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Five Years Young
Time flies! Five years ago I started this blog and now I’m over 2,020 posts further, carry 50 kilo of weight less with me, and have had over 590,700 visitors. During this time I’ve met some of my commentors in … Continue reading
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Savory Chocolate Dish #7
Gnocchi with Sultanas and Cocoa Makes 6 servings Prep: 60 minutes Cook: 40 minutes Shopping List: Gnocchi 1500 gr or 3 lbs meaty [floury] potatoes 2 large eggs 2 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese Salt and freshly ground white pepper … Continue reading
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China
Hello boyz and girlz, it’s me Julius. I’m back at Peter’s place for the coming 3 weeks, while my keepers are on their vacation. Normally, when we stay in Europe I go along, but this time they go a bit … Continue reading
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Photos of Queen’s Day in Amsterdam
First of all, I didn’t make these shots, I borrowed them from the Parool newspaper site. That’s HRH Princess Màxima, wife of the Crown Prince. Each year the café has a new sign with a royal or several royals on … Continue reading
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C.A.
What started as a meeting with the other main webmasters ended as a Chocoholics meeting. My colleague from ‘s-Hertogenbosch brought with her 3 Bossche Bollen, little did we know that our colleague from St Pancras had to fit in her bathing suit … Continue reading
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How To Save Money
The home affairs ministry is eliminating 29,948 of the 30,000 current civil service job descriptions in an effort to make it easier for officials to switch functions and save money. The 52 job descriptions that will remain once the process … Continue reading
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Neighbors…
There’s no lack of references about Belgians in the Netherlands, often referred to as ‘our southern neighbours’ by the media. When they do something stupid or brilliant, the media is on the front lines either poking fun at them or … Continue reading
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Balancing Act
Another one by Joep Bertram for Het Parool, Amsterdam’s Daily Newspaper
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Two in One
I totally forgot my Blog-o-versary this weekend. Going strong since 2007. The longest running theme is: Thursday Recipes which will end at the last Thursday of April this year. Until today 206 TR posts have been written, food in general … Continue reading
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