Good lord. If I did, the country would be run along the lines of the WI. And that can be no bad thing. Thrift and jam.

[pen] Are congratulations in the offing?

[Raak] In that I've found a bloke who thinks I'll do for now, yes ;o)

(pen) V. good! I'm pleased for you.

[pen] Though my feminist side wants to know why he's not moving his windmill to London...

[CdM] Planning constraints. And the fact that he has masses of freelance work there and I have very little right now. Now all I have to do is find an English-speaking job in the Netherlands...

I was in the Netherlands last week, and very nice it is too. It seems almost everyone is bilingual (minimal), if disconcertingly sarcastic to my in my native tongue, so I suspect you shouldn't have too many worries.

But, to get you started, zeewolf seems to be catfish.

[pen] Jolly good! Sounds wonderful. And good luck with the job hunting too. I believe there's lots of jobs in Amsterdam which don't require any language (except possibly a few groans), but I'm not sure they're to be recommended....

[penelope] Congrats! Be prepared to be much more proud of your home town once you're an ex-pat.

[pen] These days (and given how cheap it is to fly to London) one imagines one could continue to freelance virtually for UK firms. I hope to do that one day when I move somewhere warmer.

Congratulations. Will you be wearing wooden shoes?

Congrats and felicitations! Just don't get too into the coffee shop mentality...

I've got the clogs already. And this is rural South Holland, not Amsterdam (which I have not yet visited). But hold on a minute... there's a REALLY good job going, and I just had a good preliminary telephone interview. If that application continures to go well, plans might change for a year or so!

[Mike] yeah, I know, it's all me, me, me... I'll shut up now.

Wow - many good things happening! You deserve 'em all :-)

Well, I'm sure after the run of foul luck you've had of late that you are due some preening in the sun. If you've got it, flaunt it as they say. Are the wooden shoes really called Klompen?

[SM] Yup. I have a pair. They're outside the back door. They were the first present he bought me :oP