There's a first time for everything..

in #introduceyourself7 years ago (edited)

Hello community!

I’ve read some of your stories allready and I would love to share some more information with you guys. My name is Dave, I’m a 25 years old student in Amsterdam and I’m proud to be a Dutchman. 0cd9a39ff9.jpeg

For the past 11 years I’ve worked in tourism as a holiday job. I guide people around from all around the globe and show them the village I kinda grew up in. Giethoorn is one of the most authentic villages of the Netherlands. The village where houses are built on little Islands, with bridges which connect them to the main land. Check the pictures below. I will write a complete blog about the village later on!
22709200_2113853958844975_541643849026502656_n.jpg

But guys… what is the first thing that comes up to your mind when someone tells you he’s from the Netherlands or when they are planning to travel towards my country? Let me guess: coffeeshops, red light district, wooden shoes, tulips and windmills. I forgot one: Amsterdam. Amsterdam is the Netherlands and the Netherlands is Amsterdam. Isn’t it? To be honest: we have it all. Including Amsterdam and a lot of hookers! You’re welcome to try a bit. Not too much though. That will ruin your trip!

But guys, believe me. My country is more than just a place where you can smoke unlimited amounts of weed after you’ve had intercourse with a hooker for a small price. And definitely more than tulips, windmills and wooden shoes.

During my first months in the Steemit community I’ll give you some funny and unbelievable facts about the Netherlands. I will try to make you as enthusiastic about this country as I am. Besides some background information and funny facts, I will also give you some tips with the most underrated places to visit. We have a lot of those places with great architecture. I've spend a night in an hotel in Den Bosch for example. During my morning walk towards the train, I spotted this beautifull building and took a quick picture. IMG_1165 (1).JPG

We have a lot of places out here where it looks like the time stood still and cities and villages with great architecture.

PS: I promise you guys to upload better pictures in the future and too improve my English. This is actually the first English written blog.

I hope you guys like it. In case you like it: leave a comment!

Cheers!

Sort:  

Welcome to steemit from @lopezdacruz. All the best in your steemit journey.

Welcome to Steemit @davethedutch and best wishes to you from the @steemitbc community.

When I think of the Netherlands I think of @stresskiller , then all those other things you mentioned.

If you haven't already get yourself on discord where most of the networkers hang out. Our server is here https://discord.gg/SZaBTCs but there are many other awesome ones too. Welcome to the party!

Followed, resteemed and upvoted. Cheers!

Nice to meet you, @davethedutch! Welcome to Steemit!

Thanks for your reply!! And I will spend some time discovering Steemit:)

Dankjewel Bryan! Ik ga je volgen:)


Photo found by unsplash

I liked it! I saw that you are new on steemit so welcome to the steemit platform. This post deserves an upvote and maybe upvote some of my stuff too!
As a newcomer to steemit, it's not easy getting those big upvotes so my advice would be to give @MinnowPowerUp a go as you can earn up to 30% more steem power than just powering up! It's a subscription based daily upvote bot that draws its power from a delegation pool. I compiled this post to explain the system in more depth and share my own experience in earning wupvotes for over $1 a day.

Congratulations @davethedutch! You have received a personal award!

1 Year on Steemit
Click on the badge to view your Board of Honor.

Do not miss the last post from @steemitboard:

SteemitBoard notifications improved
SteemitBoard Ranking update - Resteem and Resteemed added

Support SteemitBoard's project! Vote for its witness and get one more award!

Congratulations @davethedutch! You received a personal award!

Happy Birthday! - You are on the Steem blockchain for 2 years!

You can view your badges on your Steem Board and compare to others on the Steem Ranking

Do not miss the last post from @steemitboard:

SteemFest⁴ commemorative badge refactored
Vote for @Steemitboard as a witness to get one more award and increased upvotes!

Coin Marketplace

STEEM 0.16
TRX 0.15
JST 0.028
BTC 54461.78
ETH 2294.45
USDT 1.00
SBD 2.28