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A Flamingo In Utrecht
http://oranjeflamingo.wordpress.com/
A light-hearted look at a Southern (US) woman's new life in the Netherlands. Photos, cultural tidbits, and traditions, along with any oddities are explored.
Recent Posts
Foto Vrijdag 1.7
I miss sitting out on the terras in the evening, when dusk doesn’t arrive until 10 p.m. Monday’s burst of sunshine quickly disappeared and doesn’t look to be returning soon. This is the patio area of a restaurant/hotel on Korte Nie...
Utrechtsche Melk Centrale
The sun! It actually came out today! Sure, it’s back to being a bit overcast now at 3 p.m. but the sun was out and shining brightly this morning. Pippo and I took advantage of this lull in the rain and hit the streets. A few weeks ago, on the...
Poes en Vogel
This little guy has been hanging out in our back garden recently. This means that Lola has been hanging out in our kitchen a lot recently. Any time she catches a glimpse of him, she starts chattering away and stares intently until he flies away or w...
10k
Look at that! I’ve had 10,000 hits to my blog! Amusingly (to me), I think the 10,000th hit came from someone in Auckland, New Zealand. I like to think it was one of the NZ musos I listen to so frequently. Sadly, I’m feeling a lacking in t...
Foto Vrijdag 1.6
Just because it’s pretty and cheerful. Plus, the crate represents an excellent year. ...
Early Expats
On this day in which Americans around the world celebrate Thanksgiving — a case of expats/immigrants trying to make friends with the natives of their new homeland — I thought I’d mention some news about some early expats here in th...

