By Guus , 18 October 2011

In California

Sunday we went to the new apartment to unpack some more boxes. Slowly but surely it starts to look liveable.

Yesterday I arrived in the San Francisco area for work. It was nice to meet the people in our office here. We're staying in Palo Alto.

I went for a run over the Stanford campus earlier; it's easy to go for a 6.00 am run when there's a three hour time difference. On my way to the office now.

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dailylife
By admin , 16 October 2011

Dutch conversation night

Hallo Allemaal,

Stop by the Continental Restaurant for een gezellige avond with Dutch speakers. You can have dinner, a snack, or just something to drink terwijl wij nederlands spreken met elkaar.

Look for the Dutch and Belgian flags on our table.

Tot ziens!

Brigitte

By admin , 16 October 2011

A. C. Van Raalte: Holland's Founding Father

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Holland’s founder, A. C. Van Raalte. Late in 1846,
he, his wife, and young family crossed the Atlantic, accompanying a group of devout emigrants who were seeking to escape economic hardship in the Netherlands. They wished to find a community where they could earn a decent livelihood and worship and educate their children without government interference.

In early 1847 they settled in the wilderness at Black Lake, where other emigrants soon joined them, thereby establishing the Holland Colony.