Archive for December, 2009

Buying a christmas tree in Shanghai (howto)

Posted under China, tips on Thursday, 17 December 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
To get into the holiday spirit, we've ordered a tree from rosagallica.com. A tip from Marc. Whilst the trees are mentioned to cost about 200 RMB, a lady called Camille followed up on my order and notified me that they exclude the costs made for delivery. I've agreed on a price of 400 RMB, which...

Ice Skating Madness at FlevOnIce in The Netherlands

Posted under Netherlands on Monday, 14 December 2009 by admin
I'm back in the Netherlands for a short business trip and it's very cold outside. Sadly, it's not cold enough to ice-skate on the lakes and rivers yet. Ice-skating is a favorite sport in the Netherlands. Not only are we proud of our famous ice skaters, when there's a cold winter all Dutch people...