Going dutch

There is no such thing as just stopping over at a friend's place. It's considered rude. You have to call ahead of time and often have to make plans to meet up days or weeks (sometimes even months) in advance.

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You walk into a shop and nobody asks if they can help you.

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Here in Holland, the toilet and the bath are separate.

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Not only that, but from about october to april the sun does NOT shine. Maybe 3-4 days out of the entire winter are sunny, otherwise it's just grey and dreary.

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For a strange reason here in Holland is very normal that the aerobics lessons (or any other sport activies) are just one per week. For me one day per week is nothing.

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It's very rare you ever see them arguing, just the circular logic discussions time and time again.

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Making apointment is like a must in every single activities. Even with your family. It's almost impossible to do something out of impulse with Nederlander.

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Os moradores de Amsterdã, na Holanda, contam agora com conselhos de vasos sanitários, que falam sobre os perigos de se fumar ou sobre como ter melhores hábitos de higiene.

Certo. Andei descobrindo que a Holanda é o paraíso na Terra. Hmmm. Acho que vou começar por aqui. Segura, Vermeer.

I refuse to become old here, the idea of having a “dutch life” in my future panics me, and the idea that my daughter will become as most of the dutch women frightens me.

Paraíso na Terra.