Credits: SomosUno
If you happen to have:
- 2 big boxes of M5000 Sun servers (ok, 'maybe' it could work with any other thing)
- 3 aerosol paint in pink
- Mattel logo and 'Barbie' typeface
- a good printer
- 1 spray glue
- a lot of pink wrapping paper
- nylon flat rope
- blonde wig/plastic toupee
- pink/pastel colour clothes
Then you could build your own Barbie/Ken costume like we did for a carnival party here in Holland. Carnival is very popular in the South of the Netherlands but this party happened in Amsterdam since it was organized by a friend from the Canary Islands where Spain's largest carnival is celebrated.
Come on Barbie, let's go party!
miércoles, 29 de febrero de 2012
Carnival in Holland / Carnaval en Holanda
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Labels: Amsterdam, Anécdotas, Barbie, carnaval, carnival, costume, disfraz, Dutch things, España, Holanda, Holland, Ken, Mattel, Netherlands
sábado, 11 de febrero de 2012
The Dutch and the coffee / Los holandeses y el café
Soon after arriving to the Netherlands it was necessary to arrange housing, bank accounts, etc. I was pleasantly surprised that we were offered a cup of coffee at all these places. I think I’ve never been offered coffee so many times in my life and sure not when opening a simple bank account in Spain or passing by a real estate asking for the available houses.
The ubiquitous coffee machines invade this country. They are omnipresent not only at every household (after all the Philips Senseo is a Dutch invention) but also, and for free use, at the grocery stores, car service garages, sport centres and even fashion shops. All Albert Heijn supermarkets have a coffee machine for the clients and it’s very normal to see people doing their groceries with a cup of coffee on their shopping carts (yes, the carts have a cup holder!).
A funny anecdote happened to me once at Utrecht University. I had an exam and when I arrived to the classroom each table had a coffee cup with the correspondent teaspoon and sugar sachet. I thought: “how nice of them! this is very considerate but unfortunately I didn’t bring my thermal coffee bottle”. Then, when we were waiting for the teacher to instruct us about the exam format, he looked at us very seriously and said: “those who want tea, please put your cup upside down. Coffee and tea will be served in a minute.” And those were his only instructions.
Justo después de llegar a Holanda se hacía necesario buscar casa, abrir cuentas bancarias, etc. Me sorprendió gratamente que nos ofrecieran una taza de café en todos estos sitios. Creo que nunca me han ofrecido café tantas veces en mi vida y seguro que no al abrir una simple cuenta bancaria en España o pasar por una inmobiliaria para ver las casas disponibles.
Las ubicuas cafeteras invaden este país. Están omnipresentes no sólo en los hogares (al fin y al cabo la Philips Senseo es un invento holandés) sino también, y gratuitamente, en las tiendas de alimentación, talleres de coches, gimnasios e incluso tiendas de ropa. Todos los supermercados Albert Heijn tienen una cafetera para los clientes y es muy normal ver a la gente hacer sus compras con una taza de café en sus carritos (sí, ¡los carros vienen con un porta vasos!).
En la Universidad de Utrecht me pasó una vez una anécdota curiosa. Yo tenía un examen y cuando llegué al aula cada mesa tenía una taza de café con su cucharilla y bolsita de azúcar correspondiente. Pensé: ¡qué majos y considerados! pero por desgracia no me he traído mi termo de café”. Entonces, cuando esperábamos que el profesor nos informara sobre el formato del examen, nos miró muy seriamente y dijo: “aquellos que quieran té, por favor pongan su taza boca abajo. El café y el té serán servidos en un minuto.” Y esas fueron sus únicas instrucciones.
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