June 2010

By Guus , 12 June 2010

Big birds before breakfast

The downside of traveling so much is that you always have to think ahead about logistics. It usually works out well but today we ran into a hug snag: no breakfast in house.

On the way to the grocery store I saw a big bird on the road, picking on some roadkill. I stopped to take a picture of the bird, and saw that there were five of them.

Note to self: going out in flips-flops in New Jersey early in the morning is not as nice as it is in North Carolina. It's too cold!

This is the apartment complex we're staying, seen from the public road.

There were five birds in total.

I scared the bird when I got too close.

Moments earlier.

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dailylife
By admin , 10 June 2010

Dutch School Silicon Valley

The Dutch School Silicon Valley (DSSV) is a California-approved non-profit or 501(c) (3) organization. The school was founded in Palo Alto, California in 2001 and has since expanded to include classroom facilities in Berkeley and San Jose. Our mission is to deliver high quality Dutch language and culture education by providing a challenging, comprehensive and integrated Dutch language curriculum that meet the requirements of the Dutch school system in the Netherlands.

By admin , 10 June 2010

NTC De Petteflet

De Petteflet offers lessons in Dutch language and culture as a supplement to local American education. Classes meet in Broomfield, Colorado, on Wednesday afternoons for 2.5 hours. In addition we organize cultural days such as a traditional Sinterklaas celebration and a queen’s day flea market (vrijmarkt), as well as an annual camping trip in June. By attending the Dutch classes, children will be prevented from falling behind in the Dutch language when returning to The Netherlands or Belgium or if they later decide to continue higher education in these countries.