02-21-2010, 05:21 PM
Hey there Blackdiamond:
Our country is called a constitutional monarchy. Our head of state is a Monarch. (currently Queen Beatrix of Orange-Nassau)
My hometown is situated in the southern part of my country: The Province of Noord-Brabant.
We Dutch value our heritage as a stable, trading economy that had a Golden Age in the 17th Century, when we literally ruled the world with trade due to our VOC (Vereenigde Ooscht-Indischae Companie. The Dutch East-India Company) and the WIC (Wescht Indische-Compagnie. The Dutch West India Company)
Our country consists of about 16,5 million inhabitants, with a populationindex of 1,034.8 people per square mile.
Here is more info: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands</a><!-- m -->
Here are some sentences in Dutch:
"Ik hoop dat onze Amerikaanse vrienden inzien dat verandering niet vanzelf komt, maar dat je er aan mee moet werken. We moeten het samen doen, want alleen red je het niet. Vertrouw op elkaar en steun elkaar."
Translation:
"I hope that our American friends realize that change does not come on it's own, but you have to help it along and assist. We have to do it together, because alone you will fail. Trust and rely upon each other"
If you want to know more, just give me a yell or a call
+31768878156
(please note that there is a 7 hour time difference between Waukegan and my hometown. Thank you
)
Our country is called a constitutional monarchy. Our head of state is a Monarch. (currently Queen Beatrix of Orange-Nassau)
My hometown is situated in the southern part of my country: The Province of Noord-Brabant.
We Dutch value our heritage as a stable, trading economy that had a Golden Age in the 17th Century, when we literally ruled the world with trade due to our VOC (Vereenigde Ooscht-Indischae Companie. The Dutch East-India Company) and the WIC (Wescht Indische-Compagnie. The Dutch West India Company)
Our country consists of about 16,5 million inhabitants, with a populationindex of 1,034.8 people per square mile.
Here is more info: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands</a><!-- m -->
Here are some sentences in Dutch:
"Ik hoop dat onze Amerikaanse vrienden inzien dat verandering niet vanzelf komt, maar dat je er aan mee moet werken. We moeten het samen doen, want alleen red je het niet. Vertrouw op elkaar en steun elkaar."
Translation:
"I hope that our American friends realize that change does not come on it's own, but you have to help it along and assist. We have to do it together, because alone you will fail. Trust and rely upon each other"
If you want to know more, just give me a yell or a call
+31768878156
(please note that there is a 7 hour time difference between Waukegan and my hometown. Thank you
)
"The Dutch Guy"