Tag Archives: cultural differences
Got to eat your veggies!
I remember the first time in the big US supermarket: the shiny apples, yellow bananas, tomatoes in different shapes and colors and then, those things. Big, green, yellow, orange, brown and everything in between. It looked like a fall display on a classroom table. Shaped like melons, pears, even a bit like a humongous acorn. […]
The black liquid that keeps me going
I can so incredibly look forward to my first cup of coffee in the morning. When I wake up by the alarm, so not ready to face the day, I just want to turn to my side and fall back asleep. But there are three kids that need to be ready for school, lunches to […]
How to satisfy your cravings and look good at the same time.
Sometimes you just have a craving for something. Without reason. Today was such a day. Actually, I had been craving ‘boterkoek’ for a few days now, but just didn’t get to make it. Because, of course, I always seem to have an intense desire for that what is impossible. Had I lived in the Netherlands, […]
Why I needed a Buzz feed quiz to find out the shocking Dutch truth.
One of the questions I get asked frequently is what I miss most of the Netherlands. And the longer I live in Maine, the harder it is to answer that question. I miss my family, of course. But truth to be told, I don’t always miss the fact that I used to have to divide […]
Can linked shopping carts be the missing link in preventing them from gone astray?
The Dutch are known for being frugal. Common amongst their European neighbors is the joke: “who invented copper wire? The Dutch, when two of them were fighting over a penny”. At the other side the Americans are known for being indolent, somewhat lazy. Being Dutch and living in the US I can say that I […]
The day we adopted a new word into our family
The best words in life, no matter in what language, are the family words. Words that families came up with and are only used within that family, maybe even going a few generations back. I grew up in a loving family where sometimes we were out of food. Not that we had to go to […]