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Enjoy the stories.
While I have been in Amsterdam, many fun things have happened to my friends and myself. Follow the links to learn about some of them. If you have any stories you would like to share and I would be delighted to include them here.
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The astrology lecture attracted about 50 people, all seats were filled. Faye Cossar gave an interesting insight into this mysterious world. Astrol .. more |
I am really looking forward to the Brit. Soc. Christmas Ball. It´s not so often that I get to wear my false moustache, monocle, and dinner j .. more |
On a cold winter´s night, Felicity, Peter, and their two adorable cats bravely opened up their delightful home to a motley crew of BritSoc c .. more |
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The Fine Art trip to Maastricht turned out to be every bit as enjoyable as I had hoped. |
"Tatskia van der Zee, Psychologist, will tell us how we reveal our character through our handwriting" - thus ran the notice in the March .. more |
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I´d tell you about Bas´s trip to the IJ Brouwerij on 17th October, but it´s all gone a bit blurred. The opening beer, by kind co .. more |
"Well we deliberated and cogitated over whether we were going to attend the BritSoc Ball this year. Luckily, we managed to get tickets about .. more |
Despite having been a member of the British Society for a number of years, including the last year on the committee, this was my first Christmas B .. more |
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Well, we´ve been quite lucky with the weather - everybody could arrive dry to that very nice rowing club. Rebecca and Michele gave us a warm .. more |
The British Bonfire Night tradition stems from the "Gunpowder Plot" in 1605 that threatened to blow up King James I and Parliament. Guy .. more |
I would like to thank you for a thoroughly enjoyable evening at Sloterplas. From a "foreigner´s" point of view, I am also glad Guy .. more |
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Remember, remember the 9th of November! Well the date might have been a little late, but this year´s Bonfire was certainly a night to rememb .. more |
My first experience with Bonfire Night was in 1988, in Nottingham. Coming from Australia I had no idea what my English friend was talking about. I .. more |
So what do you call someone sporting ten balloons, a badminton racket and a grim determination to win. Well George, of course. He was one of the s .. more |
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On Saturday, June 8th we met at Knijn Bowling centre in Amsterdam to conclude this year´s Badminton season. |
The Britsoc Football Team brings home its first trophy. It´s been a long coming, but finally Ben "the boss" Stothert led our brave band of battling boys to the Britsoc´s first ever .. more |
Did you know the world´s first controlled nuclear reaction took place on a squash court (Chicago University, 1942)? That would seem .. more |
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With the sun blazing down on golden sands, the instructions ´look for the pyramids´ seemed rather apt They turned out to be the roofs .. more |
Yer dancin´? Yer askin´? |
"Come on Barbie, let´s go party!" the email enticed. Organiser Paul got into the party spirit with a loud green shirt with large w .. more |
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The Three Sisters Pub on Rembrandtsplein in Amsterdam was swingin´ when we made our grand entrance on Saturday night. Those wild Croats were .. more |
Walking along the banks of the Amstel away from the railway station, it seemed as if winter would never loosen its grip on the landscape and, thou .. more |
In tradition with Dutch weather, the Early Summer Dance appeared more like a Late Winter Dance even though it was June! However, many of us braved .. more |
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What more romantic way to celebrate St. Valentine´s day than a Ceidilh. The traditional Scottish dance was designed to bring together eligib .. more |
What is the most fun you can have with three women on a wet Sunday in Holland? Well, I can´t go into that here, but I will tell you about th .. more |
Did you know that if you lined up, end to end, all the people that entered the Mass Blind Date, they would stretch to Bridlington on Sea and back? .. more |
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Birmingham Sex Secrets Revealed - Later in this article I will give you the chat-up line guaranteed to get a West Midlands´ girl into bed wi .. more |
It´s a good thing that we had our summer picnic way back in June as the weather has got progressively worse since then. Fortunately on June .. more |
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Laurens Blommendaal discussed his book about the English and their football. Naturally members of the Brit Soc. were curious to find out why a Dut .. more |
The final score of 9-4 (or thereabouts) to Utrecht was not a measure of the true grit shown by Ben´s 11 on Saturday the 22nd August. .. more |
The sixties were great years, the Beatles, mini skirts, and Harold Wilson´s "Great White Heat of Technology". It was also then, wh .. more |
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It was great honour to be selected for my second British Society football match, only my second full game since leaving school. This year I decide .. more |
I could only feel apprehension when the annual British Society football match approached. Would Ben "the boss" still select me for my ex .. more |
A funny old game |
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Is it really fours years ago that Ben "The Boss" Stothert became our player / manager and the British Society Albion´s glory years .. more |
An impromptu games night in the Grand Cafe´ Max at the end of August attracted a major gathering proving that no one has anything happening .. more |
Some people just can´t tear themselves away from their regular Monday night bridge game, so we stuck them in a corner and generally left the .. more |
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Despite a chilly night, an impressive and eager group turned up for the Laser Game at ´The Force´ on the 14th November, Many were firs .. more |
The situation was grim. My small unit was completely surrounded by the enemy. There were shots flashing by our heads every moment. Smoke from the .. more |
As we traveled towards Rotterdam on the motorway, the rain lashing off the windscreen, the black clouds above and the howling gale gave us the ide .. more |
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Answer the following question. |
You have to be something of a genius to be invited to write up the Britsoc Quiz Night - not only does your team, The Dynamos get to the exciting t .. more |
Congratulations Mr Huxley, your daughter is a bastard - official. Those who read my piece in the last Bulletin may recall how, prior to my daughter being born, I visited the Amstelveen Gemente to try and discover .. more |
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How to get started on tracing your family tree in the British Isles. Tracing your family tree, ancestors and your surname´s history can be a very long though rewarding experience. To help get you started, her .. more |
Those of you of my generation may remember how Dr Who defeated evil super-intelligent computers. He would put to them an un-resolvable paradox; co .. more |
Many people lose touch over the years with friends and relatives. Disputes and changes of job, home and partners result in a lack of contact, mak .. more |
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Not to be put off by a dark and rainy night, I set off to partake of my first Gourmet Evening, this month at the little Café Diner Dwars in .. more |
Following a glowing recommendation from Gary and Nancy Slark in the December bulletin and from local regular, Lindsay Bolden, a gourmet night was .. more |
Flamboyant was a very appropriate name for this Indonesian restaurant. It was not just the food that was hot and spicy, after a glass of wine or t .. more |
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Girassol, the restaurant for our fourth World Cuisine in the series looked authentic enough. True, the weather helped a lot: after (again) .. more |
This delightful dinner was held in an intimate fondue restaurant, located on a picturesque narrow street in an historic part of Haarlem. However, .. more |
Our first grub night experience was at Pacificos, a popular cosy-but-lively Mexican Restaurant near the middle of the red light district of Amster .. more |
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For those people who missed our trip to the Supper Club I can only say that I hope there is a chance to repeat the visit. The last time Kath and I .. more |
The doors parted like a biblical sea as Monica´s hordes approached the promised land of beer and curry. A sumptuous feast was laid out befor .. more |
Saturday 11 July was hardly what one would have called a hot and balmy summer evening, rather cold and drizzly, where thermal underwear was a litt .. more |
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I once heard sailing described as like standing under a shower while ripping up ten pound notes. Fortunately, the British Society´s Sailing .. more |
Praying for a good weekend´s weather some two dozen would-be sailors and surfers set off for Friesland in mid-August for an away-from-it-all .. more |
I´ve just got back from a great skiing week in Fugen, Austria - my first time! I went with a fellow expat (Steve) to see how an ex-e .. more |
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We arrived at 5.30 PM to find the pre-match Power Party in full swing. Music blared out from live bandstand large TV screens gave us a taste of th .. more |
"The rules are simple, there are no rules." This paradoxical claim was made by Flashing Blade, (or Brian as his mother stubbornly in .. more |
Back in Amsterdam - safe and DRY. On Wednesday afternoon we reluctantly packed up For the Time Being. I say reluctantly because I have a decided aversion to being outside when it i .. more |
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Are you au fait with the 3 tenets of Murphy´s Law?? |
The In Players, in their production of Puss in Boots, gave us everything one would expect in a traditional pantomime (Oh no they didn´t .. more |
The In Players´ gave us twice the entertainment value with two short pieces, an American and an English black comedy. |
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An old story, but worth retelling. Doctor Faustus, a man who sold his soul to the Devil for Knowledge, Power, and Wealth (and a Barbie doll?&# .. more |
Thanks to Bronwen, our yearly Shakespearean celebrations have been great fun, though "verily" our acting has been decidedly medieval. S .. more |
You will surely be fascinated to know that the English expression, "to be warm as toast" derives from the ancient Romans´ habit of .. more |
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