“What are you eating?” My colleague had ceased to consume her own lunch altogether. She looked at me, one eyebrow raised cautiously. I looked down at my small sandwich bag which I’d stuffed with a…
The Netherland’s Covid Rules Get Stricter
The Dutch don’t eat crisps
Getting that Dutch diploma
I pretty much bark on about how hard I think it is to learn Dutch on a daily basis. Everyone says I am good. That I needn’t worry. That I speak really well for someone…
My First Birthday (party in the Netherlands)
The Dutch circle party is a tradition written in solid stone. One does not stray far away from the circle party when choosing to entertain their friends and family on their special day. If you…
And the winner is…
I won a competition. It was almost out of the blue, if I hadn’t, y’know, entered it. But, as everyone always says in these situations: “I wasn’t expecting it!”, and honestly, I wasn’t. As you…
A year in the Netherlands – a round-up of random
I recently passed the one-year mark on my journey of being an expat in the Netherlands and it got me thinking crazy things like: what have I discovered in the past year? I’m certainly hoping…
The second coming or a second language?
I find myself in a peak learning position. I live in a foreign country. I signed myself up for three Dutch lessons per week. Maybe, most interestingly of all (to me, and only me): I…