Tag Archives: Netherlands
Kill Hill and the Rule of Three
I’m the middle child of a family of three. I have three children myself. While running the other day, I realized I like the number three. I use it often. Three blue bottles grouped together in my window sill, three little pine trees clustered in the back garden, three course meals, three shots of espresso […]
How the Dutch can be second when America comes first
Dare to be proud
Recently I read a blog from a friend in the Netherlands, in which he admitted to be proud of himself. It got me thinking. I think here in the US people easier admit to be proud than in the Netherlands. There is an expression in Dutch that literally translates as: “Act normal, that’s crazy enough.” […]
See the moon shines through the trees…
Being Dutch, becoming American: a good time for a tough decision?
Happiness in the shape of sleek rectangle box
The strange sensation of losing my Dutch touch
When home is truly where the heart is
One more sleep and we are off: on vacation as what often is referred to as ‘going back home’. This makes sense: we are from the Netherlands and that will be our vacation destination this year. Both sets of parents live in the Netherlands, as do siblings, relatives and friends. Does that make it home? […]