Thursday 17 March 2005

Maart roert zijn staart

It's a Dutch saying, meaning: March wiggles its tail. You might ask me then: tail? What's the tail? Let me remind you that the top two topics by which you can get a 'lively' conversation with a Dutch are 'weather' and 'holiday'.

It's so hot topic that when my supervisor was back from 2 weeks holiday and I asked, "How was your holiday?" All she talked about was the weather!

Two weeks ago, it was VERY COLD here. It even hits the record (it became the coldest time ever since they started their measurement). The record was set on -20.7 C, somewhere in the North. Here in Amsterdam, it was around -15 C.

Today, only two weeks after, the temperature was around 15 C! Imagine, 30 degrees difference in two weeks!.

Well, I can only say: 'Maart roert zijn staart'.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

So, what's the tail then?

Savitri said...

It's on the news.

http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=1&story_id=18105&name=From+cold+to+warm%3A+it+sure+is+strange