Tag Archives: May
Where Can You Practice Your Dutch in May? Posted by heather on May 1, 2012
How was everyone’s Koninginnedag (Queen’s Day) celebrations? Did you dress in oranje (orange), buy something at the vrijmarkt (free market) or just sat outside enjoying the zonneschijn (sunshine)? Whatever you did, I hope that it was een leuke dag (a fun day). We have now arrived in the month of Mei (May), another good maand…
April and May: Public Holiday Heaven Posted by heather on Mar 30, 2012
If you have lived in the Netherlands for any length of time, you probably have noticed that it isn’t a country blessed with many public holidays. Even worse, perhaps, is the fact that if one of those precious holidays falls on a weekend, the day off is basically lost. It is understandable then why when…