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Hi, I'm Tanya. I'm a South African now living in Amsterdam. I'm a mom, runner and writer, and work in content & advertising. Welcome to my blog. Read More
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Latest Posts
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The 4-year Amsterdam update
14 July 2024
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New year, blah blah blah
2 January 2024
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Another epic summer holiday (with autumn undertones)
31 August 2023
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There was a small chance that my new year’s post was going to be written in 2024, if my recent blogging habits are anything to go by. But here I am, with an aim to write more this year – at least a few more before the next new year. I’m not sure if others who have moved up north…
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October was an ambitious and big month. I started a new job, ran the Amsterdam Marathon and celebrated my son’s barmitzvah, with our close family from around the world. It was a month that brought tears of happiness and pride, busier work days than I’ve had in years, and crying over spilt milk. Or rather, milkshake. Let’s start with the…
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There’s a lot of joy to be had in closing our front door and hitting the road while it’s still dark and early (despite “only” having had two cups of coffee) and driving to Dresden in Germany for the first stage of our summer holiday. We decided to do something a little different this holiday and head to Zamardi Hungary…
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Someone asked me this week if Amsterdam feels like home, and I didn’t really know how to answer, because I’m not quite sure how I feel. It kinda does, but without the deep familiarity, roots, history, wider family and old friends that often make up a “home”. Practically, it’s home. We have our things, the kids know Dutch, I can…
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There’s a common Dutch saying: “April doet wat hij wil”, which I first heard last year in spring when it snowed over the Easter weekend. It basically means that the weather does whatever it wants, even in “spring”. And just when I thought we had turned that wintery corner and were facing days of sunshine and dresses, along came a…
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The daffodils are blooming everywhere and even though I ran in 1 degrees on Saturday and we saw sunshine-that-doesn’t-actually-warm-things-up on the weekend, it is starting to feel like a new season is emerging. Perhaps it’s not just about a season per se, but because lockdown was lifted a few weeks ago and it feels like “normality” is being restored. On…
