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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, where I write about life here, settling in, and riding a bike. Read More
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School is back, and I feel like I have most of my life and my sanity back too. The BSOs (aftercares) are still closed, but even being able to work… Read More
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This week I feature Lauren Hamilton, who I’ve known through social media and the “mom circuit” for years. We started chatting at the beginning of last year about our plans,… Read More
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I wish i could say that I’ve found my vigour for 2021, but I’m feeling depleted. I blame homeschooling. It’s not the lockdown, new curfew (no being out from 9pm… Read More
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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
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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
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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