You find several lists like this one: http://www.perfectgroup.com/blog/2011/07/you-know-youve-been-in-the-netherlands-for-too-long-when/

For those of you who don’t feel like clicking on the link, it’s basically a list of typically Dutch things.  The people who have lived here for a while probably don’t think twice of most of the items on there.  I, however, find stuff like this way more entertaining than I probably should.  Mostly because I can point to certain things on the list and say, “Hey!  I do that!  I’m a bit more Dutch now!”  Here’s a couple of the items that really stuck out to me and are beginning to make a lot more sense to me the more time I spend here:

1. You have a bike

This is pretty obvious.  I don’t think I’ve taken public transit anywhere in the past month.  My biggest nightmare has gone from losing my wallet or passport to having my bike stolen.

4. Eating 7 slices of bread for lunch doesn’t scare you anymore

Yep.  It also helps that I can get a loaf of bread for less than a euro.  Throw some Nutella on there and I’d consider that a very well-balanced and healthful meal…right?

27. When you go to the cinema, you are ok with being told where to sit

I actually went to the movies tonight with a friend and completely forgot that there’s assigned seating at the theaters here (I think there would be mass rioting if theaters tried to assign seats in the US).  I bought my ticket separately from her, and then I had to get back in line and ask the very nice cashier if we could sit together.

43. You have 4 seasons in one day

This requires no explanation.  I’m waiting for the day when I wake up and go for a run outside in the sunshine, only to end up in a snowstorm when I’m three kilometers away from my apartment.

49. You have the AH bonus card

Never leave the house without your Albert Heijn bonus card.  Seriously.