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	<title>NL Planet Blog &#187; Lizelle in NL</title>
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		<title>First year in Nederland — December</title>
		<link>http://www.nlplanet.com/blog/2010/01/04/first-year-in-nederland-december/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizelle Smit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One year later&#8230;and what an experience it’s been. Sometimes it’s hard to believe I’ve been in the Netherlands this long. Other times it feels as if I’ve lived here forever. For me, December has always been a time for reflection, when I look at what I’ve achieved (or failed to achieve) in the year. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First year in Nederland — November</title>
		<link>http://www.nlplanet.com/blog/2009/11/29/first-year-in-nederland-november/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizelle Smit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the middle of November I joined the rest of Wageningen to welcome Sinterklaas at the Wageningen harbour. What a fun and novel experience! Legend has it that every year Sinterklaas comes from Spain by steamboat to reward good children with gifts. He’s very similar to the Santa Clause figure I know, apart from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First year in Nederland — October</title>
		<link>http://www.nlplanet.com/blog/2009/11/11/first-year-in-nederland-october/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizelle Smit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[October heralded the start of autumn in a frenzy of falling leaves and rain. Much to my surprise I even experienced my first electric storm in the Netherlands. The South African Highveld where I come from is famous for its electric storms, so experiencing something I associate with home over here made the world seem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First year in Nederland — September</title>
		<link>http://www.nlplanet.com/blog/2009/10/12/first-year-in-nederland-september/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizelle Smit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After viewing more than 20 houses we have found the perfect place and have taken the leap and bought it. Now looking out over the park in front of our new home I feel truly happy&#8230; and very tired. I suspect I have finally settled in. Must have, since I am spending much more time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First year in Nederland — August</title>
		<link>http://www.nlplanet.com/blog/2009/09/07/first-year-in-nederland-august/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizelle Smit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dutch go on summer holiday in the months of July and August. Favourite destinations include France, Germany, Spain, Turkey and anywhere within reach of the trusted caravan. Over the same period a great number of tourists descend on the Netherlands, especially the coastal regions. As temperatures touched 30 degrees, we decided to join the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First year in Nederland — July</title>
		<link>http://www.nlplanet.com/blog/2009/08/13/first-year-in-nederland-july/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizelle Smit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[July in the Netherlands is a wonderful and serene time. Many people are away on holiday, meaning the streets are calm and shops are quiet. Since my partner is on holiday we decided to use the days to explore our region by bike. It’s been three months since I got the bicycle and from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First year in Nederland — June</title>
		<link>http://www.nlplanet.com/blog/2009/07/13/first-year-in-nederland-june/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizelle Smit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I promised myself I would not write about the weather again. But summer is AWESOME! Not a cloud in sight – I’m actually sitting in my living room sweating over the laptop as I write this. And I’ve never been happier. The reason I’m sweating it out is because the granny cottage we’re renting is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First year in Nederland — May</title>
		<link>http://www.nlplanet.com/blog/2009/06/08/first-year-in-nederland-may/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nlplanet.com/blog/2009/06/08/first-year-in-nederland-may/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizelle Smit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All kinds of festivals erupt across the Netherlands during the month May. Kicking off on the 5th of May is Bevrijdingsdag, a country-wide celebration of freedom. The word “bevrijden” means to liberate, so Bevrijdingsdag is a celebration of the day the peace was signed that would end World War II in the Netherlands. I am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First year in Nederland — April</title>
		<link>http://www.nlplanet.com/blog/2009/05/12/first-year-in-nederland-april/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 23:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizelle Smit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes it’s difficult to believe that I’ve been in Holland for four months. Many of my initial feelings of not fitting in have passed. Although I am still obviously a foreigner in words and ways I’m starting to feel more at home. Maybe it’s the warmer weather. Coming from a warm and temperate climate I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First year in Nederland — March</title>
		<link>http://www.nlplanet.com/blog/2009/05/08/first-year-in-nederland-march/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nlplanet.com/blog/2009/05/08/first-year-in-nederland-march/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 22:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizelle Smit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The next step in living in Holland is actually settling down. So when commercials advertising Openhuis (open house) started showing on regional television, I decided to take the leap and seriously start researching the property market in Holland. During an Openhuis sellers open their homes to potential buyers. The whole process is very relaxed although [...]]]></description>
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