As a hardcore sweet lover like myself, you can imagine the shock and horror I felt when faced with shelves upon shelves of liquorice and not much else when I first took a trip around a Dutch supermarket. Aside from the odd bag of Haribo (which, spoiler alert, mostly contain liquorice!!!), finding fruit flavoured candies […]
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On Saturday, I headed down to Amsterdam to meet up with a few expat friends I’d not seen in a long time. I arrived early, to beat some crowds and to calm the nerves that bug me every time I either meet new people or see people again after a long while. I snapped some […]
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Pancakes. The epitome of Dutch cuisine. They’re simple, delicious, and the topping possibilities are practically endless. Nobody hates a good Dutch pancake. Or an American pancake for that matter. It may come across as slightly ironic then that my expat friends and I decided to head out for American pancakes, rather than Dutch pancakes, when […]
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It’s a staple meal in the UK: eating a good curry of an evening is enough to send any of us Brits into a delightful food coma. But what about the Netherlands? Nah mate, never heard of a good curry. I’m sorry, but it’s true: finding a good curry in the Netherlands is akin to […]
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Hey guys! Welcome back to my second post out of three about our time eating and drinking through Utrecht. This time, I’ll be focusing on the Rum Club, a cute little underground affair where we started our evening off. So, as you know, in my last post I introduced you to The Street Food Club, […]
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When you’re heading to a city for a 24 hour fun fest with your friends, it doesn’t leave too much time for a cultural exploration of the areas most famous and important sites. It does, however, mean you can eat the finest food and drink the most delicious beverages the city has to offer. My […]
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In the centre of a town in the middle of Friesland, stands an important piece of its history. A planetarium, almost hidden in plain sight, which spans three buildings and holds one of the most fantastic things I’ve ever seen is waiting to be discovered. Last weekend we visited for the second time, the first […]
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Hey guys! Welcome back to another blogpost. This week’s been a fun one, with another family visit and plenty of hopping around from place to place! Our first escapade was a trip down to Amsterdam to check out the Banksy exhibition at Amsterdam’s Moco Museum, so let’s get started! First, a few of the basics! […]
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After an evening of over filling our bellies on delicious dishes from a local eetcafe in Otterlo, we woke up to a delicious breakfast in our hotel (a perfect end and beginning, if you ask me). We walked into the breakfast room (actually just the restaurant, it wasn’t that posh) and seated ourselves as close […]
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