[SunkenCiv]

Detail of the bowl. Image: Restaura, Haelen

[Tax-chick]

Interesting. Some sort of regional mercantile power had a silver bowl dating from the era of Mediterranean-wide trade, and gussied it up with their Dark Ages wealth. The gold ornamentation shows skill, but not design elegance.

“What can we make with the gold?” “Um ... circles!”

[Celtic Conservative]

Hey, I know some people from Oegstgeest! Leiden is just a little ways from there. Of course, if you’ve been to the Netherlands you’ll know that most places inside the country aren’t far from each other. We had a Dutch exchange student when I was a kid and it blew her mind when we took her to Michigans upper peninsula from the metro Detroit area (6+ hour drive) and at the end of it she was amazed we were still in Michigan. I told her you should see some of our other states, like Texas.

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[Altariel]

I *knew* I misplaced that somewhere!

[blueunicorn6]

Every year, at about this time, all the little Dutch children leave their wooden shoes out by the fireplace so Santa Claus can come along and fill them with Odor Eaters.
The Dutch are a very practical people.
“Leave ze candy for the Belgians. Ve vant good personal hygiene.”