by Clarissa | Aug 15, 2017 | dutch life, personal |
I’ve got my Dutch exam results back and while I passed the reading, listening and writing parts I missed the speaking one by two points. I’m really gutted I was so close! So now I need to work out a time to re-take it. Many thanks to Kiki for all...
by Clarissa | Aug 8, 2017 | family |
Rocket boy has been on at me for ages to get him a fidget spinner. Lots of the children in his class have them, some more than one. But I’m a bit wary of them as I’ve seen horror stories online about them falling apart, or children getting their fingers...
by Clarissa | Jul 19, 2017 | family |
The more I read about bringing up children the more important I think it is to maintain a connection with them. In fact I made it one of my New Year’s Resolutions. I am trying to be more conscious about where my focus is – to either be actively doing...
by Clarissa | Jul 5, 2017 | dutch life, personal
So in my aims for this year I included taking the NT2 Dutch exams, and last week I sat the exams for program 2. I’m still waiting for the results – they should be out over the summer. Fingers well and truly crossed here! The exam was an experience unlike...
by Clarissa | May 30, 2017 | dutch life, family
I’m reading Harry Potter in Dutch at the moment. (I may have mentioned this before!) And I keep noticing places where the translation is not just the words, but also the cultural expectation. I’ve mainly noticed it with the food they eat. The story of...
by Clarissa | May 23, 2017 | family |
I have done running before – some at university and some before I got married. This culminated in a 10km run with my husband a few months after our wedding. After which I swore I’d never run so far again and I stopped completely. And now, partly thanks to...
