by Clarissa | Sep 13, 2016 | dutch life
Albert Heijn (the local supermarket – a bit like Sainsburys back in the UK) gave out moestuintjes earlier in the year. For each fifteen euros you spent you got a little pot with seeds in – a random one from twenty-four different types of plant in a...
by Clarissa | Sep 9, 2016 | family
Well I’m getting on with Dutch. I’ve even writted a blog post in Dutch. I feel I should admit that I did have help from my Dutch teacher with it as you can see below. I’m finding it easier to have conversations, though more than one person is still...
by Clarissa | Sep 9, 2016 | dutch life
We hadden een heel lange zomervakantie dit jaar – twee weken in Noord Frankrijk (Normandië) en twaalf dagen in Engeland. Bijna een maand weg! Honfleur Bergen! Modelspoorbaan Zandscuplturen op het strand Neefje en nichtjes x Mooie tuinen en uitzichten Terug naar...
by Clarissa | Jun 26, 2016 | dutch life
Wow, I don’t think anyone actually thought the leave campaign would win. But the referendum result was a narrow margin of victory for them and the only person who seems to be celebrating this is Nigel Farage. It is sad that the whole campaign on both sides was...
by Clarissa | Jun 10, 2016 | dutch life
After my earlier post about bikes I planned to follow it with one on cycling. And now nearly 6 months later I’ve finally got it together to publish. In the Netherlands everyone cycles, in fact I have been told there are more bikes than people. In our house...
