Top 10 Places I’ve Been
In my short life I have already traveled a bit and have already seen quite some of the world. I won’t number these because I don’t want to rank them. These are all amazing places. I wish I could go back to many of them, but there’s still so much of the world to explore! I will include many pictures in this post. Many will be pictures I have made, but I don’t have (good) pictures of all these places so some I will take from the net. Click on them to enlarge them! Additionally, I will create links to the Wikipedia pages, in case you’d like to read more about any of these places. Southern France In 2009, my boyfriend (Tim) and I made a trip through Southern France by car. Although we visited many places, four particular ones stick out to...
Top 10 Most Famous Dutch People
Here is a list of Dutch people who are famous all over the world. Just FYI – I’m Dutch myself, which is the main reason I chose to feature Dutch people :p. Click the pictures to see larger versions! 10. Rutger Hauer (January 23, 1944) Rutger Oelsen Hauer is a stage, television and film actor. His career began in 1969 with the title role in the popular Dutch television series “Floris”, directed by Paul Verhoeven. He is best known for his roles in Blade Runner (1982), Batman Begins (2005), Sin City (2005) and The Hitcher (1986). His most famous Dutch movie is Soldaat van Oranje (1977, Soldier of Orange). 9. Doutzen Kroes (January 23, 1985) Doutzen Kroes is a Dutch model and one of the Victoria’s Secret Angels. She started to...
I Put On My Best Sunday Dress
Time for another Casual Sunday post! Perhaps you’ve seen I mentioned “Queen’s Day” a couple of times on Twitter in the past few days. Queen’s Day, or Koninginnedag, is a Dutch holiday, celebrated on April 30th. Queen’s Night is celebrated the night before. Basically, what Queen’s Day entails is that everyone, nationwide, has a day off. Most people spend the day one of our bigger cities (like in Utrecht, where I live) to enjoy all the events that are organized (lots of music and fun festivities). Flea markets are all around the city. Queen’s Day also entails a LOT of booze. And when I say a lot, I mean A LOT. Everyone’s drunk… Except for me, because I don’t drink, lol (but I did join my boyfriend...
Gloomy Sunday
There’s always something a little gloomy about Sundays, don’t you think? A few strange things happened this week. First of all, I made a very important decision. I donated my brain. Here in The Netherlands, you are free in the choice whether or not to donate organs after you pass. Another option, which can be combined with the donation of organs, is the donation of your brain to the “Dutch Brain Bank”, de Hersenbank. * This organization was founded in 1985 by a neurobiologist I greatly admire – Dick Swaab**. He’s not afraid to research unconventional things, such as homosexuality, religion and moral behavior and even love, and its foundations in the brain. Over 30 years time, he’s received multiple death threats from...
Sunday Bloody Sunday
As many of you know by now I had an extremely important exam last Thursday, for which I studied a lot. If I didn’t pass the exam, I wouldn’t be able to start with my Bachelor thesis, which would mean I’d have to wait half a year A) to do the course again and B) before I would be allowed to do the thesis. Good news though, I passed. I was so psyched! In September I’m going to start my thesis for my Clinical and Health Psychology Bachelor. That means that I will graduate around February! After that, there’s still half a year before I can start my Master’s, but during that time I’m probably (hopefully) going to do an internship somewhere that fits with the Master’s I want to do: Global Criminology. A Major Blog...
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