verhalen van mijn tijd als assistant bar manager in Reykjavik-IJsland, en Les Ormes een camping in Frankrijk.
U kunt mijn blog vinden door op deze link te klikken
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Hi everybody!
Or, Dia dhuit!, Bonjour, Gutentag or just 'Hallo' :)
So I've been back 'home' in The Netherlands now, for a bit more then a week. It's quite strange I'd say! First of all the fact that I'm speaking Dutch non-stop, is kinda strange, since there where almost no Dutch people in Ireland. (Ok, it was not soo bad because I was teaching my neighbour Dutch ^^)
At first I had the feeling that I was just visiting my parents for a week, and that I would return to my 'own' apartment in Limerick, a week later. Helaas.
Then the whole point of getting things started again!
It is going quite fast. Already I met my best friend just in the first few days after my return. My mother organized a small welcome back party on the day that I came back, and last sunday my future roommate/friend and my brother organized a surprise BBQ with all of my friends :) It was really nice!
Last monday I took a look at my future house, my soutterain in Groningen.. which you all have to visit of course, and have a 'kopje koffie' with me :)
It is so awesome! the location is perfect, en the house is really cute!
Also I had to bring my cat to the vet, which you already know from my last blog, but I had to bring her a few days earlier then planned. It was really strange, because she was still eating properly, and responding to me, but her sickness, you could see, was just growing really fast. So I had to make a decision, ok you have to die today. Now, when i miss her, I have this image in my had of her in a box dead.. and I made the vet do it. I know, it was better for her but still... Weird.
Last monday I had my first meeting already, so back in Holland, Back to business! I also dropped my CV at some stores in Groningen, so now I hope someone will call me back, to tell me that I have a Job :)
Next friday I will be back 'on air', back to the radio station! Friday from 6 to 8 (Dutch Time, GMT+1 I think?) Ill be onair at 'radio westerwolde'.. Wich i think you can listen to here: http://www.radiowesterwolde.nl/live/live.wax
And after, i'll have another meeting, about this radio program, so the second meeting is also already planned!
Then, I also had contact with one of my lovely German/Irish neighbours, who is coming to Holland in June!! :D:D:D Were going to explore Groningen, meet two other Irish classmates of mine and then go to the beaches of Ameland, wich is one of the Islands of Holland :D Party time!
Ohja, im going a bit from here to there in my story, but yesterday I lit up the fireplace we have in our garden, and had a beer with a few friends of mine:) it was really nice. And yesterday afternoon myself and a friend went to Germany to buy some liquor... a whole bottle (1 litr or somthing) for: wait for it 4.77 euro!! (which is actually shyte, because before I went to Ireland, it was cheaper haha)
Since my parents and my brother are gone from wednesday till sunday, Today I was really really bored, till i got a text from a friend, asking me what i was doing. 'Nothing' i replied, so we jumped in the car, went to Groningen and had a nice beer (he a cola) on 'sunset dakterras' which is a terras upon a roof! Nice and high, and an awesome atmosphere! Whoop Whoop!
Mcdonalds provided us with some food and now im here again writing this blog :)
Still loads of fun stuf to come: 17th of june, sarah and the others are coming to holland, 1st of july, im going to move to my new housie, 20th of july a friend of mine, from elementryschool/highschool is going to marry! and somewhere around this time i'm expecting more 'Irish/Foreign' friends who will visit me.
I'm probably forgetting to tell you something, but that's no big deal coz then i will have a reason to write ya'll anther blog!
In the mean time, take a look at flickr.com/photos/52882764@N08/ where I posted some pictures of the campfire, and our bar that we made, in our carport.. Awesome! You should check it out here sometime!
Slán!
Rik
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