Alex Fixes The Shower

Today we have another post from our young guest writer Alex de Leeuw. Since Alex is Dutch I have translated his story into English for him.

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Alex Fixes The Shower 1
Vandaag hebben we in de douche geklust. Gisterenavond heb ik voor het laatst onder de oude douche gestaan.

Today we rebuilt the shower. Last night I took my last shower with the old shower.

Alex Fixes The Shower 2
Toen zijn we naar de klusmarkt gegaan.

Then we went to hardware store to buy new parts.

Alex Fixes The Shower 3
We moesten een hele hoop doen.

We had to do a lot.

Alex Fixes The Shower 4
We moesten de pijpleidingen verleggen…

We had to fix the pipes…

Alex Fixes The Shower 5
…en hout op maat zagen…

…and cut wood…

Alex Fixes The Shower 6
…en nieuwe tegels plaatsen…

…and place new tiles…

Alex Fixes The Shower 7
…en nieuwe tegels snijden…

…and cut new tiles…

Alex Fixes The Shower 8
…en nog meer nieuwe tegels plaatsen.

…and place more new tiles.

Alex Fixes The Shower 9
Toen ik klaar was, kon ik wel een nieuwe douche gebruiken…

When we were finished I needed another shower…

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..en een kopje thee.

…and a cup of tea.

Stuart

Stuart is an accident prone Englishman who has been living in the Netherlands since 2001. Even his move to the country was an unintentional accident, the result of replying to a cryptic job advertisement he found one day in a local British magazine. Since then he has learned to love the Dutch (so much so that he married one of them) and now calls the country home. He started the blog Invading Holland in 2006 as a place to share his strange stories of language misunderstandings, cultural confusions and his own accident prone nature.

11 Responses

  1. Alison says:

    We should have hired you guys to repair our tile work a few months ago! Nice work!

  2. A Touch of Dutch says:

    Adorable! Even has a cup of tea! Thanks for sharing these :-)

  3. martin says:

    I hope Alex kept you well away from all those power tools to avoid accidents! He looks adorable in his England shirt. And what a great collection of rubber ducks!

  4. Invader Stu says:

    Alison – Well I think Alex would be happy to do any future work. He seems to enjoy doing it.

    A touch of Dutch – Alex loves tea.

    Martin – It’s funny now you mention it. He did keep on turning down my help where power tools were involved.

  5. kerryanne says:

    What a busy lion! Yay Alex ;)

  6. melissa says:

    Alex is pretty handy;-)

  7. Invader Stu says:

    kerryanne & melissa: the best part is he works for sweets

  8. VallyP says:

    Lol Stu, can I borrow Alex. He could do a few jobs for me…and I’d give him a big box of Quality Street as a bonus to his normal pay sweet packet!

  9. Invader Stu says:

    I think he would have fun working on a boat and it would give him a massive sugar rush.

  10. Just a Plane Ride Away says:

    What a fun series of pics, Invader Stu :-) Hope you’re enjoying your new shower.

  11. Invader Stu says:

    We are. And so did Alex

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