Living in the picturesque country called, The Netherlands is like nothing I have ever seen. I am from Oregon, and I'm used to mountains,water,trees,open spaces and wildlife galore.
I still miss those things..dearly. I find myself equally loving my new home..how can you not? I visit places where time has stood still. I see the older generation walking around in clogs and secretly can't wait until I too can get away with wearing them.
I love the cobblestone streets,the brick homes,the water villages,the canals, and listening to people chatter in a language that is quickly becoming my own. I will forever be an Oregonian,an American through and through..but this American will be sporting a set of clogs,a wedge of cheese in one hand, and the latest copy of Mother Earth News and Taste of Home in the other. I hope that wherever you may be, that you too get out there and explore!
Feb 5, 2013
5 comments:
Sonya, you are very brave to have embraced a foreign country as your own. I have remarkable respect for you my dear friend!! Looking forward to seeing pictures of you wearing clogs and with dutch cheese in your hands..:D
Just you wait,May..that day is coming VERY soon! :)
What a beautiful place to explore Sonya! I think you are very brave to go somewhere new and make it your own. LOVE it! I am so glad to see you more frequently now. I missed visiting with you! Hope you are doing well. Love, Becky
being from the PNW too i cannot imagine ever loving a place as much as my home. but i can try to appreciate this life in its uniqueness. my heart is pulled like a magnet toward west seattle and the cascade mountains. everything is so safe here. i'm not going to get shot at the karneval parade in cologne, like 4 people in new orleans. but this endless snow, i cannot get used to it, i hate it so much, shovelling my car out day after day. i look out the window right now and see only one color, white, and i have almost forgotten what grass looks like. please god let it rain and bring color back to this bleak place.
so, they really wear clogs. huh.
I totallyunderstand,Lytha..Im currently trying to dig myself out of this hibernation stage my body wants to go into. Im sick of the grey skies,cold,snowy weather and I just want some warmth!
The older generations do wear clogs but only in certain parts of the country. I also noticed that farmers where them and people will wear them while they are out in their own gardens. I am so gettng a pair soon! lol
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