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Will there be another cold snap to freeze the canals of the Eleven Cities Tour? "Not in the coming weeks," Geurts said. "At the earliest, in February." I'm crossing my fingers. During this last freeze I was at home with my sick girlfriend, watching all the news reports of people skating on the big canals. Here in Amsterdam there wasn't enough ice to skate on the canals, so I'd have to head north which wouldn't have b…
Will there be another cold snap to freeze the canals of the Eleven Cities Tour? "Not in the coming weeks," Geurts said. "At the earliest, in February." I'm crossing my fingers. During this last freeze I was at home with my sick girlfriend, watching all the news reports of people skating on the big canals. Here in Amsterdam there wasn't enough ice to skate on the canals, so I'd have to head north which wouldn't have b…
With an influx of immigrants, the country has been struggling to maintain what it considers its Dutch soul, and Gustafsson was one of many here who thought the skating experience enabled the Dutch to reconnect with their identity. "There were only Dutch people on the ice," he said. "I saw no people of Arab descent." OMG you nazi! How dare you question the goodness of flooding your country with people who have nothing…
Will there be another cold snap to freeze the canals of the Eleven Cities Tour? "Not in the coming weeks," Geurts said. "At the earliest, in February." I'm crossing my fingers. During this last freeze I was at home with my sick girlfriend, watching all the news reports of people skating on the big canals. Here in Amsterdam there wasn't enough ice to skate on the canals, so I'd have to head north which wouldn't have b…
sure! where you at? I'm in Arnhem working in Amsterdam.
I'm living in A'dam finishing up a Masters (why did I go back to school?!), then I have to decide if I'm going to get involved in another IT project or try and save the world.
With an influx of immigrants, the country has been struggling to maintain what it considers its Dutch soul, and Gustafsson was one of many here who thought the skating experience enabled the Dutch to reconnect with their identity. "There were only Dutch people on the ice," he said. "I saw no people of Arab descent." OMG you nazi! How dare you question the goodness of flooding your country with people who have nothing…
Will there be another cold snap to freeze the canals of the Eleven Cities Tour? "Not in the coming weeks," Geurts said. "At the earliest, in February." I'm crossing my fingers. During this last freeze I was at home with my sick girlfriend, watching all the news reports of people skating on the big canals. Here in Amsterdam there wasn't enough ice to skate on the canals, so I'd have to head north which wouldn't have b…
Getting subtler, are we, gibsonf1?
I actually found this very interesting as a peek into Dutch culture as well.