The best part of the Netherlands is the southern part of the province of Limburg. That’s where I grew up and where my parents still live, so every other weekend I am over there. The weekends that I am not in Limburg I spent in Breda, my next favorite part of the Netherlands.
Almost every weekend I go out with friends and/or family in both parts of this country. Going out, for me, doesn’t just mean dancing in clubs, but also going out for a dinner, drinks in a café or going to the movies. All these options are available as well as in Limburg as Breda. But what if I have to make a choice between both?
If I am in limburg and we decide to go to the movies, we go to Foroxity. This is a bios with lots of zalen and in these zalen there are enough seats and the screen is pretty big. In Breda we have the must-see bios, with only 4 zalen with little screens and only a few seats. So going to the movies is much better in Limburg than in Breda.
For drinking a cocktail or wine in a café, Breda has much more options than the places where I come in Limburg, such as Heerlen, Sittard and Maastricht. The cafes in Breda where I often go to are Parc, Dependance, Brooklyn and Sam Sam(mostly after a shopingspree).
Going out to dinner is in both Limburg as Breda very good. Lots of restaurants with different menu’s. One of my favourite restaurants in Breda is La Regina and in Limburg it is ….???
There are no real clubs in Breda, only dancings where we go to. In Limburg there are three clubs where we often go to, namely the Peppermill, Mondial and Bozzini.
As you can see both parts of the Netherlands have much to offer, so making the right choice is very hard. What I find important is that I go out with people that can have as much fun as I do!
Monday, 2 November 2009
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Escalators in the Netherlands
Can you imagine a Dutch person in the big aple New York, standing on an escalator? New York is the city that never sleeps and is always moving. A Dutch person using an escalator will be moved over, the first second he or she will take a step on it. The same goes for Tokyo, Paris, London and other big countries in the western world, where time is scarce.
People in the Netherlands just don’t understand the use of escalators. They stand still on it, even on the left side! If you want to stand still, please do it on the right side, so that other people, can pass you. This is one of my biggest irritations when I am at the train station, in a shopping mall, metro station or any other place where ever is an escalator. In every other country in the world people use escalators for what they are made for; moving faster.
There once was an experiment in the Netherlands, to help the Dutch understand using the escalator. It was held at a big train station. They put up signs, that if you want to stand still please use the right side and put up arrows on the left side in the hope that people would understand that this is the side were they have to move furhter. It just didn’t work!
I don’t know if it is the Dutch mentality or whatever, but it kinda irritates me that most of the Dutch just don’t get the use of escalators. So to all the dutch escalator users: please stand still on the left side and leave the right side for those who do understand the purpose of escalators and who want to pass you!
People in the Netherlands just don’t understand the use of escalators. They stand still on it, even on the left side! If you want to stand still, please do it on the right side, so that other people, can pass you. This is one of my biggest irritations when I am at the train station, in a shopping mall, metro station or any other place where ever is an escalator. In every other country in the world people use escalators for what they are made for; moving faster.
There once was an experiment in the Netherlands, to help the Dutch understand using the escalator. It was held at a big train station. They put up signs, that if you want to stand still please use the right side and put up arrows on the left side in the hope that people would understand that this is the side were they have to move furhter. It just didn’t work!
I don’t know if it is the Dutch mentality or whatever, but it kinda irritates me that most of the Dutch just don’t get the use of escalators. So to all the dutch escalator users: please stand still on the left side and leave the right side for those who do understand the purpose of escalators and who want to pass you!
Saturday, 26 September 2009
Romance, humor and a slice of cultural background
I recently watched the movie Australia with Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman.
The movie was about an aristocratic woman, Lady Sara Ashley(Nicole Kidman), living in England who is following her husband to Australia. He is setting up a range /cattle station in Australia, near Darwin.
When she arrives, her husband is murdered. She is totally in shock, but decides to stay in Australi
a to save the range. She has to make sure that the range won’t become part of the territory of the biggest competitor. To save the cattle station, Lady Ashley has to get her cattle to Darwin, for the army. For this, she gets the help of the cattle drover who works at the range(Hugh Jackman). Together with 5 more workers from the range they start the journey towards Darwin. During this journey Lady Ashley falls in love with the cattle drover and she realises that there is always new life to be had.
I’ve always had some kind of obsession with Australia, but unfortunately I’ve never been there. In this movie you can see the beautiful landscapes Australia has.
I first thought, because it is more a drama movie, that it would be a beautiful but sad story. It actually is a movie with a lot of humor in it. Later I read that the producer of the movie, Baz Luhrmann, is the same who made Moulin Rouge, also with Nicole Kidman. You can notice that he made both movies because there are similarities, especially the humor and the acting of Nicole Kidman.
Another reason why I wanted to see this movie, was Hugh Jackman. He is a great actor, but he also looks very good, especially in this movie as rough cattle driver! You could feel the romance between Lady Ashley and him, from the first moment they met each other. Off course there was some fighting in the first place, but later they fell in love.
If you like a romantic movie, with some cultural background and lots of humor, this is a movie you will have to watch!
The movie was about an aristocratic woman, Lady Sara Ashley(Nicole Kidman), living in England who is following her husband to Australia. He is setting up a range /cattle station in Australia, near Darwin.
When she arrives, her husband is murdered. She is totally in shock, but decides to stay in Australi
a to save the range. She has to make sure that the range won’t become part of the territory of the biggest competitor. To save the cattle station, Lady Ashley has to get her cattle to Darwin, for the army. For this, she gets the help of the cattle drover who works at the range(Hugh Jackman). Together with 5 more workers from the range they start the journey towards Darwin. During this journey Lady Ashley falls in love with the cattle drover and she realises that there is always new life to be had.
I’ve always had some kind of obsession with Australia, but unfortunately I’ve never been there. In this movie you can see the beautiful landscapes Australia has.
I first thought, because it is more a drama movie, that it would be a beautiful but sad story. It actually is a movie with a lot of humor in it. Later I read that the producer of the movie, Baz Luhrmann, is the same who made Moulin Rouge, also with Nicole Kidman. You can notice that he made both movies because there are similarities, especially the humor and the acting of Nicole Kidman.
Another reason why I wanted to see this movie, was Hugh Jackman. He is a great actor, but he also looks very good, especially in this movie as rough cattle driver! You could feel the romance between Lady Ashley and him, from the first moment they met each other. Off course there was some fighting in the first place, but later they fell in love.
If you like a romantic movie, with some cultural background and lots of humor, this is a movie you will have to watch!
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