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2009 is almost over

Wed, 12/30/2009 - 6:38pm

The year 2009 is almost over! JibJab has a funny short video: Never a Year Like '09 - JibJab.

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Back home in Somerset

Sun, 12/27/2009 - 9:42am

We arrived around 1.00 am in Somerset last night, after a smooth flight. What a beautiful island Aruba is! Great beach, great weather.

We brought home Dutch cheese, a cheese grater (kaasschaaf) and a sun tint. When we got home we heard from the crew about the foiled attack on an aircraft flying from Amsterdam to Detroit yesterday.

No need for sunblock here but at least it's not snowing.

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Library in Somerset

Tue, 12/15/2009 - 9:40pm

Dutch collection of the Franklin Township library in Somerset, NJ.There are two competing library systems in Somerset: the libraries of Somerset County, and the libraries of Franklin Township. According to the librarian at a Somerset County branch the two split up in the 1970's and went their own ways. Since we live on Pierce Street, in the town of Somerset, we weren't welcome in the Somerset County branch, but tonight we were gracefully accepted by the libraries of Franklin Township.

We went to the main library on DeMott street, in a beautiful new facility which looks like it opened last week. In fact it's been in use for almost five years. We applied for a card and borrowed some books for our vacation.

I love libraries. I browsed through this one and found that there were even some Dutch books on the shelves: three, to be precise. All three translations into Dutch from American and British authors, incidentally.

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Flip-flops

Sun, 12/13/2009 - 10:41am

At home I like to walk around in flip-flops. This morning, in a concession to the weather, I put on a sweater and a jacket before going to the leasing office to pick up some coffee. It became clear that wearing flip-flops is not a great idea when the temperature is below freezing, and I made a beautiful slide on the sidewalk in front of our apartment. No damage done, but I did go back and change into shoes.

We had a fun dinner party with the Zanes yesterday; great company and outstanding food.

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Road trip -- first snow

Sun, 12/06/2009 - 9:33am

We drove from Durham to Somerset yesterday, a trip that took us 8 hours and 45 minutes. We had packed most of our things on Friday. Saturday morning we packed the remaining items. We were on the road at 11.45 am, after a stop at the gas station and at Starbucks. We also stopped by the apartment office where Sinterklaas had sent us a very nice present (thank you!)

As soon was we entered Virginia we started seeing snow on the ground and quickly we were driving through a snow storm. Traffic was light though throughout the whole trip and it wasn't freezing yet.

We arrived just in time to do some grocery shopping (the store closes at 9.00 pm here). Comparing NC to NJ? To have to drive to a liquor store 10 minutes away to pick up a bottle of wine or a six pack of beer is silly in NJ, but the bread is definitely better in NJ.

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