Friday, January 28, 2005

Isn't that veeerd?

I have been here long enough now to have made a few "cultural observations". aka, annoying things dutch people do.
I am about to rant....

1. Nobody picks up after their dogs. there is poop everywhere.
2. Nobody salts sidewalks..very scary on smoothed cobblestones.
3. Everyone just leaves their bikes wherever they feel like it. they are always in the way.
4. You can't go anywhere without encountering heavy 2nd hand smoke (spoiled Torontonian!)
5. Dancing is always an adventure...the music is totally unpredictable. one minute it's some billboard chart-topper, and the next it is some traditional dutch tune, involving an accordian, and once, I even saw a saxaphone player noodling on the bar.
6. Dutch boys are SKETCHY. One tried to pick us up on the way out of the bar. His line: My dad is Mr. Heineken.
7. People pee on the walls. any wall.
8. Everyone is anal. Everything has to be "just so".
9. Cobblestones. Which I affectionately refer to as "hobblestones".
10. Mayo on EVERYTHING.
11. Vinegar where there is no Mayo.
12. Fries with everything. no matter what you order, it is assumed it comes with fries.
13. there is never any salt on the table!
14. in the bathrooms, there is only ever one tap with which to wash your hands. and it is cold. wtf?
15. in the grocery store, eggs are kept on the shelf...ross, aren't they a fridge item?

i think i'll stop there for now.


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