…Voetbal (European football or soccer)! It is a national sport here in the Netherlands. People are supporting their home teams or regional teams. Sometimes not. Then they are fans of another team or a bigger team. It can be crazy sometimes. Me love to hang out at FC Utrecht but mostly because Berry takes me with her. You can read more about it in me blog about the letter U! (Above: Voetbal)
Hey there! Me is going to conclude me blogs about me vacation in France now with a little story of all the fun things me did on vacation. To start off: the waterfight. We had two. One with waterblasters. The other with waterballoons. It was really fun. Also fun was the view. Well it was mostly beautiful. Me loved watching at the lakes. See the kids play in the rubber boat. But also playing European soccer or ring toss. Me had a lot of fun in France! Obviously me loved the delicious cookies and such. But nothing beats working up an appetite first. Me really loved the balloon fight. Sneaking around the house trying to stay dry. Let me tell you: me was soaked too. But the nice warm sun dried me fuzzy and blue fur quickly!
…Utrecht! It is the city me is living in with Berry in the Netherlands. It is a large city in the heart of the country. It is also an old city, with beautiful old buildings, and there is water running through the old city through canals. It is truly beautiful. The most famous building in this University City is The Dom tower. It used to be attached to the Dom Church – a gorgeous Gothic church – but due to a big storm ages ago the tower and church got separated. Utrecht also has its own football (you know soccer) team: FC Utrecht. Me go to the games too with Berry and her dad. Berry even made me me own jersey! Cool huh.
Hi everybody! Here me, Cookie Monster, again. Me is almost ready to conclude me series about me vacation in France. Next week will be the last. Today me will talk about two other cities me have visited during the vacation. First stop: Toulouse.
O boy O boy! You are not kidding? Is it really true? The Dutch celebrate National Cookie Day today. O boy. Me love me some cookies. And freshly baked are the best! But what kind of holiday is this precisely?
…Teddybeer (teddy bear)! So soft and cuddly. Even Sammie (Berries puppy) loves to sleep with one. Equally soft but me not know how cuddly are tijgers (tigers). At DierenPark Amersfoort lives a family of five Siberian tigers. Me have posed with Ilya, Angara and one of the three cubs. Cute huh! Here in the Netherlands you also can eat tijgerbrood (tiger bread). No! No it is not made out of tigers! The crust is made in a certain way that it looks like stripes…
Hey there! It is time for another blog about me awesome time in France. You know me love to hop along when Berry goes to the zoo right? Well, she found one just an hour and a half away from the place we were staying. So one Tuesday she picked me up – acting all giddy – grabbed her camerabag and she, me, her dad and her nephews went on this amazing road trip to Montredon-Labessonié to visit the amazing Zoo des 3 Vallées. In English you can say the zoo is called: Three Valleys Zoo.
…Sinterklaas! The best Dutch holiday of the year! Every year, at the end of November, Sinterklaas and his friends come to the Netherlands with their stoomboot (steam ship) and on December 5th we celebrate his birthday. But instead of giving him presents, he gets us all kinds of gifts and candy! Isn’t he the greatest? Oh and the candy! Like pepernoten and oh boy oh boy, speculaas! That is a cookie full of yummy spices like cinnamon and such. It tastes so good! And…oh boy oh boy… schuimpjes too! Those are sweet, soft candies that you can really sink your teeth in… Well, me no have teeth, but you know what me means! It is kinda like meringue, but a little different… O no, now me is hungry!
Hi! Here me again with a blog about me vacation in France. Because me did not only eat sophisticated cookies me also went sightseeing.
…Rembrandt, a very famous Dutch painter! He was famous for painting portraits and he was greatly known for his special, mostly brown, golden and dark, colour patterns. His most famous piece is de Nachtwacht (The Nightwatch). Also his selfportrait is very famous throughout the world. Nathan Sawaya even made it with Lego bricks. (Rembrandt’s selfportrait made out Lego bricks)
