More than just tulips and windmills: Musings from my time in the Netherlands
(WorldNews Netherlands)

More than just tulips and windmills: Musings from my time in the Netherlands Sunny Sichi/Staff It´s not often that a person born and raised in California finds a second home in a place where the average temperature isn´t 70 degrees Fahrenheit. The Netherlands is a place known half for its terrible weather, a quarter for its windmills and another quarter for its marijuana. In a way, it´s the least perfect and the most perfect place for a Californian, depending on whether you see the glass as half empty or half full. I chose the latter, and I couldn´t be happier that I did. Six months ago, I found myself in a cold country surrounded by some of the warmest people and stroopwafels I´ve ever...