Yes, those opinionated Dutch! (For my readers: Karien and I are both Dutch.) Of course after you’ve been out of your home country for years, you really see it with a ‘foreigner’s eye’ when you come back and that can often be quite a shock. However, that incident of the guy telling you off about wearing a mask — the same thing happens in the US all the time. Good luck with your readjustment to life in the Netherlands! Groetjes uit Frankrijk.PS Karien: I cannot comment on your blog. It does not give me an option to put in my profile.