People often ask, “How are you adapting to life in the Netherlands?” “How was the transition?” “Are you fluent in Dutch yet?” “What do you miss about home?” Or we’ll get the other side, like “Your life looks...
What Living in Amsterdam Has Taught Me
Amsterdam is an amazing city. It’s old, beautiful, cultured, and filled with friendly people. (Yes, that idea that the Dutch are rude is NOT true!) Moving to an international city can really be a shock for someone who...
The Expat’s Guide: Tools For After The Move
When you move to a new country there is a lot to do. Aside from the paperwork you would have to do with moving anywhere, you will have to make copies, print out who-knows-what, translate almost everything, and...
Making The Most of Amsterdam: May
May was great! It really started to get warm and we even had a picnic in the park with new and old friends. The weather has been fairly nice and hasn’t rained too much, though of course it...
Why Expat Life?
How do you figure out who you are? How do you know when you can finally stop searching to find your place in the world? For me, it’s when you feel like you just fit...without trying too hard....
Living Two Lives as an Expat
People are curious about living as an expat. They seem to think that it is glamorous no matter where you actually live. The reality is that it’s life--just in a different place. Once you get past the “tourist”...
Expat Life: Six Months in Amsterdam
After living in Amsterdam for 6 months, I think it’s a great time to explain just why Amsterdam is an amazing place to not only visit, but live. It is a capital city, but the national government is...
Our New Normal
When the thrill of moving to another country wears off a bit, you need to find ways to keep discovering new places and hoping you will stay in love with your new home. For us, just living a...
How We Became Expats
I kept having this nagging feeling that this blog never did a good job at having a back story as to how we became expats. So here is our story: To understand our move in 2014, let’s...
Making the Most of Amsterdam
People keep telling us we are fresh off the boat, but it sure doesn’t seem that way! It’s been 5 months and yet we are so comfortable with the city of Amsterdam already. We have made friends, we...
