
Sure, the bride works at the Dutch embassy. But still. Even before the baijiu (pictured above, the finest of the finest, 56% alcohol by volume, that's 112 proof, my friends) was cracked out at the wedding dinner, one bottle per table, this actually came out of my husband's mouth as honest-to-god dinner conversation:
"I've always wondered, what's the actual separation of administrative powers in Holland, between Amsterdam and the Hague?"