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I noticed that many expats who live in the Netherlands for several years don’t really have Dutch friends and barely accept or appreciate the Dutch way of life. It made me think about why I don’t feel the same way and about what I like about this country. […]
I would like to share this interesting article called “Women, Money and What ‘Dependent Partner’ really means. The Fragile Finances of the Expat Trailing Spouse” from Rachel Yates. Expat Trailing Spouses, often called “the other half” (a term I really dislike!), are considered beholden of their husbands. As […]
Some time ago, Anne Engros did publish an interesting article called “Desperate Ex-Career Expat Wives: Do Not Patronize Them!” that I would like to share here. When you live as an expat and just moved to another country (or city), after the first months you’ll encounter moments (it […]
At national festivities like Koninginnedag (celebrated this year for the last time on the 30th of April) and also during general social gatherings like Burendag (“neigbours-day”, usually the fourth Saturday in September), Dutch children (and adults) use to play traditional games like Sjoelbak, Koekhappen and Spijkerpoep. Sjoelbak Sjoelbak […]
Keukenhof is always worth a visit from April until end of May. In the 32 hectares park you can admire 7 million tulips, daffodils and hyacinths (and many more!). This weekend (27th and 28th of April) you could enjoy a very British Keukenhof. Listening to bagpipes and poems, […]
Since this song had been accepted to become the Koningslied, the song for the new king of the Netherlands, it caused litterally a storm of public criticism, due to his poor grammar and mix of styles. The songwriter John Ewbank did write the lyrics (and the refrain), whereas […]
In occasion of the royal proceedings (from the Queen Beatrix‘s abdication to Willem-Alexander‘s swearing-in ceremony) on Tuesday the 30th of April, today, more than 1.3 million children from 6.500 primary schools (basisonderwijs) are celebrating Koningsspelen. The ministery of Education, Culture and Science (Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap (OCW)) gave […]
Olga from european mama recently had her first son and third child. When she asked some of the multiculturalkidblog bloggers to contribute with a post in order to give her a bit of time to adapt to the new situation, I decided to write a post with some […]
