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The Great Speculoos Mystery: Part 4

…………………………. Case File #113d …………………………. My secret admirer mysterious speculoos supplier has struck again. I arrived at work one morning this week to discover another surprise gift on my desk. Last time it was...

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Message In A Bottle

Most regular readers will already know that about a year ago my wife and I moved up to Friesland. At the time of the move we had got as far as buying an empty...

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Translating My Dutch Father-In-Law #1

My Dutch Father-In-Law is extremely enthusiastic about speaking English. He’ll dive into an English sentence with the kind of fearless confidence I wish I had when speaking Dutch. It’s the kind of fearlessness where...

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My Attempt To Skate The Elfstedentocht

Failed Elfstedentocht Knowing my luck it will now freeze enough for there to be an Elfstedentocht after drawing cartoon (which first appeared in the January/February edition of DUTCH:The Magazine).

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My New Year’s Expat Resolutions

We’re already three weeks into the New Year which means we are passed the point where you can comfortably still wish people ‘Happy New Year’ without them giving you a strange look in return....

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Frozen in Friesland

This week I found myself suddenly trapped in Friesland as snow and ice descended upon the province, transforming it in to Freezeland. Our first warning of the approaching winter weather had actually happened on...