Linda’s anecdotes

All in it together

Matchmaking

I first met my husband-to-be on a very drunken Saturday afternoon in Cor-rupt. I was usually an after-work client, but a friend from The Hague was in Amsterdam for the weekend. Her partner was returning from Saudi the next day, and she was collecting him from Schiphol. Many vieuxs on my part and many biers […]

Cultures, quirks and customs

Cheers

Early one evening after work, as I sat at the bar, Cor shared a story. Some new, very well-spoken English customers had chanced into the Bar. As they ordered their drinks, one gentleman asked in his best Oxford English,  “Excuse me my man, how does one say Cheers in Dutch?” I could say that Cor […]