On Sunday evening Niki and I joined some of our friends in Amsterdam for a meal at Dutch restaurant Het Zwaantje. Tess and Yarrow will be pleased to know that Uncle Cees was there, with his partner Eef. Cees and Eef will be moving to Deventer by the end of the year to build their new house of the future (which will sit on a revolving platform following the sun). 
Jacomien was there and advised Niki and me on the ins and outs of Chinese culture, which we can usefully apply when writing our Chinese books.
Bertie was there, whose research project From Text to Political Positions: From Sentiments and Opinions in Texts to Positions of Political Parties involves her deeply in Integrating Cognitive Linguistics, Critical Discourse and Corpus Linguistic Analysis.
Martina was there, full of stories about her recent foal and Anjès was there, full of excitement about her imminent trip to Australia. We had a lovely meal, served by an extremely touchy-feely Amsterdam waiter who gave free shoulder massages as he went along...
Bertie was there, whose research project From Text to Political Positions: From Sentiments and Opinions in Texts to Positions of Political Parties involves her deeply in Integrating Cognitive Linguistics, Critical Discourse and Corpus Linguistic Analysis.
Martina was there, full of stories about her recent foal and Anjès was there, full of excitement about her imminent trip to Australia. We had a lovely meal, served by an extremely touchy-feely Amsterdam waiter who gave free shoulder massages as he went along...Niki was satisfied that she'd had her 'bespoke' Dutch evening with carpets on the tables...
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