Telegraph Interview

Telegraph Interview

Greetings Telegraph visitors. It is nice to meet you. How are you doing? I hope you liked the Telegraph Interview.

My name is Stuart and this is my blog. Here you will find the bizarre but happy story of my life in Holland as an accident prone Englishman, the strange and humours things that seem to happen to me on an almost daily bases and my confused and baffled observations on the Dutch culture and way of life.

Below are just a few of the kinds of stories that you can find here:

  • An Unexpected Beginning – The story that started it all.
  • Dye Another Day – How and why I once got my eye lashes dyed.
  • Lift of Terror – What I did while trapped in a lift for four hours.
  • I Do – A lovely story about how I got married… for just one day.
  • Administrative Error – What happens when you forget to get registered in Holland.
  • Confusing and Baffling – The title says it all.
  • Train Ticket Criminal – Never forget to buy a train ticket… never!
  • Putting My Foot in It – How I once mistook some tourists for a group of prostitutes.
  • For those of you who do not know what I am talking about and might be concerned that I have finally lost the plot I am actually referring to an interview that I was asked to take part in recently about living and working in Holland as an expat. The interview was published today and can be found on the Telegraph website: An Accidental Expat in Amsterdam

    Stuart

    Stuart is an accident prone Englishman who has been living in the Netherlands since 2001. Even his move to the country was an unintentional accident, the result of replying to a cryptic job advertisement he found one day in a local British magazine. Since then he has learned to love the Dutch (so much so that he married one of them) and now calls the country home. He started the blog Invading Holland in 2006 as a place to share his strange stories of language misunderstandings, cultural confusions and his own accident prone nature.

    12 Responses

    1. Andrew says:

      My personal favourite – “The Long Way Home” https://accidentallydutch.com/?p=228 Congratulations on the Telegraph article!

    2. Anneke says:

      :D Wow! You’re like… famous! Can I get your autograph? Will you sign my forehead? And my hands? And cheeks? *swoon* [/fangirlmode]

    3. Marjolein says:

      WoW!!!! Ik ben zo trots op je! Echt super om te lezen, je wordt beroemd!!

    4. Invader Stu says:

      Andrew – Thank you. That one is one of my more spectacular accident prone moments :p

      Anneke – do you have a pen?

      Marjolein – Dank u :)

    5. French Bean says:

      That’s so awesome, Stu! Congrats! ^.^

      I’ll check out the article in a bit!

      -French Bean

    6. Dragonlady says:

      Fame at last Wow

    7. Aledys Ver says:

      Wow! Let me get in touch with the girls and we’ll have a Fans Club in no time!!
      Would you please design the print for our t-shirts, mugs and mouse-pads? :D
      Congrats, my friend!!!

    8. Invader Stu says:

      French Bean – Thanks :)

      Dragonlady – I’m still kind of speechless about it all.

      Aledys Ver – of course :)

    9. VallyP says:

      Well done Stu, you’re finally achieving the fame you deserve!

    10. Invader_Stu says:

      You are too kind Vally :)

    11. Just a Plane Ride Away says:

      Well, look at you–congratulations on the interview!! I love how you don’t ask your family to bring you Marmite… but do they bring you bacon?!

    12. Invader Stu says:

      Just a Plane Ride Away – They don’t but I might have to think about asking them to now.

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