Our bimonthly coffee get together for all international residents in the Northern Netherlands. Come along for a cup of your favorite warm beverage and a mid-morning nibble!

Cost:  whatever you wish to spend.

Join us for a mug of your favorite beverage anda  chat.  Pre-school children are welcome.

The doors open at 9:30 for coffee and reading beings at 10.  Please feel free to bring a selection of books you'd like to share with the group.  Pre-school children are welcome.

Our bimonthly coffee get together for all international residents in the Northern Netherlands. Come along for a cup of your favorite warm beverage and a mid-morning nibble!

Cost:  whatever you wish to spend.

Our monthly coffee get together for all international residents of North Holland.  Join us for a cup of your favorite beverage and a chat. 

Book: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Regarded as a masterpiece of American literature, this timeless story of growing up in the South became an instant bestseller when first published in 1960 and later was made into a classic film.

"Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird." A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl.  Through the eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the thirties.  The conscience of a town steeped in prejudices, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice.  BUt the weight of history will only tolerate so much...

Cooking with Connect

Join us for dinner and a drink.  Parterns are welcome!  Please RSVP to Anne de Graaf-Bridges by September to let her know if you are planning to attend. 

Location: Verdronkenoord 102, 1811 BH Alkmaar  

Phone: 072 520 2000

Website: www.eetpaleis.nl

The doors open at 9:30 for coffee.  Please feel free to bring a selection of books to share with the group.  Pre-school children are welcome.

Our bimonthly coffee get together for all international residents in the Northern Netherlands. Come along for a cup of your favorite warm beverage and a mid-morning nibble!

Cost:  whatever you wish to spend.

  Ships and Shopping

Come and join us in exploring a reconstruction of a 17th century merchant ship, the Batavia, using traditional  materials and methods.   For those that are not interested you can spend the day exploring the outlet shops at Batavia Stad.

Join us for a mug of your favorite beverage and a chat.  Pre-school children are welcome! 

An event for mums and tots - pre-school children welcome!  Doors open at 9:30 for coffee.  Please feel free to bring a selection of books you'd like to share with the group.

Our monthly coffee evening for all international residents of North Holland.  Please join us for a mug of your favorite warm beverage and a chat. 

Join us for lunch and a lively chat! 

Where: Koorstraat 29, 1811 GM Alkmaar

Phone: 072 520 9728

Website: www.bagelsbeans.nl

An event for mums and tots - pre-school children welcome.  The doors open at 9:30 for coffee.  Please feel free to bring a selection of books to share with the group.

Join us for a warm beverage and a chat. Pre-school children are welcome. 

An event for mums and tots - pre-school children are welcome.  The doors open at 9:30 for coffee.  Please feel free to bring a selection of books you'd like to share with the group.

Our monthly coffee get together for international residents of North Holland.  Join us for a mug of your favorite beverage and a chat.

"Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" by Paul Torday

This is the story of Dr. ALfred Jones, a fisheries scientist for whom diary-notable events include the acquisition of a new electric toothbrush and getting his article on caddis fly larvae published in "Trout and Salmon"- who finds himself reluctantly involved in a project to bring slamon to the Highlands of the Yemen - a project that will change is life, and the course of British political history forever.  With a wickedly wonderful cast of characters - including a visionary Sheikh, a weasely spin doctor, Fred's devilish sife and few thousand transplanted salmon - Salmon Fishing is a novel about hypocrisy and bureaucracy, dreams and deniability, and the transforming power of faith and love.

Book Club: Come and discuss your favorite books and authors at our friendly, informal book club.  We aim to meet every two months (to fit in with our busy lives) and have plans to embrace a wide range of genres, from classics to crime, historical novels to bestseller, fiction to autobiographies and beyond.   

Book Exchange: Can't afford your book habit?  We have the solution!  At our burgeoning Book Exchange, you can lend and borrow some great titles from other members.  Bring in up to 4 books you are burning to share with the group.  Ann also has a stock of second-hand books.  As a sort of private library, we'll keep a record of all borrowings! 

Join us for lunch and lively conversation! 

Location: Ritsevoort 12, 1811 DN Alkmaar

Phone: 072 512 5379

Website: www.devestibule.nl

Cost: Whatever you wish to spend.

An event for mums and tots - pre-school children are welcome.  Doors open at 9:30 for coffee.  Please feel free to bring a selection of books you'd like to share with the group.