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Every week (I promise I’m not exaggerating) I get messages on social media and via email from people wanting to know about the emigration process and how things are here now. I’ve covered more about the emigration process in previous posts, but I thought I’d use a post to write about the things that people typically want to know. 1.…
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At least once a day, I have an “OMG, I actually live in Amsterdam” moment. It could be when I’m running along the canals, or riding on my bike with my basket full of groceries, or at a famous museum that is on our doorstep (sorta). It also happens frequently when I’m introducing myself to global team members, and I…
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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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