Tag Archives: Humour – Dark

Kids Home Alone: Part II – The Installation of a Plastic Hot Tub

Posted on June 17, 2011 by wordgeyser

. . . continued from the previous post, in which we returned home from a weekend away to discover all was not quite as we had left it . . . I was still seething at the maltreatment of my … Continue reading →

Posted in Expat Experiences, Family Life, The Netherlands | Tagged drinking age inholland, drinking in holland, Humour - Dark, leaving kids home alone, Light and Shades Inbetween, teens home alone | 2 Comments

Pillow Talk: The Best Way to Learn a New Language

Posted on April 5, 2011 by wordgeyser

The Dutch are an enigmatic race. On the one hand conservative to a fault, on the other broad-minded, tolerant and objective. A confusing mix for the outsider – you think you have the culture sussed then something goes and blows … Continue reading →

Posted in Dutch Culture, Family Life, Learning Dutch, Personal challenges, The Netherlands, Women and Female Related | Tagged best way to learn a new language, best way to learn Dutch, dutch attitudes to sex, Dutch attitudes to sex and drugs, dutch tolerance, expat experiences, Humour - Dark, learning a new language, learning Dutch, living in the Netherlands, sex and language learning, teenage attitudes to sex in Holland | 10 Comments

Diplomatic Incidents: The Memoirs of an (un)Diplomatic Wife by Cherry Denman

Posted on January 6, 2011 by wordgeyser

For anyone who has lived abroad, is planning on living abroad or just dreams of it, this is a book to get you started. Delightful in its honesty, upbeat and gloriously irreverent you can share in the nightmare of life overseas … Continue reading →