What a beautiful book... very well written. I bought the book in Zwickau, Germany on a business trip. I'm so happy that I can read German. How would you translate a beauty such as this:
"Wir fahren ab als mürrische oder gutgelaunte Soldaten, --wir kommen in die Zone, wo die Front beginnt, und sind Menschentiere geworden."
It's easy to understand why the book was banned in Nazi Germany in the 1930's.
Last week Rome, Italy, then Washington, DC and now Montreal, Canada... Sasha is traveling quite a lot. She is presenting her paper at a conference there tomorrow.
Sunday morning she'll take an early flight back to DC to get ready for the big game! I'll drive up on Sunday morning. Things on my other website are absolutely crazy -- so many new visitors, all looking for a place to watch the final. A lot of fun.
The Netherland American Foundation Southern California (NAF SoCal) Chapter presents an evening with Dutch cabaret performer Freek de Jonge on August 4th in the offices of Honorary Consul Johannes van Tilburg
Tuesday I took the afternoon off -- something I seldom do, but then the Netherlands are seldom in the semi-finals. Petra and Diana hosted a great event at their house to watch the game.
It was an entertaining game to watch, with a nerve-wrecking last few minutes.
Yesterday Germany lost 1-0 from Spain in the other semi-final. It would have been cool to see a replay of the 1974 final. With a different end-result, of course.
For the first time since 1978 the Dutch soccer team has made it to the finals at the FIFA World Cup. The Dutch have never won the title... will Sunday be different?
The game starts at 2:30 pm EST/11:30 am PT and will be watched by Dutch-American communities throughout the United States. Here is a list of entries as collected on our Facebook page. Many of these are organized by NLBorrels.com and local Dutch clubs.
Most events have limited capacity, so come early, and some bars are for 21 years and older only. The dress code for all events is orange.
West Coast
Los Angeles, CA - The Happy Ending in LA (7038 West Sunset Boulevard) Facebook invite In cooperation with the Netherlands Consulate, NLBorrels.com, EUROFRIENDSLA.COM, DBCLA.COM
Orange, CA - Danny's Cafe & Billiards, 1096 N. Main St, Orange, CA 92867, 1-714-771-9706 (through Petra)
Orange, CA - Dutch in the OC Club is hosting at Danny K's in Orange, CA (great city, great color!) (through Julia)
San Leandro, CA - The Englander Sports Pub & Restaurant, 101 Parrott St (through Kroepoek)
Central US
Austin, TX - Fado's at 4th and Lavaca. The place will rock, many many Dutch. (through Dirk)
Chicago, IL - Sedgwick's Bar and Grill, 1935 N. Sedgwick, Dutch Club Chicago
Detroit, MI - Beverly Hills, MI (Detroit Metro Area). About 30 Dutch people. It's at a private residence. If you're interested contact rvanderputte@gmail.com
Grand Rapids, MI - Vander Veen's Dutch store organizes an event at Celebration Cinema, 2121 Celebration Dr. NE #425 Knapp St. & East Beltline
Louisville, KY - Molly Malone 933 Baxter Avenue (through Hanane)
Scottsdale, AZ - local Dutch Club "The Dutch Connection" will be meeting up at a sports bar called "Versus Sports Grill" on 9030 East Via Linda at 11:30 local time to watch The World Cup. At least 50 Hollanders are expected to come, children more than welcome.
Tucson, AZ - Trident Grill, 2033 E. Speedway Blvd., Tucson AZ, 520-795-5755 ...Next to Buffalo Exchange on Speedway & Campbell, NW corner. Everyone welcome, under 21 also (through Sybelle)
East Coast
Atlanta, GA - FADO aka HOLLAND HEINEKEN HOUSE, 273 Buckhead Ave - with Dutch DJ, live music, bitterballen and orange colored building :) (Atlanta Holland Club, NLBorrels.com)
Cary, NC - About 30 Dutch people at a private residence. If you're interested contact jvanderham@att.netde Wieken
Laurel, MD - Maple Lawn "I'm guessing about 10 oranje fans; the rest soccer fanatics, both Spain and Holland supporters; always a good crowd for the WC games so far." (through John)
Philadelphia, PA - Fado Irish pub. NAADV and NLBorrels.com - "Huge World Cup party at Fado starting at 10am, Sunday - they will be closing off the entire block - 15th and Locust. It may not be the Museumplein but expect a sea of orange!"
Miami, FL - Crazy Pianos in Coconut Grove (South Miami area) (through Mischa)
New York, NY - Tonic Bar Time Square, 48th Street & 7th ave & Mars 2112 Best places to go in the New York area. Superb event organized by NLBorrels.com (read their announcement).
Scotch Plains, NJ - Stage House Tavern. This sports bar has a Dutch owner
Tallahassee, FL - Finnegan's Wake. Not so much a "Dutch" or "Dutch Fans-only" event, but yours truly is working hard to turn the entire place Orange! (Steven)
Washington, DC - James Mackey's Pub (DC Dutch, NLBorrels.com): "Mackey's Pub will open specially for us Sunday at 12:30 pm and show the match LIVE on their many screens all around the place. NL Borrels also replenished the supply of kroketten! Mackey's is at 1823 L Street NW, Washington DC."
Winterpark, FL (near Orlando) - Fiddlers Green in Winterpark, Fl courtesy of Club Holland Orlando, usually a large turnout of Expats; Still looking for a place in Cocoa Beach, Fl.(through Arnold)
Click on 'Read more' to see some pictures of previous soccer watching events in San Francisco, New York and Washington D.C.
San Francisco: the Netherlands-Uruguay. Picture courtesy of the Netherlands Consulate General in San Francisco.
New York: Denmark-the Netherlands. Great event by NLBorrels.com.
Washington DC: The Netherlands-Japan. Great event by DC Dutch and NLBorrels.com
Tuesday I took the afternoon off -- something I seldom do, but then the Netherlands are seldom in the semi-finals. Petra and Diana hosted a great event at their house to watch the game.
For the first time since 1978 the Dutch soccer team has made it to the finals at the FIFA World Cup. The Dutch have never won the title... will Sunday be different?
East Coast
