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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 differences are quite big. But we are the BENELUX inside of Europe, there is much we can do...

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 roads. It is so easy to say thank you, it is free of charge as well. But I am afraid that I'll...

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 that they came from Germany. See, one is never too old to learn!

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 Latin-America countries. I have Chilean friends and the have told me that there more neo-nazis in their country...

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 that other Europeans from different countries will tell us something about their Christmas menu. It is...

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!

Maciamo, My doctor is a woman, but now and then the Muslim husbands go inside the doctors room together with their wifes. My doctor finds this very annoying, because those men are very dominating towards her. In Rotterdam the Muslim community has asked for a Muslim hospital where men and...

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 people speak very nice French. I love the French language and read many French books in Switzerland...

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 something. The view from the Eiffel Tower over Paris is magnificent And I love Paris.

I worked and lived almost 9 years in Switzerland, in Lausanne. And yes alas, Switzerland is sometimes racistic. It was in 1975 that I saw on every bus in Lausanne; "La Suisse pour les Suisses". I didn't find the Swiss in general racists, most certainly not in the French and Italian part of the...

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 would like to buy the ground where so many Greeks died? Greece is the cradle of Europe, there is so...

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. I am a little shy, because nobody else seems to answer you, than this old lady. Yet to me you seem...

Yes you are right of course, the Christmas tree can go together with the crib during the Xmas days. The Christmas tree is not religious is my eyes, but it looks very nice during those days, so why not? Easter eggs, I guess that this too is a very old custom. The Orthodox Greek and Russian...

Many people from all over the world like to have a Christmas tree at home in the month December, just because they like this custom. As a Catholic, I have no tree but a crib. As far as I know does the Christmas tree a heathen feast in Winter, I believe that is comes from the old tribe of...

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 because of its variety in landscapes. The French language is most beautiful of languages. I find it...

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 from laughter now and then. There was so much drama around me, so many women and children died...

Amsterdam and Rotterdam can shake hands with Brussels and Antwerp. But also here in Tilburg. Here we have the infamous imam who doesn't shake hands with women, not even with our ministers. Alas he has the Dutch nationality, but otherwise I guess who would have force to leave Holland. Thanks a...