by Clarissa | Sep 13, 2016 | dutch life
Albert Heijn (the local supermarket – a bit like Sainsburys back in the UK) gave out moestuintjes earlier in the year. For each fifteen euros you spent you got a little pot with seeds in – a random one from twenty-four different types of plant in a...
by Clarissa | Sep 9, 2016 | family
Well I’m getting on with Dutch. I’ve even writted a blog post in Dutch. I feel I should admit that I did have help from my Dutch teacher with it as you can see below. I’m finding it easier to have conversations, though more than one person is still...
by Clarissa | Sep 9, 2016 | dutch life
We hadden een heel lange zomervakantie dit jaar – twee weken in Noord Frankrijk (Normandië) en twaalf dagen in Engeland. Bijna een maand weg! Honfleur Bergen! Modelspoorbaan Zandscuplturen op het strand Neefje en nichtjes x Mooie tuinen en uitzichten Terug naar...
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 | Jun 10, 2016 | family
I’ve recently got my second bike, as starry girl was getting too tall for the front seat on my other bike. I was having difficulties lifting her in and she was impeding my vision. After looking at all the options for bike seats for the two of them we’ve...
by Clarissa | May 22, 2016 | family
So rocket boy has now been at school for more than six months. We’re learning how the school system here works and he seems to be thriving, though having difficulty sitting still for any length of time! Though as a four year old boy that’s not surprising...
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 | Mar 18, 2016 | family
I’m now getting used to having a little bit of time at home by myself each week. I try to make sure that most daily tasks (eg food shopping, washing etc) are already done so that I can spend the time on things that I wouldn’t normally do during the week....
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...
