Archive for May, 2009

Sound of Music

Friday, May 8th, 2009

Regular visitors of my blog will know that I’m an avid theater-fan, and also love watching TV searches for the lead in a musical. We’ve watched them all, at the BBC and on Dutch TV 🙂 Not too long ago they started the search for Maria in the Belgian production of The Sound of Music. […]

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Ciske de Rat

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Opening night: October 5, 2008 Seen: RAI Amsterdam, February 5, 2009 It’s hard to explain this to foreigners as the story is so typically Dutch. It’s like explaining Uncle Tom’s Cabin or Huckleberry Finn to someone outside the US. Impossible indeed, so I’m going to keep this short, but still wanted to write a review […]

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Made me smile…

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

I saw a sign on a company-building the other day: “We heard there is an Economic Downturn, but we decided not to participate”. Brilliant! Made me smile anyway 🙂

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Remembrance Day

Monday, May 4th, 2009

May 4th is Remembrance Day in the Netherlands. As I did last year, I’ll provide a link as I want to share my grandfather’s story… “They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in […]

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