Settling In
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These last few weeks have been among the hardest I’ve gone through since we’ve been here, and it’s not really even connected to emigration or being in a new’ish place.… Read More
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I get asked weekly about emigration – how we did it, how we found an apartment, how we got in, how we found jobs etc etc. Some of them come… 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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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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The months before we emigrated, I had a lot of guilt for putting my kids through the process – the uprooting, and then the planting of ourselves in a new… Read More
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Last week, I had to dig into our stash of Corenza-C and Sinucon as I got my first little cold here. You might remember that I’ve written about hauling over… Read More
About me
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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