by Clarissa | Jul 9, 2018 | dutch life, family, libraries
Dutch public libraries have an annual offer, where for the months of July and August they provide a pre-defined list of ebooks freely available for all library members. These books are all in Dutch, but they cover a variety of age groups (from 4yo to adult) and a...
by Clarissa | Dec 13, 2017 | dutch life, personal
Last week I found out that I passed my re-take of the Dutch NT2-2 exam. So I have now completed the qualification. My First New Year’s Resolution completed for 2017! Doing the exam the second time around I knew what to expect and I used the time better. The...
by Clarissa | Apr 3, 2017 | dutch life, family
A little while ago we went to see Dirk Scheele at the theatre. He’s a Dutch children’s rock star. We quite like his songs and listen to them frequently. One night after the concert rocket boy was trying to go to sleep, and complained that when he...
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 | Feb 8, 2016 | dutch life, family
Dutch will be the language of my children’s education. They will do exams in Dutch and their proficiency in that, as well as the subject, will determine which secondary school and then university they will go to. I do find this quite intimidating and I switch...
