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- Settling In
Six months in Amsterdam – the learnings so far

By Tanya / January 14, 2021

How is it that things in the past can at once feel like they happened like a lifetime ago, and “just yesterday”. That’s how our arrival in Amsterdam and it’s… Read More
- Expats
The airfryer, Peppa Pig and homeschooling part 2

By Tanya / January 6, 2021

It’s the first working week of the year and I’m feeling a little meh, much like a lot of you, it seems. No one is really bullet journalling, planning trips… Read More
- In The City
A life lockdown: part 2

By Tanya / December 16, 2020

We’re in a hard lockdown again – it looked to my hopeful eye two weeks ago that the numbers in The Netherlands were under control, but over the last few… Read More
- In The City
Winter is here… here’s how to not let it feel too dreadful

By Tanya / December 10, 2020

So many people are quite surprised we chose to relocate to Europe, known for its grim winters. Our priority was never about finding somewhere with a similar South African climate,… Read More
- In The City
I wasn’t expecting this when we emigrated

By Tanya / December 7, 2020

There are obviously so many things I could not have predicted I’d feel when we came to live in The Netherlands. Add a pandemic to the mix, and things were… Read More
- In The City
Gearing up for our first winter in Amsterdam

By Tanya / November 27, 2020

Our central heating is being turned up every few weeks (my handiwork), I have thermal vests and socks, I’m taking vitamin D, and this morning we bought special lightbulbs for… Read More

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