Category Archives: The Netherlands

We biked down to the Dienst Persoonsgegevens on the Johan Huizingalaan today to pick up Sarah’s verblijfsvergunning (residence permit). After nearly nine months, she can finally hold it in her hand. And, less than two months from now, she’ll be … Continue reading →

We reached an important bureaucratic milestone today. After some eight months of letters back and forth between us and the IND, we finally received word today of their decision to grant Sarah her application for a verblijfsvergunning (residence permit). She’s … Continue reading →

Country-wide elections were held today for the city councils and their individual boroughs. I voted for Groen Links (the green left), both for my local borough of Oud Zuid and the Amsterdam municipal council. They lost a couple of seats … Continue reading →

Godverdomme! Ik ben erin gestonken; erin geluisd, beter gezegd. Het is een fenomeen van de laatste jaren, blijkbaar. Kom ik terug uit de VS na zo’n 5,5 jaar en wat beheerst anno 2005 mijn beeldscherm? Juist, de belspellen. RTL4, SBS6, … Continue reading →

It’s nice to live in a country that actually gives some of the money it collects in taxes back to the population, rather than blowing it all on military aggression. On the other hand, they certainly do know how to … Continue reading →