Category Archives: Leisure

Run event: Meidenloop

By Nina | Published June 26, 2011

Last night I ran the 10 km at the Meidenloop (Girls Run) in the city. The parcours went through the city center, so there were many people watching the run event. Especially many men were looking at all the girls in pink shirts running through the streets.

I didn’t think I could run as [...]

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Movie: Smakelijk eten!

By Nina | Published June 20, 2011

Yesterday I saw the documentary Smakelijk eten! (Bon Appetit!) at the local arthouse. The movie shows how what happens to our food before it’s on our plate. And the ‘life’ of food is shocking…
The producer Walther Grotenhuis chose three products: soy, shrimp and beans.
The soy comes from Brazil. Many rainforest is gone because of the [...]

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Run event: IJsselsteinloop

By Nina | Published June 12, 2011

Yesterday I ran 10 km at the IJsselsteinloop, a run event in a village south of the city. We started the run in the rain, but after a while it stopped raining and the sun tried to show itself.
My run went great! I ran 10 km in 51.07 minutes, which is 4 minutes faster [...]

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Zandvoort beach

By Nina | Published June 4, 2011

Yesterday I went with a friend to the beach @ Zandvoort. The weather was great! It wasn’t that crowded, so it was a perfect afternoon.

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Zaanse Schans

By Nina | Published June 4, 2011

Two weeks ago I went to the touristic Zaanse Schans. North of Amsterdam there are old Dutch houses, small museums (where they make cheese, wooden shoes, etc.), windmills and many touristic shops. It’s a nice place to visit, even if you’re Dutch.

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