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Elana Majcher is one of the most bubbly, friendly, helpful and humorous South African moms I’ve met inwh the Netherlands, and to know her is a privilege. As I kickstart this expat series again, it’s a joy to feature Elana, who has recently got her Dutch citizenship, and who has Dutch speaking skills I can only dream of. Elana is…
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I think three seasons have passed since I last posted here. I could blame a shortage of time or that I hate posting pics of myself these days (I really do), but the truth is I’ve had zero creativity outside of work and have had so much to say, yet so little drive to do so. But here I am,…
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It didn’t surprise me that I had forgotten the logins for this blog, and that I had to reset the password. I might have had this site for four years since moving to Amsterdam, but regular posts have almost been as scarce as the sunshine this “summer”. But, buoyed by so many (three!) of you asking when next I’m writing,…
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No, it was not a new year’s resolution to start blogging again, but since I’ve found a little bit of my writing-outside-of-work mojo again, here I am (it’s a relief there was an autofilled password for the back end of this site, because I don’t remember it offhand. 2023 wasn’t the worst, but lots of small things sucked out a…
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After our amazing roadtrip last year to Germany, Hungary and Austria, we decided for a similar experience this summer and packed up the car one early Thursday morning for the start of our European holiday. Once again, Andrew put together a brilliant itinerary that took us to seven cities in five countries, with a perfect mix of swimming, exploration, shopping,…
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Just a few weeks ago someone asked me how long I’d lived in the Netherlands for, and I said 2.5 years. Then about 3 weeks after that, I got a Facebook memory pop up, reminding me that it was a whole THREE YEARS AGO that the shipping company took our cube to set sail, which was a mere two weeks…
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