Passing the Exam

At the moment, if you travel around The Netherlands, you will see a lot of houses that are flying the Dutch flag, and hanging from the flagpole will be a school bag, or a backpack. This is the sign that in the house lives a schoolchild who has just successfully passed their last set of school exams.

In the group of eight houses where we live, two houses are flying the symbol. It’s also usually an excuse for a party, so last night Martin and I joined the rest of the neighbours for two parties. My head this morning was a little the worse for wear.