Oops. Hoi!

marekkane · Oct 11, 2006

Whoops, forgot to introduce myself.

I'm Marek, a 23 year old female living in Amsterdam, Holland. Born and raised in Canada though, with a maple leaf tattoo on my ankle so there's never any doubt where I came from.

I have always loved Christmas, and this will be the first year I won't be with my family on the holiday, so I'm really glad I found this board of people whom love it just as much as I do. I'll probably be spending lots of time in the crafts/decorating section.

Other than that, not much, just waiting for the season to start, and for NaNoWriMo to kick my butt again this year...

AuntieMistletoeDear · Oct 11, 2006

Welcome from Ontario, Canada!

Enjoy yourself and stay jolly!

HolyNight7 · Oct 11, 2006

We welcome you and your crafts.

dvdelf · Oct 11, 2006

hello

sheepsnot · Oct 11, 2006

Great to have you, marekkane! Tell us all,about yourself, especially how you celebrate Christmas.

:grin:

8) :smile:

RadioJonD · Oct 11, 2006

Welcome Marek!

I saw a police officer wreck his car in Amsterdam once. He was paying too much attention to the American tourists on the sidewalk as he attempted to pull out into traffic!

One day I hope to get to your home country!

elfworks · Oct 11, 2006

WELCOME!!!!!!!

XO

Ervserver · Oct 11, 2006

Hello !

marekkane · Oct 11, 2006

Believe it or not, there's an average of one car a week that ends up in the canals, not even the police are safe.

As for how I celecrate Christmas - lots of homemade goodies, songs, movies, family, and very personal gifts.

Ervserver · Oct 11, 2006

funny photo....police around here are always wrecking the cars

dvdelf · Oct 11, 2006

not much to stop you from going in

HolyNight7 · Oct 11, 2006

It's those crazy speed limits and driving on the wrong side of the road.

Ervserver · Oct 11, 2006

that and I've heard they have some very interesting window displays over there...distraction distraction

:???:

dvdelf · Oct 11, 2006

interesting how?

Ervserver · Oct 11, 2006

Google Amsterdam's Window Girls

Santa David · Oct 11, 2006

Ervserver said:
Google Amsterdam's Window Girls

Well, you may not get to see ALL that makes the windows so distracting...so that should give you a hint as to what is in the windows. They're not exactly family friendly.

Santa David

Ervserver · Oct 11, 2006

yup..laws are different over there

marekkane · Oct 12, 2006

We drive on the same side of the road as the US.

Most, if not all (I haven't done a study), of the red light district windows are now down smaller alley streets, and not on the main canal streets at all.

And no, there's not much to keep cars from going in. Some roads just have a small metal post-fence up, which you have to feel with the wheel, because it's way too short to be visible when you're driving. I wouldn't want to drive in A'dam anyway, bikes and the tram are much easier.

In Christmas related news though, the stuff has started hitting the stores.

We don't really do Hallowe'en, so out comes the festive things. This year's popular theme seems to be decorating with cute little felt cut outs in natural/classic colours.This is going to be a problem with my budget.