by Clarissa | Mar 23, 2018 | dutch life |
Earlier this week were the elections for local Councils here in The Netherlands. A few weeks before the day we get a long list of all the candidates. These are split by party, and ordered by each party. So we had a list of 210 candidates across 10 parties for 31...
by Clarissa | Mar 19, 2018 | dutch life, writing |
This year I’m going to take part in the A-Z blog challenge. So for every day in April (except Sundays) I will be posting something related to each letter of the alphabet. And each post will be able one (of more) Dutch words that start with that letter. These...
by Clarissa | Mar 16, 2018 | dutch life, family |
At the school my children go to one of the local judo schools come in to give lessons. And I think they do the same in a number of schools in the area. With the emphasis on teaching the children social skills. Judo has at its core the idea of respect for each other...
by Clarissa | Mar 11, 2018 | dutch life, family
Last week was a football tournament between a number of local schools. In about November rocket boy came home from school with a letter asking if he wanted to sign up for this. But it didn’t really explain how it worked or when it would be. I guess they assumed...
by Clarissa | Mar 9, 2018 | dutch life, personal, writing
My post on doing the NT2 exams is now published on the Amsterdam Mamas website.
by Clarissa | Mar 9, 2018 | dutch life, family
When rocket boy first started school I wondered why there were a series of small depressions across the school playground, along the edge of the buildings. The answer is that they’re for playing marbles (or knikkers in Dutch – I couldn’t resist the...
