My 'Dam Life: Three Years in Holland (Lonely Planet Journeys (Travel Literature))
by Sean Condon
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Read in March, 2008
I'm headed to the Netherlands this summer and picked up this book for a bit of a larf and for some background about a country about which I know nothing (other than, like, tulipmania and the Van Goghs through the ages). It was comforting to know that some people head to a new country knowing even less than that.
Sean Condon is a funny guy and I got several excellent snorts and guffaws out of it. But on the whole the book was all right, just a pleasant diversion. The slightly hackneyed, oh-we-...more
Sean Condon is a funny guy and I got several excellent snorts and guffaws out of it. But on the whole the book was all right, just a pleasant diversion. The slightly hackneyed, oh-we-...more
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I quite enjoyed reading Sean Condon's self-deprecating humor. Some of his descriptions of daily life -- like taking a shower -- were so funny that I almost fell out of bed! I just got back from spending just two weeks in the Netherlands (almost everywhere except Amsterdam), read the book post-trip, and I can tell you that many of his expereinces with Dutch culture ring true. I enjoyed the tidbits he shared as much as I did pannenkoeken or oude kaas.
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Read in June, 2006
A friend gave me this and I had nothing else to read. The author and his wife leave their native Australia to live in Amsterdam. The eventually fall in love with the city as a temporary job leads to the search for a more permanent one.
Never been to the Netherlands and didn't know anything about them previously. The author was funny about some of the quirkiness of living in Amsterdam. Not a bad book.
Never been to the Netherlands and didn't know anything about them previously. The author was funny about some of the quirkiness of living in Amsterdam. Not a bad book.
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Read in January, 2005
Hmmm, I really enjoyed this book, I always thought it would be fun to move to Europe for a couple of years and this book showed me what that could be like. I thought the writer was funny and I enjoyed his misadventures in Holland.
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Read in January, 2006
Very funny! Chronicles the author's relocation to Amsterdam from Australia, and his adventures trying to find a job and an apartment as an outsider in another culture.
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Read in December, 2006
He’s not as funny as he thinks he is, but I was interested enough in his source material to battle through his schtick.
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I like the style of Condon's writing. Funny stories.
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