All Things Holland

As you are no doubt are aware by now, I won't be sticking to my 2 posts a week schedule I set for myself way back when. I hope to do at least 1 a week or, one when I find something really interesting or on my mind that pertains. Today, I have two things to talk about. One I've held back on you guys for selfish reasons. As you may remember, a majority of my ideas come from an official dutch blog ( http://www.transparent.com/dutch ) which I have referenced several times. A little over a month ago they had this posted ( click ). A dream come true! A free trip to Holland riding bikes..... The problem was, I had scheduled through the month of May, 2 weeks of training for my job. So, I showed it to my sister who I would have submitted my video with. Her friend and her put together a steller application video. I would have done a little less self-degradation but it wins votes! (She's going to kick me for taking so long to rally support for her but she's the only one who reads

I've been looking into the different national products of Holland recently and, if you've been reading this from the beginning, you remember the articles on the different beers. There seem to be 2 major brands of cheese that are native to Holland. I plan on trying these all one day. The first I've been warned isn't to my liking and the second, which I'll put up later, I actually heard about from Wallace and Gromit. My friend said Gouda was made with goat milk, LIAR. So, cheese # 1. Help for this post came from www.cheese.com . (I didn't know there was an entire website dedicated to CHEESE!) GOUDA Named after the Dutch town of Gouda, just outside Rotterdam. It accounts for more than 60% of the cheese produced in Holland and it has a very long history. Gouda is a traditional, creamery, hard cheese. It is round with very smooth, yellow, waxed rind. The flavor is sweet and fruity. As time passes, the taste intensifies and becomes more complex. Mature Gouda (18 month

So so so so sorry my one viewer. Seems I took a 5 month vacation to get my head straight. I don't have anything Dutch today but I promise there will be something in the next week. I've been collecting some interesting things.... stay tuned.