Language Consultant, Intercultural Communication Trainer and Language Expert at Ute's International Lounge.
When you come to the Netherlands you will notice that you entered the fietsland. The bicycle-country par excellence! In the Netherlands 27% of all trips and 25% of trips to work are made by bike. About 1.3 million bicycles were sold in the Netherlands in 2009, at an […]
Usually, grown ups do review children books. And grown ups – parents, teachers etc. – decide if a book is appropriate for children of different age groups. Also, most of the children’s books are bought by adults. We all know that there are many lists of “best reads” […]
This is a brilliantly written article about what people often call TCK’s. I only see one problem. In order to pass the stage of calling a TCK all those things listed up, and finally getting to call him or her “friend”, people need time and energy. They must […]
Are three years a common time limit to friendships, stays etc. for TCK’s? In a recent discussion among TCK’s on a social network, a young TCK talked about her difficulty about “holding onto friendships long-term” and about tending to “start cutting bonds around 3 years into a friendship”. […]
Do you want to make your child think instead of keeping you doing all of the thinking? Are you tired to always tell your children what to do and how? I’ve already shared some wisdom from the Love and Logic Expert Dr. Charles Fay in some of my […]
Every school has its own “personality” and visiting a school is an invaluable way to get a first personal impression about the atmosphere and ask questions and get documentation about the school. Lately I participated in a writing contest on expatsblog, and am proud to say that my […]
In this second post about “What I like about living in the Netherlands” I will list up the things I like in everyday life, with my Dutch friends etc. 1) First of all, I love my Dutch friends. This is probably the main reason I feel at home […]
I would like to thank Germerican Denglish for nominating me for the blogger-to-blogger Sunshine Award! It is an award for writing positive and inspiring articles and for bringing some “sunshine into the lives of others”: I very humbly accept. In his blog Germerican Denglish writes interesting, funny and entertaining […]
