Invading Holland

• Photos Uit Amsterdam: Is This You?
  Spotted sellotaped to the tram stop at Koningspein in Amsterdam: I foresee two possible outcomes. One will result in a very touching scene between a father and son a few years from now when the inquisitive young boy asks how mummy met daddy. The proud father will put his paper and pipe down, pick up [...]
  
  
• Quote of the Week/Lifetime
  My Girlfriend: (Down on one knee) “Will you marry me?” Me: (After a full minute of hyperventilating like a girl) “YES!” I just have to hope she stops singing, “All the women who are independent. Throw your hands up at me,” before the wedding. Either way, I guess I made a good impression on that [...]
  
  
• The Pannenkoeken Farce
  7:45pm – INT – RESTAURANT ENTRANCE A family of four enters the Pannenkoeken house and waits by the entrance. They are approached by a waiter. He is a young waiter. He probably works at the Pannenkoeken house part time and goes to college where he studies for a less pancake orientated future. For the purposes [...]
  
  
• Live Blogging – Listening to a Neighbors Movie
  This is a completely improvised, written as it happens blog post. I’ve never done one of these before so it is a bit of an experiment. I am currently sitting in the front room of a friend’s house in Amsterdam. He’s not here. He’s in Australia. Don’t worry. I’ve not broken in. I’m house sitting [...]
  
  
• Gay Pride Parade Miscommunication
  It’s gay pride parade day today here in Amsterdam. A day when men and women of all preferences come together to celebrate diversity in sexuality by dancing to the Village People’s greatest hits while trying unsuccessfully to not to crash their canal boats into another group dancing to the greatest hit of The Weather Girls [...]