Dutch Symbols

STROOPWAFELS

Stroopwafels. As its name sais they are "wafels" full of a kind of "syrup". These can be bought in any supermarket, but the best ones are the ones you can get in the street recently made and warm. The wafels come from Gouda, and from there spread all around the Netherlands. How to eat a stroopwafel? Well you open the package and put it in your mouth. That would be the easiest. The best however, get a hot drink and place the stroopwaffel o

ntop of the cup as if it was a "lid". The heat of the drink will make the syrup melt and transform the stroopwafel into one of the most delicious things you have ever eat. Yes, its fat. Here are the ingreedients;flour, butter, brown sugar, yeast, milk, and eggs and for the syrup syrup, brown sugar, butter, and cinnamon

CHEESE

Holland is known for its cheese, Gouda Cheese,Edam Cheese....are some of the commonly known cheeses. As a tourist you can head off to the Edam, Alkmaar cheese market which takes place from april to september every friday and shows how cheese was traded in the markets. You can find the "young" cheese (Jong) or the "old"(Oude) or the smoked or with herbs. Cheese is one of the most "typical" dutch food.

YELLOW TRAINS

How to know that you have crossed the border? Besides the fact that when looking through the window you will start to see more and more bicycles you can know you are in the Netherlands once you see that the trains are painted in yellow. Most of the trains of the Netherlands are operated by the NS (Nederlandse Spoorwegen). I have to say that the trains in the Netherlands offer one of the best services of the countries where I have lived so far. Not only are they clean and people are relatively quiet in them, but except for certain days where there are vertragings (delays) or when the electricity station in Delft breaks down trains do run smoothly. In particular connections between the major dutch cities Amsterdam,Rotterdam,The Hague,Utrecht,Eindhoven are very often and one can choose between Intercitytreins. These trains will mainly stop in the big cities or Stoptreins which stops in all the small middle stations between the major cities.

Camins

Camins, que ara s’esvaeixen,
Camins, que hem de fer sols,
Camins, vora les estrelles,
Camins, que ara no hi son.

Vam deixar-ho tot, el cor encés pel món,
per les parets de l’amor, sobre la pell,
erem dos ocells de foc, sembrant tempestes,
ara som dos fills del Sol, en aquest desert.

Mai no és massa tard per tornar a començar,
per sortir a buscar el teu tresor.
Camins, somnis i promeses.
Camins, que ja son nous.

No és senzill saber cap on has de marxar,
pren la direcció del teu cor.
Mai no és massa tard per tornar a començar,
per sortir a buscar el teu tresor.

Camins, que ara s’esvaeixen,
Camins, que has de fer sol,
Camins, vora les estrelles,
Camins, que ja son nous.

DayDreaming

How amazing is it to sit here and daydream, and read blogs, and more websites and have the BRYN THOMAS trans-siberian handbook by me. Leave home,and embark on a train direction Russia, spend there a day and then off to the Siberia. Either in an icy-cold -20 winter or in a mild 5 degree autum. Visit the baikal lake... all direction MONGOLIA...

Dreams.

Pensant fort à Paris

-Images "stolen" from the internet- Music La Vase from the film Amelie Poulain
1001 reasons to dream and go back, this only shows the most typical, tourist images. . . I could have transformed the video into a never ending thing, just couldnt upload more pics and music or the size was to heavy.

. . . HEC. . .& J.N. KAPFERER + BASTIEN

100% Mr. marketing Mr.Jean-Noel Kapferer...probably one of the best profesors I had at HEC and his own ad on the master program. *sight*

Only two questions remain:
First, since when does he speak with such a good english accent??
Second, (besides exchanges students) are there really that many foreign students at HEC?



Et après ...Bastien et Kapferer dicutent leur nouveu livre.
And to think how hard it was for me to understand them when they spoke in class due to their "speed" ... (ei, gracies eh Miquel)

J N Kapferer & V Bastien (Luxe Oblige) dans Darketing sélectionné dans Actualité et Actu Medias

Images and sayings about love, family and friendship.

It is our friends, family and sometimes an unknown person's smile who make our world and change the moments of the days by making us laugh and smile.

The M.I.L.K. collection is one of my favorites as with images and sayings they clearly transmit a messages that touch the heart from deep down.

M.I.L.K. also has several books with images and sayings. Next november, a new book will be published with images that have been selected from the M.I.L.K. contest at the beginning of this year.

Departure minus X Days

Ready for Departure to Laos and Cambodia 2007

After my bachelor degree and a three year dream I headed off to India with my visa and backpack ....
Later, when I finished my first master I took my 3 month holiday to do an around the world trip, visit old friends and quickly discover those american cities that I had so much heard of and the mysterious and tranquil Laos that I had dreamt of since at age 16 I had backpacked around Vietnam with my parents.

Month after month I recieve the lonley planet magazine, and for the past two years I have been rushing up and down in the parisian metro going to work, classes and enjoying life in the Parisian capital. Daydreaming at Monceau and Luxembourg parcs, and looking forwards to the day that Id have time to leave for longer than 10 days. I knew that I only had two days a week to "relax" - saturdays and sundays.

Now that another chapter is about to come to an end. Ready to graduate from my double master degree and ready to close another "chapter" of life why not take care of those things that we wount be able to redo. In 2006 I already posted a link saying that I was looking forwards to take the transiberian train. Its been ages that I have pondered the idea. Mongolia in particular has been a choice since the day I saw the documentary on its poverty and children leaving in sweage to keep themselves warm. Why it was that documentary and not another that got stuck in my mind, I do not know.

In these last weeks of "thesis" and "obligations" the motivation and moving force to keep going is knowing that afterwards I will be F.R.E.E. no obligations, no tasks, no dependancy. I know I will soon need a job to continue to "survive", but why not go ahead and enjoy one of those amazing adventures that if I dont do now I might not be able to do later on? So, as I finish my last paragraphs and reedit the last phrases I start pondering if my next destination should be Mongolia and the transiberian train. . .

. . . more to come. SOON.

High - Light House Family

When youre close to tears remember
Some day itll all be over
One day were gonna get so high
And though its darker than december
Whats ahead is a different colour
One day were gonna get so high

And at
The end of the day
Well remember the days
We were close to the edge
And well wonder how we made it through
And at
The end of the day
Well remember the way
We stayed so close to till the end
Well remember it was me and you

cause we are gonna be forever you and me
Youll always keep me flying high in the sky of love

Dont you think its time you started
Doing what we always wanted
One day were gonna get so high
cause even the impossible is easy
When we got each other
One day were gonna get so high

And at
The end of the day
Well remember the days
We were close to the edge
And well wonder how we made it through
And at
The end of the day
Well remember the way
We stayed so close to till the end
Well remember it was me and you

cause we are gonna be forever you and me
You will always keep me flying high in the sky of love

High, high, high, high...