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...
by Clarissa | May 10, 2016 | dutch life
Last week was the 71st anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands at the end of the Second World War. To celebrate this there was a parade of vehicles round the area, which we were lucky enough to catch some of. Sitting at the side of the road watching all these...
by Clarissa | Feb 22, 2016 | dutch life, Tech |
We have a set routine of weekly Skype sessions arranged so that both sets of grandparents can read the children their bedtime story. And they read a book which we also have a copy of, so we can look at it while they are reading. The children seem to really enjoy it...
by Clarissa | Feb 8, 2016 | dutch life, family
Dutch will be the language of my children’s education. They will do exams in Dutch and their proficiency in that, as well as the subject, will determine which secondary school and then university they will go to. I do find this quite intimidating and I switch...
by Clarissa | Feb 1, 2016 | dutch life, family
…is obviously Italian! I am enjoying being a member of a wind band here in the Netherlands, and I’ve now been playing with them for over a year. And this blog post has been in my mind for nearly that long! I used to play in two orchestras and a wind...
