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Yes, Maciamo, you are right, most of the Dutch people are against uniting Flandres an the Netherlands.
It would give lots of trouble for both sides. We do speak the same language but all the other...

Hi from Holland,

Yesterday evening the Dutch national football team won with 3 - 0 from Italy.
This was a big surprise for all of us! (Football fans I mean)

But even in Europe there are differences in manners. When I came back from Switzerland to Holland, I couldn't help noticing how loutish the Dutch can be. That counts for the shops as well as on the...

Well Dutch I was and am a lot older than you, but I watched them too. Together with my children.
Also the music was really good.

I didn't know that they came from Belgium Maciamo, always thought...

I see the Germans of today as "one of us".
Together with Germany we are living in the European Union.

There are also neo-nazis in the Netherlands, but also in the U.S. and in several...

As your neighbour country I see that our Christmas menu looks more Walloon than Flemish.

Soup usually lobster bisque
Turkey or game (main dish)
Cheese
Bûche de Noël or ice cream.

I hope...

Hello Sackalkatty,

Yes, I think so too, this is really a very good Forum.
It makes you feel welcome. Hope to see you again

"Keep your mind busy to accomplish things; keep your mind open to understand things!

Every evening I watch BBC 1 and TV5 Monde. I like them both.

My French is not fluent, it is reasonably good for a Dutch person.

I went to French conversation lessons in Lausanne, Switzerland.
My teacher was a French lady! But also in Lausanne and Genève...

The Eiffel Tower looks impressive when you fly over Paris.
The lift in the Tower is also quite special.
The food in the restaurant is good, sitting and eating there looking over Paris is really...

Mycernius,

Why should the Greeks start so many fires at almost the same moment and so well organized? As Maciamo pointed out; who wants to buy such a ground completely burnt out. Which Greek...

I am almost shy to answer and I fully agree with you. I was silently thinking the same. One can not say such things aloud overhere, I would be called a rightist,which I am not. I'm a Socialist.
...

France is lavender, wine, le Tour de France, les chansons, very charming people, are so enthousiastic when you speak even just a bit of French.
France is in my eyes the most beautiful in Europe...

Alo Alo, is a great film, I've seen it twice on TV. Good sense of humor.

I've been in a Japanese camp, in a real prison, but I didn't lose my sense of humor. Tears have been rolling over my cheeks...

I am far too old now, but if I could do it all over again, I would really love to live in France. Normandy has stolen my heart.

Good evening Maciamo,
I watched the debate between Royal and Sarkozy on FranceTV5 Monde, that was transmitted from Frans 2, yes.
You were so right about Royal. I found her way of talking really...

I love milk chocote with a taste of coffee. I am afraid that I am addicted to chocolate. Just can't stop when I start eating it. You can give the same taste daily, I'll still love it.
I lived 9...

Oh no!! Your last line: "She is almost as bad as Bush when it comes to foreign affairs"" does it. Meaning; That is horrible!

Okay, then let's hope that Sarkozy will win the election. Thank you for...

I am silently hoping that Mme Ségolène Royal will be the next president of France.
But maybe that is not so good for the French people?
Maciamo you wrote; "If Sarkozy doesn't win, France is doomed...

Thank you Maciamo,

Your list of how to order once coffee in France is really great.
If my daughter can arrange some free time, then we will go to Paris this year. I usually order un Café au Lait,...

Yes Maciamo, I fully agree with you. And the Statue of Liberty was a gift from France as a seal for the American liberty.

I always tell my American friends; "Tell as many jokes about the French as...

My American friends do send me jokes about the French now and then, and I don't like one of them. they are all very condescending.
America was furious when France refused to send troops to Iraq,...

I just wonder; This nuclear business in Iran, is it warning direction Israel?
Israel is the country in the Middle East, that can always count on the USA.

Mahmoud Amahdinejad calls the Holocaust...

Holland is such a small country one has to learn foreign languages at highschool, English, French and German and today also many schools give Spanish as well. Since I didn't grow up in Holland but in...