Frank,
It was a surprise for your colleagues :D
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Michael
2009/10/16 Frank van Lindert <FXCM@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> I forgot to add that the parents offer the 'beschuit met muisjes' to
> their colleagues at work as well, at the first working day after the
> birth has taken place.
> I had to prepare about 200 at my office when my son was born... but
> fortunately our department secretaries offered to help me.
>
> Frank.
>
> On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:34:31 +0200, FXCM@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> >Congratulations Michael with your beautiful daughter Tracey.
> >And with your very nice portrait of mother and child.
> >
> >In the Netherlands we have one special thing we do which I think is
> >done nowhere else in the world: we give all the guests who come and
> >visit the mother and baby - and father, if present ;-) - to a
> >traditional food called 'beschuit met muisjes'. (lit: biscuits with
> >little mice).
> >
> >Google the Dutch term
> >http://www.google.com/search?q=beschuit+met+muisjes
> >and you'll see a lot of photographs of it.
> >Wikipedia describes them well too:
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beschuit_met_muisjes
> >and even teaches you how to pronounce it correctly.
> >
> >
> >Frank van Lindert
> >Utrecht NL
> >
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