DUTCH STUFF 1.0...

Just something I put together on my last day of work. Not much work got done today as I couldn't stop daydreaming about going to The Netherlands. much of the day was spent thinking about Vondelpark, cheese, riding bicycles, the canals. If I don't physically slap myself I just go on and on, so best some slappage be taken out on me. 

On a last note, go Dutch or go home friends...

THE GREAT...

Here's to remembering the Dutch painter and etcher Rembrandt van Rijn. For those of you who are wondering, yes I have been on google today and thats how I know (I dont have the memory to remember artists 407th Birthdays)

DAYS ARE DRAWING CLOSER...

From today, it's exactly a month till I fly out to The Netherlands, and excitement is starting to build.I received my flight confirmation a few days ago knowing that I am flying Emirates, via Dubai obviously, and am over the moon that I get to take a 30kg bag! I sound like such a girl when I say that but I honestly don't know what to pack so my entire cupboad will have to tag along with me.

It's also exactly 1 week till my work contract finishes, so today marks alot of count downs. From there, its buyig a couple of necessitys, a huge bag being one of them and getting hold of my unabridged birth certificate ( which has taken 2 months already). You have to love South African home affairs.

Some of my Dutch friends have this saying, ' Hopakeetjies' ho-pah-kay-chis, which basically means 'Lets do this/hell yeah'. But according to them its hards to translate, you have to truelly experience what it means. I only hope I will get the chance to experience a Hopajeetjies moment...maybe even a few...

CIRCA 1999...

Here you have it! I suppose I was always meant to travel to Holland and have an adventure, wouldn't' you say?. This photo actually dates back 15 years ago, when I did a presentation on Holland for my Grade 3 class. I remember it like it was yesterday! Some of the souvenirs I showed were ones that my parents brought back from a trip to Amsterdam and I still have the ceramic houses that now sit on my mantelpiece. In less than a month I wont need to look back at this image to remind me of Holland, all Ill have to do is look out my window...