Nederland....

For those interested: It is a very small country, with a Christian faith, A monarchy headed by King Willem-Alexander with his consort Queen Maxima and their three daughters their house is called Huize Paleis Ten Bosch NL is one quarter of the island of Java in Indonesia, Perhaps also one fifth, but it was ¼ when I was still in the elementary school The Netherlands has twelve provinces: North Holland, South Holland, Zeeland, on the coast North Brabant, Utrecht, Flevoland, Gelderland, in the middle Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe, in the north Overijssel, and Limburg. In the East Each province has its own capital. At the coast: Noord-Holland with Haarlem South Holland with The Hague Zeeland with Middelburg In the middle: North Brabant with 's Hertogenbosch Utrecht with Utrecht Flevoland with Lelystad Gelderland with Arnhem In the north: Friesland with Leeuwarden Groningen with Groningen Drenthe with Assen In the East: Overijssel with Zwolle Limburg with Maastricht Amsterdam is the capital for the whole of the Netherlands and is located about 12 meters below sea level the houses there are all built on stilts and they date back to the Dutch Golden Age when One Tulip is more expensive than a well built house! Do you know that amusing story about The Tulip? One day, the wife canm home and love to cook a special dish for herself. When the husband came home and was looking for his Tulip Seed, the wife replied: I dunno that it was YOUR expensive tulip seed I THOUGHT it was a fresh onion............. you know that, the years with the talented and later famous artists, became wealthy, but always died in poverty, apparently they had a hole in their hand.... because the Netherlands back then was throwing money over the beam, not as now as stingy as a…. You just have the four seasons Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter here The main food is potatoes and now mainly rice with all kinds of foreign vegetables, very heakthy though! Was recorded by lecturer Sylvie Tan © Sylvia Frances Chan - All Rights Reserved Friday, May 22,2020