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A blog about my new life in the Netherlands, as I adjust to all things Dutch. I take lots of photos and try to learn about the 2000 years of history in my new hometown of Utrecht.
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A Flamingo in Utrecht

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A Flamingo in Utrecht · 4h ago

St. Marie’s Cloister Garden

I’ve walked by this garden a number of times, without realizing it was there. I really do need to spend more time around the Mariaplaats. It’s amazing the things I keep finding there. I was reminded of it recently when viewing some of the great photos of Utrecht on the website Terug Naar...
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A Flamingo in Utrecht · 1d ago

Utrecht’s Gay Rights Memorial

I was born and raised in Florida, but moved to North Carolina (NC) when I was 16. I’ve lived there off and since then, so it’s a state I have some affection for, as well as some feelings of frustration. The recent vote in North Carolina to amend the state’s constitution to ban gay ...
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A Flamingo in Utrecht · 2d ago

Shop Dog Revisited

I’ve posted photos in the past of one of the bulldogs that spends his days at one of the furniture stores on Zadelstraat. Today, as we were heading over to Mariaplaats, we were lucky enough to see one of the other bulldogs. I couldn’t resist getting a few photos of this charmer asleep on...
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A Flamingo in Utrecht · 3d ago

I Thought He Was Dead …

The other evening, G and I decided to walk past the Stadsschouwburg to see the structure that had been going up for the Festival a/d Werf. It was opening night, so we actually got to see the building in use. The program being presented is Dat Staat (That State). As the program explains, it is [...]
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A Flamingo in Utrecht · 5d ago

Hemelvaart and Assorted Activities

Happy Hemelvaart, otherwise known as Ascension Day. This is one of those rare Dutch national holidays that is just really foreign to me. Considering how quiet it has been in town today, at least on our side, you’d think that it was a major holiday carefully observed by everybody. The reality i...
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A Flamingo in Utrecht · 6d ago

Wordless Wednesday: Fairy Tale Setting

Tagged: architecture, photography, Utrecht, Wilhelmina Park, wordless wednesday
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A Flamingo in Utrecht · 1W ago

Windmill Day

Just your average Dutch city skyline … It’s Nationale Molendag (national windmill day) here in the NL, and the Molen de Ster (Star Windmill) here in Utrecht is participating. Basically, there are tours and music and various activities, all for free. This particular windmill is usually op...
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A Flamingo in Utrecht · 1W ago

Time Travel: Flora’s Hof

I haven’t done a Time Travel post in quite a while, and while this isn’t quite the same format as I’ve done in the past, it does include going back further in time. You see, I’ve been exploring a great website (and Facebook and Twitter account), Bouw van de Domtoren (building...
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A Flamingo in Utrecht · 1W ago

Vote for Rietveld

LEGO is holding a vote for a great architectural icon to be considered for a LEGO build. The Rietveld-Schröder House is one of the buildings up the vote, so I hope you’ll cast your vote for my favourite Dutch architect. Voting is easy and requires no registration. Just go here and vote (itR...
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A Flamingo in Utrecht · 2W ago

Utrecht on a Saturday Morning

We were up and out early this morning — to the point that we were home by 9:30am — but I snapped a few shots along the way and thought I’d share a few sights from our morning outing. As I mentioned previously, yesterday was Dodenherdenkingdag (Remembrance Day) here in the Netherlan...
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