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Last week we changed the way we use Facebook as a part of the M'tricht network.

We started out a few weeks ago by creating a facebook profile in order to stay in touch with M'tricht friends on Facebook, and to promote… Continue

Sinterklaas in the country. He arrived last Saturday on his boat and we watched this while enjoying a double caffee latte and… Continue

Yesterday we reached another milestone at M'tricht: more than 1000 friends on Facebook. As a friend on facebook you are not a member yet..., but we do keep you informed of the highlights at our network. I hope I can persuade you to join the M'tricht network as a member, so we will see a shift from friends to members in the next few weeks.

Why M'tricht?
Last week I had to explain a couple of times why I started M'tri… Continue

At the time of writing, the rain clatters delicious against the windows and I pour another glass of red wine. The weekend is over and I'm getting ready for the new week. A week devoted to autumn.

On M'tricht I read the blog post about nuts from Gina earlier this week, and Nicoline's blog about the four seasons and the quality of life this evening. There was also the photo shoot of Laurens on picking the grapes at the Saint Pietersberg. All about autumn.

Coming week I will take a trip to Great… Continue

This year is Darwin year. We can follow his travels with the Beagle weekly on TV. Maastricht University has its own Darwin exposition and as you can see on our website there's a lot more Darwin to enjoy in Maastricht. So when I read the weekly column of Ad van Iterson, one of my favourite local columnists, about industrious German students in De Limburger last weekend, I couldn't help questioning myself if Darwin could explain his observations.

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