Category: My Frisian Life

Dutch Tractor Licence 10

The Dutch Tractor License

“Apparently I’m qualified to drive a tractor now,” my wife said with a bemused grin as she returned from the service desk where she’d just been arranging the renewal of her driver’s license. I...

Message in a bottle 6

Message In A Bottle

Most regular readers will already know that about a year ago my wife and I moved up to Friesland. At the time of the move we had got as far as buying an empty...

Frozen Friesland 8

Frozen in Friesland

This week I found myself suddenly trapped in Friesland as snow and ice descended upon the province, transforming it in to Freezeland. Our first warning of the approaching winter weather had actually happened on...

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I Have A Friesian Passport Now

I don’t think it gets any more official than this; a Friesian passport and country sticker (given to me by my parents-in-law). I had no idea that I had been illegally visiting Friesland without...