Going to holland ^^
 

im looking for new dutch friends (mostly). I found my current boyfriend from world of warcraft and i would like to speak to people from holland that also has intest in japanese culture ^^.

Im gonna celebrate Sinterklaas for the first time, pretty exited by it.
I come from Sweden and i might after 2 years to move to Holland and start family with my boyfriend. So it would be good if i knew some dutch people more then my bf.

Im going to a small town named middelburg on 20/12-09 and going home in 22/01-10.

Hugs from Ito

Sinterklaas is like... for the younger kids:smokingbear:
But I think it'll still be fun though, if you experience it for the first time:p
You should also come to the south of Holland and celebrate Carnaval with your bf. (Carnaval is somewhere in February)

Do me a favour, contact Sjors in the Netherlands and he will give you a wealth of info.
G-Peopleland

Welcome to Holland! :ywave:

hm wount be in holland to february but i think im going on vacation again in march, my birthday then. yeah we gonna celebrate sinterklaas with his family and give away presents for his family traditions. in sweden though our santa is like american santa, hehe.:vsign:

MC9876: thanks :)

ozkai: looking at the website hehe ^^

Cheers Ito

We also have regular Christmas here, with the regular Santa:p

in my family we eat elk and reindeer meat for christmas ^^. thats a northen finish tradition ^^

I think you'll have a wonderful time, no matter what time of the year it is.
Middelburg is a nice lil' city with some cool shops, been there plenty of times, though am not dutch ^_^.

Oh ty. :D im really exited to go to holland.

For sinterklaas celebration.
I have bought cd with finnish classic music for my bf sis.
For Marien i have bought 3 white boxers, 1 black with patterns, one neckless with things on it plus a J for my name, A candle which smells strawberries and it sayes - you light up my day and two tops with no sleaves made of ecological cotton.
For the christmas game so far bought a candle that smells like gingerbread that sayes god jul, means marry christmas in swedish then im gonna buy something extra. One thingie from home is a funny teddy that looks like human, saying i love you.

Just about 4 weeks im going. today is me and my bfs 3rd month together :D .

If anyone wanna be friends with me just pm me ^^

Wait, if you're going to Holland on 20 December, then Sinterklaas will already be over...:smokingbear:

yeah i know but it will be christmas celebration anywayes on 24 and 25th. ^^

Well, have fun anyway!
Oh, and tell your BF to buy the following things for when your visiting Holland::p
1. (chocolade)pepernoten
2. taai taai
3. strooigoed
4. chocoladeletter
(these are all kinds of candy you eat around Sinterklaas, they're delicious!)

i wrote it down :D , Is there anything els that is traditional dutch? im woundering. cheers Ito:)

hey! im from holland ^_^

i live in groningen, wich is about 300 kilometers away from you ^^.

sinterklaas is pretty fun for children, it is a saint who gives presents to everyone, the children are always happy when the time arrives. its like x mas in other countries. (we have x mas to, but with less presents, sinterklaas empties the wallets here)

if you would like to meet you can mail me at [email protected],and i can show you around groningen or such. however it isnt to close to middleburg, but hey,thats like a abandoned place xD

either way i hope you have a great time in holland!

greetings,
Minamo (henk)

ps: careful with the coffeeshops:P

sent u a pm ^^

Do you mean around sinterklaas, x-mas, or around everyday life..?

yeah everyday life, i wanna know more of like dutch foods and stuff like that. :D

Hiii I'm not from Holland but from Belgium xD Good enough ?
I live in Tongeren in Limburg it's like a 20 minute drive and I'm in Holland xD

nice, i pmed you ^^ hugs jenni (ito)

pmed back ito;)

also, be sure to try out drop,and stroopwafels. typically dutch food. maybe i even buy you one xD. oh, and stamppot boerenkool. xD

Other typical Dutch foods/traditions that you can do during your stay in Holland are:

• Haring happen
• Oliebollen eten at new years eve
• Erwtensoep
• Speculaas
• Ontbijtkoek

i will write everything down ^^ also first thing u wrote about the christmas candies my bf said u have good taste ^^ :D .
im so longing to go to holland, just 19 dayes left.
Also what minamo9 wrote to. thanks ^^

You mean the 'oliebollen'? They are REALLY tasty, and you can make them yourself ^.^ Ask your bf how:p

naah i meant this list u first did
1. (chocolade)pepernoten
2. taai taai
3. strooigoed
4. chocoladeletter
:D

Those are Sinterklaas candies, not christmas candies:p

well its your christmas anywayes ^^. just diffrent traditions.
My family comes from Finland and we have diffrent christmas foods then most other doesnt eat for christmas, as reindeer meat.

No, you got it all wrong... Sinterklaas isn't the Dutch christmas, it's just a winter
holiday figure...:p
Maybe this can help you understand:
Sinterklaas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

yeah i know its diffrent but the idea is the same. sinterklaas is more original winter holiday. the christmas is more like made to fit chrisitianity more i geass.
i think sinterklaas means santa? if im right. just the american version is changed to a fat dude from north pole.

Comparison of Sinterklaas and Santa Claus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is my Hyves.
Jenni Profiel - hyves.nl
cheers ito

Just 8dayes to go. going to Holland im so exited. :D

OMG! : D We have pepernoten in Denmark too! We just call them 'pebernødder'. XD

Aren't they delicious?:D
But I heard you can get cancer from eating it:eek:

Haha! They're AWESOME! : D my mom eats them all the time. Haha. We buy them as soon as Christmas season sets in around mid November.

Really? O_ô from what? If they gave people cancer I highly doubt that they'd be out on the market.

Acrylamide is the thing that's in pepernoten and you can get cancer from... or so I've heard...
But you can get cancer from almost everything nowadays:smokingbear: So we don't really care about it

true, but i read all the drama on that part about acrylamide. theres still no real proof it gives cancer. so enjoy your life with sweets and good food ^^:D .
hugs ito

Me and my bf Marien has desided also to go to a town named Breda. Got a dutch friend there, that i didnt know first that hes dutch. Meet him on world of warcraft to in laughingskull pvp, Horde.

Marien i meet on frostmane pvp, alliance.
:rheart: :rheart: :rheart: :rheart:

Just one week now. im done with packing. soon im in Holland ^^.
:D cheers Ito (jenni irl)

In Holland
 

hi im back, been bissy ALOT seens i got to holland.
20 dec i came to dusseldorf then took a buss to venlo, from venlo to nijmegen. got stuck in nijmegen for one day becouse of the weather, also my plane was 2h to late.
on 22-23 been with mariens mom and shopping.
24th i wrote my poem to mariens sister laura and chilled.
25-28 was at mariens syster Cathelijne, we celebrated christmas in her new house, 2 dayes we helped her with the garden and painting in the house.
29-30 dec been all about chilling, got a cold the 28th. atchooo.
Still alot of dayes to go to 22 januari.
Marien is playing leage of legends atmost. hehe.
im on msn and chilling.
hugs Ito:D :D

How was Breda?

Not been there yet, i think it will be next week. also planning to go to movie and see avatar. i hope i understand some hehe seens i dont understand dutch yet. some words are thought simular to swedish. Also find houses here wierd. like the stares in the houses goes really straight up, in sweden its perfectly symmetric. Also Holland is really flat, been on train and seen parts of the country. Also good thing i think about Holland is that so many can english it was easy to fix my hair at the hair dresser.
I could think of living here in holland in nearest future, but it will be hard leaving my family but i feel im happy with my bf.
I will bring Breda upp wen i have been there.
Im getting better from my cold, feel now like a cat coughting up hairballz.
Tomorrow i will spend time with Marien and his father and he will show me around middelburg and tell about the history, he works with tourism. Then we will make home made pizza.
Happy new year :) hugs ito