Thing’s I’ve Learned During Self-Isolation With Kids
Life is very strange at the moment. Thanks to the Coronavirus we’ve all found ourselves in the kind of situation I don’t think any of us ever expected to experience. We’re all trying to...
Category: My Dutch Life
The Fresh Expat of Holland
Now this is a story all about how,
My life got flipped turned upside down,
And I’d like to take a minute, just sit right there,
I’ll tell you how I became an expat in a place called Holl-and.
The Dutch Drop Ice Cream Taste Test Experience
“I’m not sure ice cream is supposed to be this colour,” I commented to my wife as I held the completely matte black ice cream by its little wooden stick. “Yeah. It is a...
Why I Love the Efteling
“Are you okay? Are you still having fun?” my wife calmly asked our three year old son as we carried him off the third ride we’d been on that morning. Since we’d arrived in...
I tried to create M&Ms and Maltesers Hagelslag
Sometimes I get an idea in my head and it is not easy to let it go. Recently that idea was that I wanted to try some M&Ms and Maltesers Hagelslag. However, there was...
The Trouble With Trying To Arrange Play Dates In Dutch
As I waited for my daughter outside her school I was slightly confused when two random children wandered up to me hand in hand. “Kunnen wij samen spelen?” the brown haired girl of the...
