Join this playgroup and enjoy a cup of your favorite beverage.  Pre-school children are welcome.

The doors open at 09:30 for coffee. Please feel free to bring a selection of books that you would like to share with the group. Pre-school children are very welcome.

Come join us for a cup of your favorite warm beverage and a chance to meet up with other internationals!

Please RSVP by 23 July so we know whom to expect!

Join this playgroup and enjoy a cup of your favorite beverage.  Pre-school children are welcome.

The doors open at 09:30 for coffee. Please feel free to bring a selection of books that you would like to share with the group. Pre-school children are very welcome.

Come join us for a cup of your favorite warm beverage and a chance to meet up with other internationals!

Please RSVP by 20 August so we know whom to expect!

Come join us for your favorite drink and a chance to meet up with other internationals!

Please RSVP by 25 August so we know whom to expect!

Join this playgroup and enjoy a cup of your favorite beverage.  Pre-school children are welcome.

Come join us for a cup of your favorite warm beverage and a chance to meet up with other internationals!

The book we have decided on reading for the next CWC Book Club meeting is ‘Disgrace’ by J.M. Coetzee.

Please register if you plan on attending! Everyone is welcome, as long as you have read the book and come prepared to share your opinion in a lively discussion.

Book Description
A divorced, middle-aged English professor finds himself unable to resist affairs with his female students. When discovered by the college authorities, he is expected to apologise and repent, but he refuses to become a scapegoat in what he sees as a show trial designed to reinforce a stringent political correctness. He pre-empts the authorities and leaves his job, and the city, to spend time with his grown-up lesbian daughter on her remote farm. Things between them are strained - there is much from the past they need to reconcile - and the situation becomes critical when they are the victims of a brutal attack. In spectacularly powerful and lucid prose, Coetzee uses all his formidable skills to engage with a post-apartheid culture in unexpected and revealing ways. This examination into the sexual and political law-lines of modern South Africa as it tries desperately to start a fresh page in its history is chilling, uncompromising and unforgettable.

Cuba is the center of attention this summer in Groningen with a special Cuban exhibition at the Groninger Museum. The exhibition gives an overview of the development of the art and the history of Cuba from 1868 through the present. Work of about 100 artists is shown, varying from traditional to modern art including painting, posters, installations, video and photos. During the exhibition other activities are also hosted at the Museum. We would like to invite you to join us to visit this exhibition starting at 18:00 by listening to a band performing Cuban music while enjoying a drink and a bite in the museum lounge, followed at 19:00 with a visit to the exhibition in the museum. The museum is open on Friday evening till 22:00. For more information go to (www.groningermuseum.nl, available in English, German and Dutch).

Cost: access to the museum lounge is free, visit to the exhibition: € 10,00 (adults), € 5,00 (children 12 – 16), € 3,00 (children 6 -11), children under 6 free, Holders of a Museumjaarkaart pay € 2,00.

Please RSVP by 10 September so we know whom to expect!

Please join us for a hot drink and an enjoyable get-together.

Bring a photo of yourself as a baby or young child. Partners welcome!

In The Verkeerspark in Assen, your children can learn in a fun way how to deal with traffic and traffic rules. Kids can steer their own pedal cars on a traffic circuit, pilot their own ships, drive in a motorized cart. The attraction park is meant for primary school children (age 4-13 years). Other attractions that the parks offers are: a steam train ride, a helicopter “flight”, jeep driving and a monorail (150 m) going over land and through water.

For more information go to www.verkeersparkassen.nl (only available in Dutch)

Cost: € 15,95 pp (adults and children same price, including entrance fee, access to all attractions and free food and drinks: coffee, tea, lemonade, soup, sandwiches, French fries, kroket, frikandel and ice cream).

RSVP by 11 September if you would like to attend.

The doors open at 09:30 for coffee. Please feel free to bring a selection of books that you would like to share with the group. Pre-school children are very welcome.

You are welcome to join our book club.

Book: Mutiny on the Bounty

The story:

December 23, 1787, Portsmouth: A 14-year-old boy, John Jacob Turnstile, has got into trouble with the police on one too many occasions and is on his way to prison when an offer is put to him - a ship has been refitted over the last few months and is about to set sail with an important mission. The boy who was expected to serve as the captain's personal valet has been injured and a replacement must be found immediately. The deal is struck and he finds himself onboard, meeting the captain, just as the ship sets sail. The ship is HMS Bounty, the captain is William Bligh, and their destination is Tahiti. Mutiny on the Bounty is the first novel to explore all the events relating to the Bounty's voyage, from their long journey across the ocean to their adventures on the island of Tahiti and the subsequent 48-day expedition towards Timor. A vivid recreation of the famous mutiny, the story is packed with humour, violence and historical detail, while presenting a very different portrait of Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian than has ever been shown before.

Come join us for a cup of your favorite warm beverage and a chance to meet up with other internationals!

If you like survival and climbing in the woods, than join us for an afternoon at the Climbing Center Joy Time in Grolloo.  By using special climbing constructions, you can go from tree to tree by five different climbing routes in one hectare of woods. To prevent any accidents or injuries from happening, climbers are attached to double safety lines. Experience is not needed; beginners will start with a small climbing instruction lesson. Children from 8 years old are welcome to join the climbing, but between 8 and 13 they have to be accompanied by an adult (2 children, 1 adult). If you would like to join this afternoon but don’t want to climb, Joy Time also offers opportunities for swimming or making a boat or canoe trip on their private lake. The leisure center also has a pavilion serving drinks, refreshments and small menus. Grolloo is a small village in the middle of the woods in Drenthe, so you also can go for a walk in the woods in the area of the climbing center. For more information go to: www.outdoorgrollo.nl (only available in Dutch)

Cost:   €17,50 pp (Climbing, Children and Adults)

€1,00 pp (use of the lake including use of a rubber boot, canoe rent €2, 50 extra)

There is limited space in the climbing center so if you want to attend please RSVP by  Friday 11 September, so we can make the reservations for the climbing in time.

Come join us for a cup of your favorite warm beverage and a chance to meet up with other internationals!

Please RSVP by 29 September so we know whom to expect!