Back home!

[Speelgoedmannetje]

I'm actually now quite interested in NY...
Isn't it too much of a hassle to go to NY? Getting a visa and all that kind of stuff?

[motorollin]

I don't know what the requirements are if you're travelling from the Netherlands, but from the UK you don't need a visa to enter the US as long as you have a British biometric passport they will let you in. A visa waiver is issued during the flight, which entitles you to stay for 90 days as long as you don't breach any of the requirements listed on the waiver. I suspect the rules are the same for the Netherlands as they are for Britain since they are both EU countries.

[EDIT]
Here is a link to the Wikipedia page on the Visa Waiver programme. It lists the Netherlands as one of the entitled countries.
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[EDIT 2]
Here is the official document which states what is required of you, and also states that the Netherlands participates in the Waiver programme.
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[cecilia]

motorollin wrote:
but I was wearing rather snug t-shirts which let the tatt poke out :-D A few heads turned in the hotel (it was very posh, and I'm not...) but that could have been anything - the hair, the boots, the tattoo... ;-)

:-D    creating quite the scene, I see!

believe me, New Yorkers are used to seeing all sorts of "odd" and interesting things and people.....we enjoy the view

[cecilia]

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:

cecilia wrote:

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
Btw. you British better do something about your coffee :-P

oh, yeah, the English have a problem with coffee.....I would just do without if I ever was to visit.

 :pint:

You better go to my place for coffee, since I have mastered the art of making espresso :-)
When I went to GB I always drank coffee at home (well, my sis' home that is)

It's a deal!
I'm sure your coffee is so good my mother would approve (that's the coffee lover in my family)

[cecilia]

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:

cecilia wrote:
:lol: personally I like herbal tea.

Don't tell me you also love carrot-cake ;-)

sure, why not? I love veggies. I love carrots. I love cake. I also love sweet potatoes and sweet potatoe pie!

[cecilia]

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
I'm actually now quite interested in NY...
Isn't it too much of a hassle to go to NY? Getting a visa and all that kind of stuff?

Strangly enough (and happily so) my relatives from Belgium are planning a visit later this year.

My mother is literally jumping for joy    :lol:

I'm compiling a list of hotels right now - the US dollar is in the [d]s**t[/d] house so it's cheaper for the rest of the world to visit me   :lol:

[Speelgoedmannetje]

cecilia wrote:
I love cake.

OH MY SHE DOES LOVES THE CAKE!

;-)

[Speelgoedmannetje]

cecilia wrote:

My mother is literally jumping for joy    :lol:

How sweet :-) :lol:

[Speelgoedmannetje]

cecilia wrote:

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:

cecilia wrote:

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
Btw. you British better do something about your coffee :-P

oh, yeah, the English have a problem with coffee.....I would just do without if I ever was to visit.

 :pint:

You better go to my place for coffee, since I have mastered the art of making espresso :-)
When I went to GB I always drank coffee at home (well, my sis' home that is)

It's a deal!
I'm sure your coffee is so good my mother would approve (that's the coffee lover in my family)

You're welcome! :banana:

[Speelgoedmannetje]

cecilia wrote:

motorollin wrote:
but I was wearing rather snug t-shirts which let the tatt poke out :-D A few heads turned in the hotel (it was very posh, and I'm not...) but that could have been anything - the hair, the boots, the tattoo... ;-)

:-D    creating quite the scene, I see!

believe me, New Yorkers are used to seeing all sorts of "odd" and interesting things and people.....we enjoy the view

And that's the reason why I want to go to NY, to see the free, weird side of life. :-)

[motorollin]

@speel
:lol: Your knowledge of British culture is amazing! Even I had forgotten about that sketch, and I'm one of those really annoying people who is *still* doing impressions of characters from that show... ;-)

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
And that's the reason why I want to go to NY, to see the free, weird side of life.

Actually I did think you might feel like that. Apart from in the hotel I never once cared what anybody thought of me while I was in NY. And actually after several members of the restaurant staff and the concierge complemented me on my hair, I even felt like I fitted in in a place like that :-) Back home I feel very self-conscious all the time. There's something about NY which makes you feel like you will fit in no matter who you are.

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[Speelgoedmannetje]

motorollin wrote:
@speel
:lol: Your knowledge of British culture is amazing! Even I had forgotten about that sketch, and I'm one of those really annoying people who is *still* doing impressions of characters from that show... ;-)

Well, I just love humour... Too bad you guys don't understand the Dutch language/culture... We have (had) quite a lot of brilliant sketch shows, like Jiskefet or 30 minuten. (the latter being my all time favorite)
But yes, I think I have quite a knowledge about British culture, I've been there countless of times.. without it, I wouldnt find "The Royle Family" as brilliant, for example...
But, thanks for the compliment :-)

Actually I did think you might feel like that. Apart from in the hotel I never once cared what anybody thought of me while I was in NY. And actually after several members of the restaurant staff and the concierge complemented me on my hair, I even felt like I fitted in in a place like that :-) Back home I feel very self-conscious all the time. There's something about NY which makes you feel like you will fit in no matter who you are.

Well, I feel the same in my city, and nowadays do not even think about it anymore... but, you know, the Netherlands... Calvinism has been grown into our bones, so to say...

[Cymric]

motorollin wrote:
Also, please start importing Cadbury's chocolate. Much appreciated.

They don't sell Cadbury's there? Hm. Might have to rethink the entire I'll-visit-the-US-sometime-once-I-can-afford-it thing...

True story: Once I was travelling home from London Waterloo using the Eurostar train (that's the train which passes underneath the English Channel and then heads for Brussels, Belgium). I was looking for a way to spend my last remaining pounds and pennies and noticed that a little shop sold huge tablets of Cadbury's Fruit & Nut chocolate. I bought one---800 grams in total---and I'm ashamed to say that it didn't last the then three-hour trip to Brussels.

Of course, I didn't need to eat anything else for two days after that  :lol: . (And not because of a stomach ache or anything.)

[motorollin]

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
Well, I just love humour...

Maybe you would also enjoy Cheesoid :-D

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[bloodline]

motorollin wrote:

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
Well, I just love humour...

Maybe you would also enjoy Cheesoid :-D

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I love Mitchell and Webb... the last series isn't so good though :-(

[motorollin]

bloodline wrote:
I love Mitchell and Webb... the last series isn't so good though :-(

I agree. But I think Cheesoid was awesome :lol:

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moto