Adopting a second/third child that has been put to adoption due to the law
When I arrived in the Netherlands I was barely in my 20s andfound a lot of things about the country confusing. I’m happy to say that over time things have changed. I am older and wiser. Now that I am in my 40s I only find somethings about the Netherlands confusing. On my journey...
Windmill, somewhere in Netherlands 4/5 I accepted photo challenge fromNinato combine two challenges into one. Nina, Indonesian woman expat who has been living in several countries (lately she’s living in England) and traveling to many countries around the globe. I did follow her blog since ...
The new Sue would have absolutely hated it.My kibbutz experience and the subsequent jobs I had in the Netherlands have no place in this blog, which is primarily about the various London places I’ve lived in during the last half-century. So let’s miss out a year or so and pick up t...
He's got a TLDR version, but I'm just going to skip that and go to the full question. He says, “I've come a long way since we last spoke that I passed an interview at XYZ company and moved to the Netherlands as an expat with a really good salary. Coming out of Iran means ...
Netherlands Thank you so much for treating us, our family and our friends with so much care and attention. This place is beautiful and all of you have made it "Shine" even when it rained. We will think of you all when we think of our time at Avalon. Our best wishes to you all ...
“I’m selling my air filters if anyone is interested” Mirjam says. “They are the best, imported from the Netherlands.” “You can’t have the best of everything you know” Gauri quips in her Indian accent “You are always saying you have the best husband, the best hair salon, the...
That post was the summation of a couple of years ofself-reflectionnavel-gazing; i.e. expat blogging. Being an expat–or a “serial expat”, as I started calling myself when we seemed unable to stay in the same country for more than a few months–began as a grand adventure. I think...
If you’re an expat in the Netherlands, the agency that handles this process is called CBR and the forms can be found on their website: CBR.nl. Once you receive a letter from them, you can schedule an appointment with the town hall. You need to bring the CBR letter they send you ...
Before I went to DRC, a colleague told me “We all start in DRC. I started my expat life in DRC and I’ve now got almost 20 years of field experience, you’ll see, you’ll get hooked”. Am I? Only time will tell. One thing I know is that it’s only goodbye. Tagged career...