I tried to create M&Ms and Maltesers Hagelslag
Sometimes I get an idea in my head and it is not easy to let it go. Recently that idea was that I wanted to try some M&Ms and Maltesers Hagelslag. However, there was...
Accidentally Dutch Blog
Book Update – Mid 2018
Hello. Some of you might remember that at the start of the year I mentioned I was working on a book based on this blog. A few months have gone by and I thought...
Alex De Leeuw Returns
Some of you might recall our young guest writer Alex de Leeuw. Alex originally lived in the classroom where my wife taught ten years ago. He’d spend his weekends staying with the children so...
Adventures in Dutch Mispronunciation – Stuiterbal
“I think it’s funny the way bouncy balls are called naughty balls in Dutch,” I happily commented to my Dutch wife as we waited for our lunch to arrive. “What?” she reacted in unexpected...
The King Size King’s Day T-Shirt
“I got you a new King’s Day t-shirt,” my wife happily announced over the phone. She’d just returned from a shopping trip while I was still at work. “That’s great. Thanks. My old one...
The Almost Disastrous Tale of The King’s Day Train Journey
“What day do your parents arrive?” my wife asked. She was sitting at the dining table, arranging various important dates and noting them down in our family calendar. She is very organized. Sometimes there...
