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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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I can’t speak for anyone else’s emigration process, but if I was to trace the steps of our emigration, it might go something like this. Decision making – this was the moment we made the decision (in our case it was fairly quick and easy), and the start of it all. Telling everyone – this was by far one of…
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I’m kicking off a new expat series, where I’ll be featuring (for now) South Africans who have immigrated to The Netherlands. Ashley Da Silva moved to The Netherlands this year with her family, and here she shares some of her favourite foods, the difficulties, and advice to those emigrating. How old are you and where do you live? I am…
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While still bruised from the falls from last week, those bruises have gotten new bruises owing to another fall. I wasn’t even riding, which is the worst part. I was cruising the ‘burb around 10pm with my son Max (it’s good practice for me), had paused to chat to him, and as I was getting going again, I fell over…
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I spent another week shvitzing in our apartment. We even bought some desk fans to help, and I waited not-so-patiently for the heat to subside on the weekend, which at the time of writing, still hasn’t. Apart from some discomfort, it’s been a good week. I’ve been settling into work and doing more onboarding/learning, and we had a fun weekend.…
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Dutch children are the happiest in the world, according to Unicef, who published a report in 2017 on child well-being in rich countries, which ranks The Netherlands number 1 on the list. The report looks at things that contribute to a child’s wellbeing such as material wellbeing, health and safety, educational wellbeing, behaviour and risks, housing and environment and subjective…
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It’s been another great week settling into our new lives, and finding our rhythm, though that will likely change a bit once school starts next week. I feel like the new kid and quite nervous to be that parent who doesn’t really know anyone or how things work, or where to go. It feels a bit like some my angst-ridden…