Confusing the Dutch with My Accent
I have a very English accent when I speak Dutch. I can’t help it. I’ve tried faking a Dutch accent but somehow that only makes things sound worse and less like Dutch. So I...
Accidentally Dutch Blog
What Would It Take to Melt Hagelslag?
At the start of the summer I shared a joke on my Twitter account about the short heatwave in the Netherlands. In it, I implied that the weather was so hot that it could...
Life and Blogging in the Time of Corona
This is the blog post that I had originally planned to post before I fractured my elbow. As you will read, it might even be responsible for it happening, in a tempting fate kind...
The Dangers of Being Accident-Prone
“I’m not as accident-prone as I used to be,” stated the blog post that was originally going to be here. It was part of a personal update about life and blogging during the time...
Things I Learned in the Netherlands
When I arrived in the Netherlands I was barely in my 20s and found a lot of things about the country confusing. I’m happy to say that over time things have changed. I am...
Things I Found Confusing About the Netherlands When I Arrived
When I moved to the Netherlands almost nineteen years ago it was safe to say that I had no idea what I was doing. It was the summer of 2001 and I was still...
