by Clarissa | Feb 28, 2015 | dutch life, family |
Some expected and unexpected things about living in the Netherlands:The wall kitchen cupboards are too high for me to reach without a stepCars give way to bikes (& pedestrians) at roundaboutsWhen you go into a waiting room (eg at the doctor) you say hello to...
by Clarissa | Feb 17, 2015 | dutch life |
The Dutch tell the time in a very different way to the English, so it’s taken me a while to get used to it. Firstly they work it out relative to both the hour and the half hour. And secondly the half hour is described by the next hour, rather than the one...
by Clarissa | Feb 11, 2015 | dutch life, family
So we’ve been in the Netherlands for six months. That feels both like a really long time and no time at all! Looking back we seem to have achieved quite a bit, including: Preschool – my son seems to have settled in well, and my daughter is registered for...
by Clarissa | Feb 2, 2015 | dutch life, family
When we first moved we found the closest supermarket (or three!) to our house so we could buy food. And we learnt where things were in it and the Dutch for the foods we eat often. Then as other things run out I’ve had the challenge of finding them (eg soy sauce...
by Clarissa | Jan 19, 2015 | dutch life, family
It’s amazing to watch my son learning Dutch, as he’s just integrating it into his speech. Every so often he asks what the Dutch is for something we’re talking about, which can be quite tricky as I don’t always know! But he’s also using...
by Clarissa | Dec 31, 2014 | dutch life, family
Well this has been a big year for us: a new baby and not just moving house, but moving country. Considering how frustrated we were with trying to move in the UK in 2013 I can’t really believe how easy it was to move here. Everything really seemed to fall into...
