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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">=========================================================================</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">L O W L A N D S - L - 16 March 2008 - Volume 06</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe"><span class="EP8xU" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Jacqueline Bungenberg de Jong</span> <span class="lDACoc"><<a href="mailto:Dutchmatters@comcast.net">Dutchmatters@comcast.net</a>></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe">LL-L "Government" 2008.03.16 (04) [E]<br></span><p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<font color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;" lang="NL">Hallo Roger, </span></font></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;" lang="NL">Ten eerste. bedankt voor
de complete uitleg (als dat mogelijk is) van de structuur van de Belgische,
Vlaamse, en Waalse vormen van regering. Ik had dit lesje hard nodig. Ik krijg
wel een beetje het gevoel van waarom het makkelijk doen als het moeilijk kan,
maar naast het vaak verguisde Polder Model hebben we nu ook een Belgische Oplossing.</span></font></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;" lang="NL">Verder ben je de enige
niet die de beroemde windmolen van Lynden miste. Toen wij in 1970 op weg van
Philadelphia via Canada naar Seattle bij Lynden over de grens kwamen, was het
eerste dat ik zag een groot uithangbord van "Van de Kamp, Dutch Bakery".
Ik raakte er helemaal opgewonden van en droomde van heerlijk volkorenbrood. De
teleurstelling was dusdanig dat we het dorp niet verder zijn ingegaan. In het
begin was het nog zo dat de kinderen als ze weer op vacantie bij Oma waren
geweest vroegen "Mamma kun je hier ook echt brood kopen"? Gelukkig heeft
Seattle nu ook heerlijk bruin brood van de warme bakker.. Jacqueline <br></span></font></p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">----------</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe"><span class="EP8xU" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Jacqueline Bungenberg de Jong</span> <span class="lDACoc"><<a href="mailto:Dutchmatters@comcast.net">Dutchmatters@comcast.net</a>></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe">LL-L "Government" 2008.03.16 (04) [E]</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Now there's one of those topics I had hoped and am still hoping to cover at our Travel site (<a href="http://lowlands-l.net/travels/">http://lowlands-l.net/travels/</a>).</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">What I've been having in mind is a section in which we list (and we don't need to write any blurbs) places (town, streets, specific business) at which you can get specific Lowlands things, be they food or anything else. For outside the Lowlands (European and otherwise) we would serve Lowlander travelers and emigrants that are looking for hard-to-find back-home commodities, and at the same time we'd serve people that can't travel abroad and are looking for such things at home. We would help visitors to Lowlands countries by listing places at which they can get genuine, old-time Lowlands items (most of which are becoming scarcer even in their countries of origin now that practically all business by from the same international suppliers and restaurants' menu the world over have less and less variety.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Jacqueline mentioned good, old Dutch (and North German) bread in North America. This could start one list. We could make it specific or general. General would be where to buy Dutch things (not to forget </span><i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">muisjes</i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">, </span><i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">struipwaffelen </i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">and genuine salty licorice). Further possibilities with "genuine" implied in each case: English food and stuff for English tea parties, Scottish foods (such as the Scottish bakery in Vancouver), various traditional clothing items and fabrics, etc.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Think about it and write to me if you have ideas and want to volunteers. It doesn't have to be anything spectacular and elaborate.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Regards,</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Reinhard/Ron</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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