A little geography test...

Following up on Buzzfeed's Thanksgiving post in where Brits are trying to label the United States, I thought I'd do something similar and see how good my friends' geographical skills are. 

I asked my Dutch friends to locate London, Bristol, Blackpool and Leeds on the English map (not all listened to the instructions as you can see - stubborn Dutchies!) and my English darlings had a go at positioning main Dutch cities on the map of The Netherlands.

I was fairly confident my British friends R, L, D & BF would be able to point out Amsterdam.. Until R. asked me how she could locate  one of the allocated cities on the Dutch map: "Isn't Amsterdam a country?" and L. said she had never heard of any of these cities. Oh dear!

I didn't doubt my boyfriend for a second, nor did he lack any confident himself: "Of course I know it, The Hague the lovely town beside the strand dunes bottom left, just in land is old Anna Frank and the prozzies! Up top is Groningen, last is German Limburger Maastricht". Not sure about his way of describing the cities, but well done for paying attention during geography lessons (or for being so interested in the Netherlands because of having a Dutch GF!)

R. thought Groningen was at the bottom, as it had the shape of a groin and the city sounds like it. Err..... interesting thought process babes! L. on the other hand was 100% certain that Amsterdam was all the way at the top, wrongo!

Have a look at their answers:

Overall not a great score, 9/16 were correct. 

Over to my friends back at home to see if they can do it better. Dutch gal, E. already honestly admitted she only knew London - and guessed the rest. D. clearly did not trust the list of cities I provided her with, and replaced Leeds with Sheffield. So did F. though, she decided to point Liverpool out instead of Blackpool. Sigh, they are so obstinate. Or has my preparation over time proven to be that questionable? My good friend S. knew them all of by heart, but has lived in the UK for a year so I would have been disappointed if she'd failed. 

The Dutchesses managed to get 10 out of 16 - hurraaay!! 

Can you do it better? I certainly can't......

Liefs,

Dutchy xx

England has some catching up to do!

Famous Countries

From emperor penquins to cocaine use... this new map from The Doghouse Diaries has revealed the surprising things that countries are best at.

The colourful map above shows what each country leads the world in... The Netherlands and United Kingdom are too small to see what is written across the country's geographical territory, but what do you reckon? What's our country famous for?

I pondered The Netherlands could potentially take the lead in marijuana consumption, tulips or clog wearers. And United Kingdom could claim its fame for gingerheads, football hooligans and teadrinkers (oh how stereotypical of me). 

But, based on statistics gathered from across the internet from sources such as the World Bank and Guiness World Records, my two favourite countries seem to take the lead in the following:

United Kingdom leads the world in Fascist Movements

&

The Dutch for being the tallest!

I am not a big fan of this form of radical authoritarian nationalism as existing in the UK, so the Dutch giants will take the lead this post!

Liefs,

Dutchy xx

You can take the girl out of the Netherlands.....

...BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE THE NETHERLANDS OUT OF THE GIRL!

I'm feeling a bit guilty since I have been giving GB so many points lately. Hence why I wanted to provide you with some of my Instagram snaps posted in the last couple of months or so. As you can see, you've got nothing to fret about. I am still very much patriotic...

Hayling Island Sailing Club welcomes the Dutchies

Proudly wearing the Dutch colours!

I passionately hate Mc Donalds,
but my heart does melt a little from the Dutch McKroket.
Famous in the Netherlands and sadly unknown to the rest of the world.

Dress code: Delfts Blue!

Many sleepover to come on my 'tompouce' luchtbed, thanks F!

You come across the Dutchies e v e r y w h e r e - yayy!

You can recognize me running in the park,
wearing my orange Rabobank hockey top!

A restaurant to tackle the homesickness - My Old Dutch

I always have a bunch of tulips in my house of course!

I think The Netherlands has earned some brownie points, don't you agree?

Liefs,

Dutchy xx

The Red, Blue and Whites are square again!

Greasy Dutch

We all know that the Dutch happily discuss weighty issues due to their country being very liberal. But for some reason it is incredibly difficult to engage in a debate about hair gel with a Dutch man..

With their curly, blonde thick hair I find the tall Dutch men extremely good looking.. but only when they have just woken up! As soon as they've had a shower they whip out the gel and cover their locks in a frankly obscene amount of hair gel. They've got enough grease in their hair to fry chips in!

There is also no chance of anyone being able to talk the Dutch men out of their obsession with hairgel, I assume they want to maintain their status of their nation being amongst the highest consumers of hair gel in the world?

Dutch hottie's with a not so hot shiny wet mop look:

Jim Bakkum

Ruud Feltkamp

Michiel Huisman

Jan Kooijman

See what I mean? 

I'm sorry, Dutchies. The English modest men are definitely winning with their not so greasy locks!

Liefs,

Dutchy xx

Postman Dutchy

I love sending (and receiving) letters to friends and family.. 

But posting letters whilst living in England is even more enjoyable!!

Dutch letter box

English letter box

Need I say more?

Liefs,

Dutchy xx