{"id":12681,"date":"2008-02-27T06:43:27","date_gmt":"2008-02-27T13:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/02\/27\/dutch-treat-2.html"},"modified":"2008-02-27T06:43:27","modified_gmt":"2008-02-27T13:43:27","slug":"dutch_treat_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/02\/27\/dutch_treat_2.html","title":{"rendered":"Dutch treat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img-shadow-right\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"WIDTH: 113px; HEIGHT: 115px\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/dutch.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>So I&#8217;m mildly freaking out over my trip to the Netherlands next week. Now, I realize that the Netherlands is probably one of the most visitor-friendly places I could go on the Continent, most everyone speaks English, and I&#8217;ll be spending the majority of my time in meetings or with the group. 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