tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80762582011-06-08T08:43:02.787+02:00Where you can follow the daily adventures of an expat married couple in The Netherlands.</br>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06341633587527725178noreply@blogger.comBlogger2011100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076258.post-24673436013776626112008-08-18T13:32:00.003+02:002008-08-18T13:51:43.617+02:00

All is well. I'm well. Pneumonia is all over.Since the last post another year of school has ended. I didn't write about it at all, but it was a good group of students. I initiated a client counseling competition for the students, and it went very well. First time any law school in The Netherlands had participated. I ended up in India with the team, one Swedish/Hungarian guy and one German.

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I went to the doctor Thursday morning to see if I was good to go to make the trip to Prague. She pretty much said that I was crazy to even think about it, so I guess you'll have to get your traveloghue from the Czech Republic later. Ian's already rebooked for next Spring break. I asked the doctor just how much longer I could expect to be house-bound and she said probably about 2 -3 weeks. She

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I don't know how I missed the talks that are held in my old stomping grounds. Monterey has always been a great place for new ways of looking at things, and the TED talks are keeping that tradition alive. The vid below is one of the many I've watched over the past week. This one is a wonderful essay on creativity and how traditional education has got it wrong.If you've ever wondered what's wrong

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I went back to the doctor a couple of days ago - more x-rays and blood tests. My lung is better and my blood is clean. I feel better every day.Ten years ago this month, my dad died of lung disease. I guess it would have been hard not to have thought about him during the last month even if this wasn't going on with me, but. . . So far as I know, I don't have anything else going on with my

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I went to the doctor yesterday for a checkup. I was feeling pretty good - I woke up for the first time in 16 days in sheets that weren't drenched from night sweats. I haven't had a fever for a couple of days. So, I was feeling pretty upbeat when I went to the doctor.She listened to my lungs and said that I needed to slow down. That made me laugh, because I've been doing nothing other than

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Has it really been almost a year since I last wrote something here?Briefly, we spent last Christmas in the US with family in New York, Kansas and Colorado. We also went to D.C. (my first time there, believe it or not) for a conference. After that we came back home for a couple of weeks, then started work again.I've really been enjoying my job. I can't remember if I've written about it or not.

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Something only the people who have known me for a long time know is that I used to play the piano. And cello. And the sax. And even the trumpet for a very short while. I started with the piano when I was probably around 4 years old. My paternal grandmother was a music teacher. Her lessons were painful in a way that only those of us who were genetically related could understand. I was the

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So much has happened this last year. Much of it has been taken up with work. I don't think I've written much about it. I've edited a couple of books, but the English Language European Law School in Maastricht is mostly what I've been busy with. I'm teaching some really bright students from all over Europe. That's the best part of the job.The program is new; the first of its kind, at least

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So. I've been teaching law in Maastricht (I love it) and it doesn't seem like I've had a chance to breathe since February.I've got a break for awhile now, and am using it to do some editing.Then I'll rest.And post some pictures.And maybe write something.We went to Italy last week and got back yesterday. RyanAir had cheap flights into Pisa. We spent a day there, and I've got to say that I liked

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We spent yesterday with Ian's dad in Enkhuizen. Now if this doesn't just make you want to put on a pair of wooden shoes and kick your heels up, I don't know what will.On another front, a break of at least a day or two is on the horizon. Maybe I'll post some overdue pics.

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I'm not mad at you, I'm just busy.I got a new job in Maastricht, we've been to Paris with Natalie, saw Janine and Chris get married,and spent a day with Lieke and Gert-Jan in Rotterdam. I'll try to be better at this. Soon.

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We're back!We spent out first anniversary in Paris with Natalie, Jeffrey and John. We chose Paris mainly because Natalie came over with her partner Colin. I'm sure that will disappoint those who find this site by typing in the search "Natalie Peck lesbian", but what can you do, girls? She's just made that way.

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Finally.

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I may write about it a little later, but last week's minor emergency found me being rushed by my opthamologist's orders to a university hospital to investigate the possibility of a detached retina. They took pictures, and it looks good - see for yourself.

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Now that the Budapest posts are up, an ad that is primarily for Bente.

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One of the first things I learned on this trip is something I'm sure most Europeans learn as a child; Budapest is actually made up of two cities -- Buda and Pest. The cities are split down the middle by the Danube river.Buda and Pest, as seen from Castle Hill, in Buda.

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Szent Istvan bazilika in Budapest has to be seen to be believed. It is the height of spiritual ostentatiousness, carried out by good Catholics after the Holy wars and persecutions were over (although some of us aren't quite sure the persecutions are really over yet) and they had some free time on their hands. Never mind that the people are starving, this building isn't about the people. It's

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Buda is arguably the most picturesque of the two cities - especially its skyline as viewed from Pest.Buda is also the oldest of the two.Castle Hill in Buda, across the Danube as seen from Pest.Castle Hill, seen from the Buda side.

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Pest was (and is) the more industrial of the two cities, but has its own beauty.The Hungarian Parliament is undergoing renovation, but is an incredible complex.This last picture is a pan (that I haven't cleaned up) of the other side of the Parliament. Click on it to see a bit more detail.

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The streets of Budapest are best seen on foot.Or maybe scooter...Every turned corner revealed a surprise.

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Castle Hill is probably the most recognizable and visited place in Buda. It sits on top of a limestone plateau high above the Danube and is home to medieval monuments and museums.The old town on the hill is filled with quiet retreats and beautifully painted old storefronts.

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Matthias Church,aka The Church of our Lady in the Buda Castle is amazing.Parts of it date back 500 years.There is an incredible amount of handwork in the church - but it's not all gold and gilt. It's more intimate than imposing. (It's Protestant)The entire interior of the church is painted with elaborate designs.The old floor of the Church (below) helps create the environment of calm that

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Again, this is a great city to walk in. Although the city is becoming more Western and modernized, there are reminders everywhere of the past.This pic is for Mom. The present (which she'll eventually get) came from this little antique shop above.

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Budapest is home (or graveyard) to an incredible collection of statutes from previously socialist countries. The park isn't finished - they ran out of money - but it's still worth seeing. It was designed not to glorify socialism, but rather as a reminder. It's an outdoor sculpture garden, but has the front facade of a building. This is intentional. It signifies the socialist past -- an

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Although Budapest is a city to walk in, if you remove the human factor, the transit system is also excellent. There are trams, and subways,and buses and finiculasthat go everywhere.And yet, only three hours after buying our week-long transit pass -- a pass that allowed us unlimited use of all transit in Budapest -- we were escorted off a tram. It turned out that in order for our passes to be

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You can't visit Budapest without being aware of the influence of Turkish style thermal baths, or spas. Budapest lies on the geological fault separating the Buda Hills from the Great Plain, and more than 30,000 cubic meters of warm to scalding mineral water gush forth daily from 118 thermal springs.We visited a couple of spas, and they were all we hoped they would be. This was the first one we

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Budapest is all about desserts.These were found at Gerbeaud, a place not far from where we stayed in Pest. We read that this was a great place for pastries, and it was. However, we were a little taken back when we tried to pay for it and our waitress refused our money. Not because they were comping us our food and coffee, but because the 5,000 Forint bill (about 20 Euro) we tried to pay for it

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I think I mentioned I'm teaching law in Maastricht. This interesting link to an on-line comic-book was in my University email inbox: A documentary is being filmed. A cell phone rings, playing the "Rocky" theme song. The filmmaker is told she must pay '10,000 to clear the rights to the song. Can this be true? "Eyes on the Prize," the great civil rights documentary, was pulled from circulation

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Janine and Chris's wedding is only a month away, and Janine's bachelorette party is today! So in her honor, on the day of her party, I thought I'd share a little video of the two of them. Do they belong together or what?

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Then,and now.

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We've been in Budapest, and Í forgot to tell almost everyone we were going. Internet access is spotty, so I probably won't update until we get home next week. I'm still not sure what I think of this city, other than it's an amazing mix of old and new, East and West. The people, for the most part, don't seem to enjoy their lives. That aside, there are friendly people around. We went to an

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It is still snowy and cold here. Yesterday, I took this compilation of places I love on the way to and from my manual therapist's office (he didn't use hammers on me this time). The first couple of shots are of our street at around 9 am, the last ones are in a little zoo/park just across the street from our house and those in between are mostly in the Utrecht city center.

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We found a dog that fits the doggy door we put in the other day, so we brought her home. She's about 4, a medium/small sized dog - a cross between a Jack Russell Terrier and a Fox Terrier. Her name is Rensa, and she's well mannered and smart. My two favorite qualities in a dog.We brought her home via a 10 minute walk from her previous owner's house to the train station, a 30 minute train trip,

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The main purpose of this post is to see if a short video I took can be seen through the following link. If you're seeing this, it probably works.

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We now have heat. And electricity. (The electrician was here for about 30 minutes and got everything going again. It was just a loose wire.) Yesterday, I put in a doggy door. I guess it's really a cat door since we don't have a dog yet. We're going to look at one tonight, though. We're not in a hurry to get one, but we're looking. We looked at one yesterday - a cute little mutt we found

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We got our central heat working. Then we lost it. We'll have it again tomorrow. In the meantime, we DO have a working fireplace, so it ain't all bad. A couple of days ago, workers came out and installed new gas pipes. Our central heat is by radiators. It was the gas pipes, though, not the water, that were shot. The builders confirmed we had bad gas leaks. Blow up the block bad. I still

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Back in the early 80's, I lived on a sailboat in the Monterey harbor for a couple of years. That's really not really the subject of the post, but here are a couple of pictures of me, my backyard, and the schooner I lived on.Maybe eventually I'll write down some of the stories of how I ended up buying and living on a boat, and what the life of a boat bum was like but for this story, the important

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When I first moved here, Ian couldn't wait to get me on a tram and take me to IKEA. "You are going to LOVE it," said he.He was wrong, wrong, wrong. I didn't love anything about it. It was too crowded, the merchandise looked cheap, and everything seemed to be lime green or some other color that I didn't like last time it was in style, either.As I've said before, I've loved it here from the

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So. We have no heat and won't until Tuesday. And it's cold. Freezing or below for the next several days. It's supposed to warm up on, you guessed it, Tuesday.As it turns out, our builder forgot to tell us that in order to get the new pipes in, he would have to cut through our new wood floor. We weren't too crazy about that idea, so we said that we would have to wait for our floor people to

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We finally got the fireplace that's been sitting for months in three boxes in front of the chimney out of the boxes! The fireplace is one of those things that we're not doing ourselves. We've waited for three months - all the builders have been busy. But finally they've started. Three days - that's how long it takes to put in a fireplace if there are no problems. Day 1The main thing that

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All the work on the house has taken its toll. My back is a mess. Luckily, I've found a really great manual therapist. He says my spine is torqued and is putting me through some excrutiating pain to get it straightened out. I think it's helping. He says the migraines I have been having for the past who knows how many years should go away, which would be wonderful. I've been twice now, and he

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Wow. Another month since I've updated. Here's what our front yard/street/bike path looked like yesterday evening. Ian says that in Utrecht (15 minutes east of here on bike), they didn't get any snow at all. There's still some on the ground here in De Meern as I write this. And there's a beautiful stork on the stone wall in our back garden. Hmmm. I wonder what that means. I was going to take

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Walt's Q & A, #5.

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In the past, I've somehow missed these questions from The Edge. This year, The Edge's question of the year is showing up everywhere. Still though, it's worth oversturation. "What is your dangerous idea?" is the question posed to some of the world's "third-culture great thinkers" for 2006 by The Edge's World Question Center. The answers are thought provoking. My favorite dangerous idea was

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I'm back into my routine. Ian and I are both working again. We've still got a bit to do on the house. The ceiling in the kitchen will go up in the next couple of days. I keep meaning to continue on with my posting updates of the house, but there's just too much going on. Sometimes it seems easier just to live. I took my Dutch integration test a couple of weeks ago. I think it went fine.

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This week we all but finished with the deconstruction and started with the contruction. Finally, I got to see if the technique I was going to use for the walls worked. Basically, I combined several different techniques I had read about, borrowing most heavily from some Venitian Marble descriptions, and tried it out. I'll show the step by step process if you're interested - just click on "

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Jeez. It makes me tired just thinking about how much work we've done. One of the ongoing projects was the wall downstairs. Make that plural. The walls. The worst was this one.By the end of the day, the framing was up for the new living room wall.And we had our first dinner in our new house. Bente brought us a wonderful picnic that we ate ... hmmm ... I want to say that we ate it right off

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A link for anyone who loves Paris by night.

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My hubby won a Prize ! He submitted Chapter 7 of his book, and they liked it.

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Kind of.The house is nearly done, I'm back from the U.S., Ian is back from Scotland and Sweden, and defended his PhD here just a couple of days ago brilliantly.Although I'm sure you're on the verge of blocking off all next week so you can read all about it and lose yourself in the pictures of the house progress and trips, I'm a little wiped out. Bear with me. I've got stories to tell and

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Our bikes came today! They really make the trip from Utrecht easier. We got the carpet in the entry hall pulled up today,and also took the carpet off the stairs.We finished taking the brick off the wall, then pulled up the carpet in the living room.It's a clean shot to the back yard now from the front window,and it's time to empty the dumpster...

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We're both pretty amazed at the progress we're making. The living room wall is coming along. We pulled up the carpets from all of the rooms except the ground floor, the first floor (second floor for Americans) hallway, and the steps to the second floor. The rooms above and below are what will be the master bedroom.The steps between the first and second floors are free of carpet now.The second

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On Monday, around noon, we got the keys to our new house. It was an emotional day. The guy we bought the house from was the original owner and had lived here since 1964, when it was built. He raised two daughters here. His wife died last year, then he moved earlier this year after a fall down the steps. He was glad we were buying it, but it still had to have been tough for him to let go of

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Wow. It's been ten days since I last updated this. We've been BUSY. I'll give you the highlights over the next couple of posts. This week started with a trip to IKEA for their 1 Euro breakfast. It was not far from there that I noticed this:Ian tells me something was lost in the translation.

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Chris, Janine, Ian and I went to a home show in Amsterdam last weekend. We're all looking for ideas for our new houses. We liked the chairs - the design was fun and they were very comfortable.(More pics after the jump)Chris was obviously up for a good time.The sinks and fireplaces were worth the trip - everything else was a bonus. Above is my fave.It was huge - we spent about 3 hours there, and

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In case you don't recognize the guy with the signs between the two in the shirts that say "He's Gay," it's my old neighbor from Topeka, Kansas, Fred Phelps.I don't know who the two in the T-shirts are, but I love them.

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Here's a scrabble board that conveniently prints on an A4 or lettter sized sheet of paper. if you are ever stuck on a plane or in a pub with no scrabble board you can use this sheet to get your fix.(via Lifehacker)

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. . . is definitely on the way.It looks like the U.S. is in for a metaphorical chill as well:Chief Justice Roberts just referred to Congress as the executive branch. Oops.I guess he's nervous.Ha! Thanks for that, Tinman.

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We did it. We broke down and ordered a couple of decent bikes. We won't have them for a couple of weeks, but just knowing they're on their way makes my butt feel much happier.

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Growing up, there were about ten days every September that I felt like the luckiest kid in the world. I hesitate to mention this because I know you'll go green with envy unless you grew up there too, but I grew up in Hutchinson - the town that hosts the Kansas State Fair.I was especially lucky in that after the rides were trained in from someplace else, they were pulled by huge semi-trucks down

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Call us cheap, but we've discovered IKEA's one Euro breakfast! From our new house, it's not very far - only about a 15-20 minute bike ride. As an added bonus, to get there we ride our over what is arguably the most beautiful bridge in Utrecht, the Prince Klaus Bridge.Although I had seen it from a distance, it's even nicer to ride over.

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It looks like it's ours. Our financing came through today. Beers tonight, meetings with contractors tomorrow. Yippee!

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You may have read Richard's blog (See "sssssturtle" over there on the sidebar). If so, you know he's from New Orleans. You also know he was evacuated from his home. One of the frustrations has been that he left his cat behind. There just wasn't time to save her. After being turned away, he was finally allowed back to check on his house and belongings. What he was most concerned about, though

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I wish I had a way to file these things. I think I'd have to buy something to do that though, and I'm way too cheap. If I did have a way to file them, this one would be tagged "Travel". Click the link and you'll see why.Link to Tricks of the trade: Traveller

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I really like Inhabitat. It's about architecture and sustainable living and life. Inhabitat covers things I just don't see anywhere else. The other day I read this while I was there. Now that I live below sea level, I read it a little closer than I would have a couple of years ago.As we get ready to close on our house, I wonder . . .

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Walt recently posted this recipe for Mexican lasagna. Reading it made my mouth water. Good Mexican food is hard to come by here in The Netherlands. Actually, it's hard to come by anywyere in Europe. It's one of the things I miss most. Seeing Walt's post reminded me that I've been wanting to let people who are visiting or living in Utrecht know that there is an EXCELLENT Mexican restaurant

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It looks like Kevin Sites is back. (See Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone.) I'm not so crazy about the "war a day" format, but his voice has been good an important addition to mainstream coverage. If you're not familiar with his work and you've got the stomach for the reality of war, check him out.

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Go over to www.google.com, type in "Failure" then see what pops up in first place. Go ahead. Do it.

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The Katrina we know and love is on the left, next to Portia.I've thought a lot about Katrina in the past couple of days because we're going to have to miss her housewarming and we really hate that. But also because that bitch in Louisiana is giving our Katrina a bad name.I'm wondering if the coverage of Katrina in the U.S. is at all similar to what it is here. First, let me just say that I love

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I think we have a house. The negotiations are over and it looks like we'll sign next week. It's in De Meern - still officially Utrecht, but out a little ways. De Meern has population of about 20,000. We'll be in the old section - it's really nice. Very quiet and very green.I don't think Ian slept last night. I woke up this morning and found him browsing the on-line hardware stores.I'll

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AMSTERDAM — Members of the public will be able to borrow more than books at Almelo Library. In September, people will be able to "borrow" a gay person, gypsy or a Muslim for an hour.Jan Krol, the head of the library, got the idea from a Swedish colleague who set up a similar "forget the stereotypes" project in Malmo.People will be allowed to bring the "borrowee" to a cafe for an hour next to

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Finding a house is hard work. We've looked at a lot. Of the houses we've looked at, we've found a couple we like. Of those, we've bid on two. What we didn't know when we bid on both of the houses was that the seller's agent never intended to negotiate with us. With each of those two, the owners had decided to sell to someone else before we put in our bid. In both of those cases, we were

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No problems with the Bulgarian border police. On arrival there, after I handed them my passport they asked for my boarding pass. That confused me a little. I'd never been asked for a boarding pass once I arrived at a destination and had left the plane. I think they wanted it because I travel with a U.S. passport, but came on a charter flight filled with Dutch passengers. Maybe they thought I

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It's safe to say that although Булгариа (Bulgaria) is a somewhat unusual honeymoon destination, it was just what we were looking for. Looking back, we really haven't had time to breathe since the wedding. We needed downtime, and that's exactly what we got.The weather was beautiful, and the Black Sea was warm. What I was not expecting was that for the whole time I was there I did not run in to

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We're leaving tomorrow for some rest on a beach in Bulgaria. I guess it's a honeymoon, although we haven't really called it that. Yesterday we thought about some of the practical ramifications of sharing a last name. When we go through customs, what do we tell border control when they ask if we're traveling together? If they notice the names and ask how we're related, are we honest? This

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Just in case you're wondering, that mixer STILL hasn't come.

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Remember that house for which we put in an offer? We didn't get it. There was another bidder, and the sellers decided to negotiate with him first. Apparently the negotiations went well and he ended up with the house. Grrrr. It's ok, though. Although we liked the house, there were things that would have made it difficult to sell later. aNNabaNAna, on the other hand, got the keys to her new

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I love this idea: BookCrossing - FREE YOUR BOOKS!: "bookcrossing n. the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise. (added to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary in August 2004)" I think I'm going to look over my shelves, register me some books, then drop them off at the train station. And right after that, I'll finally be ready to

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Ian handed in his book on Friday; 603 pages of comparative private international law on his current topic - European unification of the recognition of registered partnership rules. It's really a very good work. The topic is a Gordian knot that Ian's conclusions have managed to cut through. The conclusions are deceivingly simple; however, they appear simple only because of his clear and focused

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From the Sunday Herald in Scotland: For the government of a secular country such as ours to treat religion as if it had real merit instead of regarding it as a ridiculous anachronism, which education, wisdom and experience can hopefully overcome in time, is one of the most depressing developments of the 21st century. Religious people must be treated with the same respect as non-religious

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Is this something that is just happening at the McDonald's in Utrecht Centraal, or is Ronald McDonald now waiting, in McDonald's toilets all over the world, for us to pee in his mouth?

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I haven't posted in quite awhile. Life.I'm in those intensive Dutch classes I think I mentioned - 6 hours a day. Ian's finishing his book - he hands it in next week. Meanwhile, we've also been looking at houses - just to see how much stress we can take before cracking, I think. We were doing pretty well. We found a house and sucessfully navigated through the maze of mortgages. We put a bid

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The thing I remember most from my first trip to Europe is the coffee. No wait, the first time I was here I hadn't started drinking coffee yet, so that's just a lie. I guess I don't remember coffee from my first trip at all. But now that I think of it, I DO remember the pastry. Those incredible layered chocolate cakes in Bavaria... But this isn't a post about cakes. This is a post about coffee

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So what are you gonna do about the whole Kansas evolution/creationism quagmire? I don't know bobby.henderson@gmail.com, but my hat's off to him. Given the state of the argument, I think he came up with the only reasonable solution. Please read and support his open letter to the Kansas School Board.

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I admit it. And here I was being so Dutch. Well, mostly. I mean, I would have voted for the EU Constitution, so maybe I'm not so Dutch. Then again, the majority of those in Utrecht voted for the Constitution. I also would have voted against shopping on Sunday here in Utrecht (also on our ballot). Those in Utrecht also voted against it. Maybe it's that I'm more of an Utrechtian (Utrechter?

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In the US, a large portion of my practice involved aspects of gay and lesbian law. Part of that was adoption and surrogacy - one of my favorite areas of law. It was great working with the expectant Dads, but it was an even more incredible privilege to meet and work with the surrogates who carried these children. They all had something in common - I'm not sure exactly what it was, but in a

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This is stuff I've bookmarked to post once everything calmed down, which it officially has. Almost. For most of these, although I caught the link, I can't remember who initially referred it. This one deserves a post of its own, but I'll put it here anyway. Europe: Eclipsing the American Dream?I forgot to add this to our wedding registry. Oh well. Christmas is coming... Kronan CycleThis one's

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Once they're all posted, the next posts of the wedding will start with "Last minute wedding preparations" and end with "The Party". Unlike most posts, they'll be in chronological order as you read down the posts.Remember to click "Continue reading" on posts where you see it if you want to see all the photos and story, then click your back button to return to where you started.

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Natalie, my best woman, arrived about a week before the wedding. Here, we're showing her where we're going to get married.Before she got here, Ian and I finally sat down and wrote our vows. It was a beautiful day - no stress for Ian, in his super-hero shades.Our wedding morning - we're on our way.Here come the flowers.Co, our florist.The cake toppers.The European wedding party contingent.The

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The wedding venue. (Lots more photos after the jump - click on "Continue reading".)You could tell the Cambridge contingent by the women's stylish hats. (By the reception, the envy became too much for at least one Cambridge man, who borrowed one for himself.)Scott's brother, Dan, checks the flowers.The trumpet player and organ. The music was incredible. The organ was built in the 1700's, and

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There are differences between weddings in The Netherlands, weddings in England and wedding in the U.S. One difference we Americans notices was that apparently the Europeans don't do dress rehearsals. This made the Americans extremely nervous, but when in Utrecht... The guests arrived, the music started and everything went beautifully.The processionalDan, Pamela and KenBente and Jancy (

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Hans Warendorf is an Amsterdam attorney. Ian's worked with him quite a bit, helping to translate the Dutch legal code into English, among other things. We decided to have the ceremony be in Dutch and English - Hans was the perfect Master of Ceremonies for this. Below (and after the link jump) is his welcome and introduction.Dames en heren, familieleden en vrienden. Mijn naam is Hans Warendorf

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Our dear friend, Lieke Coenraad, sang. Beautifully. We chose Rachmaninaff's Vocalise. It's a haunting song with no words. The thought was that with no words, everyone would understand. Vocally, it's a very tough song. It takes a lot of control. Lieke's phrasing was truly gorgeous. We had hope that Lieke's boyfriend, Gert-Jan, would be able to accompany her. As it turned out, he injured

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As Hans mentioned, a civil wedding is a requirement for anyone married in The Netherlands. We really lucked out here. Everyone mentioned that our Registrar, Helen, was absolutely incredible!

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Helen led us through our vows, which we had written.Dearest ScottAt that moment when you walked through the door at Nancy’s house in Kansas, I knew my life was never going to be the same again. I knew from that moment that you were the man I was destined to be with. When the last thing on my mind at night was you and the first thing in the morning was you, I realised that I had fallen for the man

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To finish the requirements of the Civil Wedding Ceremony, the marriage must be witnessed. We signed the registration, then each of our two witnesses signed. Scott's were his sister Jancy and his friend Pat Mabie (whose husband took many of these photos). Ian's witnesses were his friends Bente Braat and Veelke Derckx.

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After the exchange of rings, Helen said the following:Your gift to each other for your wedding today has been your wedding rings. They shall always be an outward demonstration of your vows of love and respect, and a public showing of your commitment to each other. You now share that most honorable title: “spouse”. You have chosen your first gift, as spouses, to be a single rose.From time

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Leaving the hallEntering the gardenA waiterDid we just do that?Christophe, Veelke and StefanPetals instead of rice...The cloister and herb gardenMarius and VeelkeIan, Dan, ScottStatue, Jan-Gert, LiekeIan, Mom, ScottHolding HandsAdam and JudeBecca and DaveChantalChris and BenteThe fountainHarriet, ChristophJenny, Kathryn, Greg, Katherine and KirstiJohn and Jeffrey - taking the flowers to the party

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After the reception, we had a catered dinner on a boat that took our family and wedding party through the canals of Utrecht.Waiting for the boatThere it is.Ken secures the boat to the wharf... he hopes.Our chefThe view from the bridge.Climbing aboardThe MenuAppetizerAmusé with blue cheese with a curl of Tête de MoineSaladMarbré of smoked salmon filled with roasted herring and mustard-dill

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