tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620652438500849718.post1460929338916995608..comments2024-02-25T10:22:38.186+00:00Comments on The European Citizen: Leiden, stad van mijn hart...Eurocentrichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439536905456080079noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620652438500849718.post-42139054935711858542010-10-07T02:06:53.266+01:002010-10-07T02:06:53.266+01:00Thanks! I'm doing a Masters in European Law.
...Thanks! I'm doing a Masters in European Law.<br /><br />Hehe, everytime a Dutch person mentioned defeating the Catholic Spanish, it always seemed that they used a slightly ghost-story tone to their voice, so I doubt the religious dimention is taken as seriously as it is in Derry! I have to admit that I never went to a siege of Derry celebration. Hopefully tensions will die away, but as a civic event it will probably "belong" to one part of the community for a long time yet.Eurocentrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439536905456080079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620652438500849718.post-50911704760253253622010-10-06T06:38:46.813+01:002010-10-06T06:38:46.813+01:00Great post! It reminds me of the only such celebra...Great post! It reminds me of the only such celebration I've seen: the "lifting of the siege of Derry" - also a Protestant celebration of a Catholic defeat, with nationalist overtones. However, there are always riot police and spit-guards up at the Derry festivities - and a bomb actually went off in the commercial district there a couple of nights ago (nobody hurt, though). Hope it's not going to get worse.<br /><br />What are you doing in the Netherlands, btw? (I must have missed the explanation!)Eurogoblinhttp://eurogoblin.eu/noreply@blogger.com