by Clarissa | Jan 11, 2021 | dutch life, family, personal
A new year, a new start, and a new lockdown? It feels like we’ve already done this. Shouldn’t we be further on? And yet we are back home schooling, with limited chances to see anyone beyond the four of us, and most shops shut. Now, while I understand and...
by Clarissa | Jun 8, 2020 | dutch life, family |
Things here in the Netherlands have started to open up again after what has been described as an “intelligent” lockdown. Primary schools have been back for a few weeks with half sized classes, as the children did half school at school and half school at...
by Clarissa | Jun 11, 2019 | dutch life, family, writing |
“Raising bilingual children: when school speaks a different language” releases in just a couple of days. Here is a sneak peek from the introduction to show you what you can expect in the rest of the book. We are an English family and nearly five years ago...
by Clarissa | Jun 10, 2019 | dutch life, family, writing |
“Moving abroad with children” releases later this week, so here are some more details about what it covers! The first part of the book is an introduction, which begins with our story. Here it is: At eight months pregnant with our second child I came to the...