Happy Dutch Pancake Goes Romanian!

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Making new friends is always fun, and is nothing better than joining a group of people from all over the world, to exchange opinions, ideas and bring incredible experiences into the same room.

Only a few weeks ago I heard about the tradition of Dutch Pancake Party, which started in Hong Kong, a while back, as a thank you dinner, for the hosts of a group of Dutch students.

Starting with a nice gesture, the party became more of a tradition for Robin Vogelaar, who travels every week to a new city around the world, and organizes a new party. Meeting people through CouchSurfing and social networks, Robin finds a place to stay, someone willing to provide a location for the Pancake Night, invites as many people as possible, and gets busy cooking and making new friends.

Photo Credit – Aida Ivan

With over 90 such parties already taking place all over the world, from Europe to Asia, between 30 and 150 people present at every party, the Dutch Pancake Night became a phenomena.

When I met Robin, he told me about his idea to organize such a party in Bucharest, so I just had to join in. It was quite impressive to see so many people of all nationalities (Netherlands, Mauritius, Greece, Belgium, Albania, UK, Brazil, China, Romania), going into the kitchen, helping with the snacks, ingredients and cooking the pancakes.

Even if we had great plans in mind (making a lot of pancakes, for everyone present), with only a few pancakes going out of the kitchen door, we had to put an end to it sooner, as the neighbors got irritated with the noise. From what I understand, this happens all the time, in every location, so we really fast came up with a backup plan, and moved to a nearby pub, to continue the celebration. No one puts a stop to a determined group! 🙂

Photo Credit – Aida Ivan

The best part about such events is the cultural exchange. I always love to meet people with similar passions, skills and interests, and find out more about other cultures and traditions. Even better is to meet fascinating adventurous world travelers and start new friendships.

With the next location already in mind, so many amazing people and a few new wonderful friendships, I’m pretty sure the end of the party is only a see you later, not a goodbye. Looking forward to the next meeting!

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Special thanks to Aida Ivan for the event pictures

27 thoughts on “Happy Dutch Pancake Goes Romanian!”

    • I also loved the idea. It’s great to meet people from all over the world in such a fun way. I’m happy I got the chance to attend 🙂 Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment. Have a lovely day!

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    • Thanks, Johanna! It was a lot of fun and nice to meet so many amazing people!! Should I send a pancake your way? haha. Same happens when you put a lot of Romanians in a location. We make too much noise 🙂 Good we had the time to make at least a few pancakes, before we left. Have a lovely day! xo ❤

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  5. This is a cool idea Lucy. It’s amazing to get to know people from different cultural backgrounds and pancakes is the most convenient thing to prepare with so many people around. But, yes, it is always a better idea to move to a pub before it gets too noisy. 🙂

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    • Thank you for reading and for taking the time to share your thoughts! Indeed, it was a lovely idea. I’m very happy to make some new friends. Pancakes worked very well, and so did the new location. I look forward to the next meeting. Have a great day! 🙂

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      • I totally love such events. It’s so nice to meet people from other countries. I’m sure you also had a lot of fun in London. It’s impossible not to. You too have a lovely day! 🙂

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  7. Great initiative! You might also want to let them in on some traditional Dutch drinks: jenever, korenwijn, schrobbelèr, Sonnema Berenburger, oranjebitter, advocaat, etc…
    Cheers,
    Micky

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    • It was awesome!! So much fun to spend time meeting new people from so many countries. If they have some in Leeds, you should definitely go for it 🙂

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  9. Oh! This is a lovely idea and I can see you really enjoyed it. Indeed it is a great get-together of like minded people, yes you get to know so many friends and learn so many new things. It is a wonderful exploration. It seems things are going great.
    Cheers!!!

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