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Hi,
anybody here ever been to the Eifel? That is a medium high mountain range in western Germany. Very scenic and a lot of different landscapes very near together. We live here now for some 7 years and I enjoy the climate here very much, with nice summers and sometimes quite a lot of snow in the winter. We live in Arft, that is some 5 km from the NÜrburgring. Groetjes uit Arft, Dirk -- D. Weber Arft, Germany (50°23'N 7°5'E) If possible, no html mails please |
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On May 22, 7:52*pm, Dirk Weber wrote:
Hi, anybody here ever been to the Eifel? That is a medium high mountain range in western Germany. Very scenic and a lot of different landscapes very near together. We live here now for some 7 years and I enjoy the climate here very much, with nice summers and sometimes quite a lot of snow in the winter. We live in Arft, that is some 5 km from the NÜrburgring. Groetjes uit Arft, Dirk -- D. Weber Arft, Germany (50°23'N *7°5'E) If possible, no html mails please what was wrong with neddyland ? |
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Dirk Weber wrote:
Hi, anybody here ever been to the Eifel? That is a medium high mountain range in western Germany. Very scenic and a lot of different landscapes very near together. We live here now for some 7 years and I enjoy the climate here very much, with nice summers and sometimes quite a lot of snow in the winter. We live in Arft, that is some 5 km from the NÃœrburgring. Groetjes uit Arft, Dirk I've been there, though it's been a while 8-) -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad |
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Beer Tricks Potter schreef:
what was wrong with neddyland ? Nothing, I enjoyed my stay there very much. I had a nice job in Barneveld (Gelderland) with an international software company (follow uo of Baan). We worked in the financial department - until the company decided to move that department to India. :-( So I lost my job and went back to the Eifel. Very nice landscape here, but no jobs. For a tourist The Netherlands also are very attractive. Wonderful landscape, if you don't miss hills (ok, they have some hills at the garbage dumps), nice sea line (until you dislike to swim in 18 degrees warm water), interesting native foods. And when you are in Amsterdam you can get stoned for free - just by standing outside of a coffieshop, the stuff must be terrific. ;-) I will go to Leiden, maybe even this summer, that must be a very scenic town. I once just passed it on my way to the coast (the sea then had some 20 degrees), lokks very interesting. btw, did you know that Arft even has a ski lift. During the last three years we had quite some days when it was open. It is most of all just known by the regional people, but very nice to go with. The forests here are rather quiet, not these masses of tourists as at the Hohe Acht (appr. just some 6 km from here!). Groetjes uit Arft, Dirk -- D. Weber Arft, Germany (50°23'N 7°5'E) If possible, no html mails please |
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Martin schreef:
interesting native foods. You are kidding? Don't you like real Dutch food? Those rolls which look so nice and crispy and are as soft as rubber, these colorful cakes which are just sweet, the stamppot, a rather exotic speciality ... ;-) IMHO the best features of Dutch kitchen are the Indonesian recipees or those from Surinam. These are quite ok. Groetjes uit Arft, Dirk -- D. Weber Arft, Germany (50°23'N 7°5'E) If possible, no html mails please |
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Martin wrote:
On Thu, 26 May 2011 15:14:33 +0200, Dirk Weber wrote: Martin schreef: interesting native foods. You are kidding? Don't you like real Dutch food? Those rolls which look so nice and crispy and are as soft as rubber, these colorful cakes which are just sweet, the stamppot, a rather exotic speciality ... ;-) IMHO the best features of Dutch kitchen are the Indonesian recipees or those from Surinam. These are quite ok. Dutch bread, cheese, smoked fish and eel are good too. Cheese and fish ...ok, but Dutch bread? are you jocking ? |
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"Martin" wrote in message ... On Sat, 28 May 2011 02:51:18 +0200, Wolfgang Schwanke wrote: Martin wrote in m: For a tourist The Netherlands also are very attractive. Wonderful landscape, if you don't miss hills (ok, they have some hills at the garbage dumps), nice sea line but monotonous. No bays, no cliffs, no rock pools, sea opaque with crap etc. just sand dunes What about the islands? The same but inland is nicer than on the main land. cordoned off with barb wire. In the German sand islands they build wooden catwalks through the dunes so the tourists don't destroy the dunes, no barbed wire. In parts of UK they manage without either. (until you dislike to swim in 18 degrees warm water), interesting native foods. You are kidding? I like rijstafel and frites. Rijstafel is Indonesian. There are plenty of good foreign food restaurants in NL. I forgot the frites met mayonnaise/sate/curry sauce/... which are also good. The sea is 12C at the moment. It's 14C now. The North Sea could be quite a beach paradise if it was some 2000 km further south. and had mountains and hula girls? :-) -- Martin The frites are quite good generally but the crap they douse them with they can keep. Why don't they just sell their decent chips with the equally decent fish they have in other shops? I guess you can tell I grew up in an English speaking country. :-) Gerrit - Oz |
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"Martin" wrote in message ... On Sat, 28 May 2011 17:56:50 +0800, "Gerrit" wrote: The frites are quite good generally but the crap they douse them with they can keep. Even the chip saus? :-) Why don't they just sell their decent chips with the equally decent fish they have in other shops? Why is fresh fish so poor in NL. Every test the Dutch CA does finds the majority of fish on sale is not fresh. From watching a Dutch TV programme, I know that a retailer selling fish in IJmuiden, where it was landed, buys it wholesale in Rungis in Paris. Sometimes it is returned to NL in the same refrigerated trucks that were used to export the fish to Rungis. Not quite as bad as the Scottish herring that is transported to Thailand and turned into kippers and then sent back to Scotland (and England for that matter) to be sold as genuine Scottish kippers. :-) But I was not referring to fresh fish but the fried variety as you probably realised. Gerrit - Oz |
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"Martin" wrote in message ... On Sat, 28 May 2011 22:06:42 +0800, "Gerrit" wrote: "Martin" wrote in message . .. On Sat, 28 May 2011 17:56:50 +0800, "Gerrit" wrote: The frites are quite good generally but the crap they douse them with they can keep. Even the chip saus? :-) Why don't they just sell their decent chips with the equally decent fish they have in other shops? Why is fresh fish so poor in NL. Every test the Dutch CA does finds the majority of fish on sale is not fresh. From watching a Dutch TV programme, I know that a retailer selling fish in IJmuiden, where it was landed, buys it wholesale in Rungis in Paris. Sometimes it is returned to NL in the same refrigerated trucks that were used to export the fish to Rungis. Not quite as bad as the Scottish herring that is transported to Thailand and turned into kippers and then sent back to Scotland (and England for that matter) to be sold as genuine Scottish kippers. :-) LOL But I was not referring to fresh fish but the fried variety as you probably realised. We seemed to have omitted referring to broodje kroket so far -- Don't get me started on that.:-) Gerrit - Oz |
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Martin wrote:
On Sun, 29 May 2011 18:07:02 +0800, "Gerrit" wrote: "Martin" wrote in message ... On Sat, 28 May 2011 22:06:42 +0800, "Gerrit" wrote: "Martin" wrote in message ... On Sat, 28 May 2011 17:56:50 +0800, "Gerrit" wrote: The frites are quite good generally but the crap they douse them with they can keep. Even the chip saus? :-) Why don't they just sell their decent chips with the equally decent fish they have in other shops? Why is fresh fish so poor in NL. Every test the Dutch CA does finds the majority of fish on sale is not fresh. From watching a Dutch TV programme, I know that a retailer selling fish in IJmuiden, where it was landed, buys it wholesale in Rungis in Paris. Sometimes it is returned to NL in the same refrigerated trucks that were used to export the fish to Rungis. Not quite as bad as the Scottish herring that is transported to Thailand and turned into kippers and then sent back to Scotland (and England for that matter) to be sold as genuine Scottish kippers. :-) LOL But I was not referring to fresh fish but the fried variety as you probably realised. We seemed to have omitted referring to broodje kroket so far -- Don't get me started on that.:-) I have :-) My daughter who went to a school in NL, went to a reunion in London recently. Some bright spark arranged it in a Heineken pub which sold broodje Krokets. it reminded her of why she lives and works in UK. I used to like them in the early 70ties when my 'Geschmacksinn' wasn't developed. |
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