by Clarissa | Jan 11, 2021 | family, dutch life, personal
A new year, a new start, and a new lockdown? It feels like we’ve already done this. Shouldn’t we be further on? And yet we are back home schooling, with limited chances to see anyone beyond the four of us, and most shops shut. Now, while I understand and...
by Clarissa | Nov 16, 2020 | family, dutch life, personal
The year is coming to a close and on a day to day basis the coronavirus isn’t affecting us much anymore (touch wood). We have learnt to live with the restrictions and mostly remember to wear masks when we go shopping. Schools are still open and the amazing...
by Clarissa | Jun 8, 2020 | dutch life, family |
Things here in the Netherlands have started to open up again after what has been described as an “intelligent” lockdown. Primary schools have been back for a few weeks with half sized classes, as the children did half school at school and half school at...
by Clarissa | Nov 18, 2019 | dutch life |
It’s that time of year again, when the shops are full of kruidnoten and we have the seemingly endless consumerism approaching of Sinterklaas followed by Christmas. One of the things you need to do to a greater extent when you live abroad is to combine holiday...
by Clarissa | Jun 13, 2019 | dutch life, family, writing |
Today is launch day for “Moving abroad with children” and “Raising bilingual children: when school speaks a different language”. Both these books are based on our experience moving from the UK and now living in the Netherlands. Writing them has...
by Clarissa | Jun 11, 2019 | dutch life, family, writing |
“Raising bilingual children: when school speaks a different language” releases in just a couple of days. Here is a sneak peek from the introduction to show you what you can expect in the rest of the book. We are an English family and nearly five years ago...
