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 go back to 2010. We made the...
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 have jobs, we have traveled,...
You can quite literally clash with someone from another country when you greet one another. Oh the awkwardness! This kind of thing seems to keep happening to me! So, what on earth am I talking about? This...
Becoming an expat is my first big adventure and is the first time I have done anything bold. It was also the first time I wanted something so bad that it pained me. That feeling drove me, it pushed me through the planning,...
When we thought about moving abroad to Amsterdam we first had to first figure out how it would be legally possible. Then we had to figure out the processes and logistics of it all. Nobody’s experiences are ever the same, but we looked...
There’s a first for everything that happens. Since we just moved to Amsterdam this summer, this was our first Christmas abroad. We are just starting to settle in, so a flight back to the United States was not in the cards. My family...
[caption id="attachment_267" align="aligncenter" width="700"] A Canal in AmsterdamPhoto by Sean Cutrufello[/caption] You may have noticed the lack of posts on this website. There's a good reason for that...