After a covid-y cock up where I moved to Edinburgh, back to the fam-jam in Canada, to England, and then back to Amsterdam – I am currently living in the EXACT room where I stayed 5 years ago (good thing I don’t compare myself to other people or I would be so embarrassed right now). […]
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After many moons living in Amsterdam, I’ve rounded up some free goodies for you to enjoy when you arrive! 1. Walk the canals If you are starting at Amsterdam Central Station, take a left when stepping out of the main entrance, when facing the city centre. Head to the OBA library and go to the
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The Netherlands for being a tiny country, packs a strong punch to the nuts for its number of quaint towns, as the Dutch do. If I am being honest, I don’t really know what qualifies as a town or city and one time I was speaking in front of 300+ people on a microphone, and
This is a ramble post and it’s not funny at all so unless you are major bored, don’t read on. I know one language. English. Lucky for me, the majority of the world can speak some form of it. Unlucky for me, the majority of the world can speak some form of it. I grew
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I have been going to various yoga studios around where I live in order to take advantage of the trial week offers that they have. All the classes were taught in English. The majority of them I had to book online beforehand since some classes fill up quickly (depending on the size of the studio).
No, I didn’t just make up the word Efteling. It is the name of a fan-fricken-tastic amusement park in the Netherlands. It’s based on the Brothers Grimm fairy-tales. Now, you may think oh but I am just simply too old to go to a fairy-tale amusement park. WRONG. Well, mostly wrong. efteling rides There is
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The Netherlands owns some islands. Now don’t get too excited, these particular ones don’t have palm trees or crystal-clear lagoons. Oh no, no. These bad boys are situated in the Wadden Sea. So you get to enjoy some crisp, cold North Sea air accompanied by flat farmland. There are five inhabited islands. I visited two
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Replace funny with horrible and let’s get started. So housing in the capital is a nightmare. I personally have moved 8 times in 5 years. Some places were overpriced and waaaay outside the city centre about a 40 min bike ride. After being here for so long I only know distances in bike riding minutes.
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I have five friends so naturally when three of them came to visit I tried to impress them. I failed miserably. I was living “outside” the city in a place called Amstelveen so that didn’t help. Years later when my brother and sister-in-law came to visit, I lived closer to the city centre in Buitenveldert
Ever book a trip and think, this must be a scam? Prices so low even yo cheap ass thinks it’s too good to be true? I am talking about a 300 euro all-inclusive vacation for one week to Sicily: flight (from Amsterdam), hotel, transfer, food and drink. sicily all inclusive It was so chilly in
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