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 | 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...
by Clarissa | Jul 18, 2014 | dutch life
Thinking about our move I’m realising that so many of our cultural references are related to the stories we learnt as children; whether that’s from books, films, TV or anywhere else. Which has made me think about what this move means for our children and...
by Clarissa | Feb 22, 2014 | family
As well as a new baby we are also planning to move to Amsterdam in the summer as my husband has got a job there. He was offered the job on my last day at work before Christmas, and he told them he’d take it on the morning I went into hospital to be induced. Talk...
