Life in the Netherlands

setembro - dezembro 2023

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- 17 de dez. de 2023, 17:21
- 🌙 8 °C
- Altitude: Nível do mar
- Países Baixos Provincie Utrecht Gemeente De Ronde Venen Amstelhoek Kromme Mijdrecht 52.234093, 4.83735552°14’3” N 4°50’14” E
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Joshuas birthday week 🥳
17 de dezembro de 2023, Países Baixos ⋅ 🌙 8 °C
This week we’ve been up to lots! Jonathan arrived on Monday and we’ve really enjoyed getting to show him around our new city. We started the week off with some Christmas baking then we had a fun but very late evening in the city. We went to the Amsterdam Christmas market and got some sweet Glühwein and some delicious churros. It’s still safe to say that nothing beats a German Christmas market! Afterwards we had a very late viewing at 12:00am to watch ‘Castle in the Sky’ at the cinema (Joshes favourite Studio Ghibli film).

On Saturday morning we celebrated Joshes birthday (early because he’s very busy on the 18th) with cake and presents 🤗 and in the evening we took Jonathan out to our new favourite Korean restaurant to have some fried chicken, kimchi and green grape soju 🥂 then Jonathan organised a festival of lights boat tour which was really cool! Nice to see a different perspective of the city from the water 🌟Leia mais
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Viajante Ihr habt den 🎂 Geburtstag vorgezogen? Das ist ungewöhnlich!
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Viajante Na ja, ich bin Mega busy Morgen also wollte ich es genießen 😌
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Viajante ... und konntest es nicht abwarten später zu feiern! 🥳 Herzlichen Glückwunsch! 🎂
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- 5 de dez. de 2023, 14:36
- ☁️ 2 °C
- Altitude: Nível do mar
- Países Baixos Provincie Noord-Holland Gemeente Haarlemmermeer Nieuwe Meer Amsterdamse Bos 52.304611, 4.8313352°18’17” N 4°49’53” E
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First week of December
5 de dezembro de 2023, Países Baixos ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C
Finally a break in the rain! Surprisingly with the rain and snow we had last week, this week has been a lot calmer (and warmer) which has made bike rides into the city a lot nicer 🚲

Super happy to report back on the job situations. Josh has officially started working at Petit Gateau (patisserie) and I have accepted a 6 month internship with the coolest brand/design studio called Oslop in Amsterdam. We got invited to their Christmas party which was a fun way to be introduced to more creatives, and nice for Josh to meet my new workmates 😄😄

In the weekend we checked out Rotterdam which was really enjoyable. Unfortunately the Christmas market we had planned to visit was not worth it at all (Germany definitely does these better) but we still enjoyed exploring the city and we thought the Markthal was very cool! ☺️🌟Leia mais
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Viajante Nice to hear about you and your jobs. This 6 month intership means, you don't get any salary? Your workspace looks a bit uninspiring... Good luck!
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Viajante It’s a paid internship! (But yes not as good as salary work) I can’t work a full time design job on my current visa…we might have a solution for that 😅
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Viajante Very happy for you both... ☺️☺️
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Viajante Thank you 🤗🌟
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- 28 de nov. de 2023, 13:13
- ☀️ 4 °C
- Altitude: 5 m
- Países Baixos Provincie Noord-Holland Gemeente Amsterdam Oud Zuid Museumplein 52.357643, 4.88663352°21’28” N 4°53’12” E
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Winter is here…
28 de novembro de 2023, Países Baixos ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C
It’s December 🥶 this marks our 4th month in the Netherlands! And has quickly become the coldest winter I think I’ve ever experienced. But it is pretty magical seeing the Christmas lights and feeling the festive spirits in a cooler climate ☃️ This weekend we went to the ‘12 hours of jazz festival’ at the Conservatorium where there were lots of performances by the students, including Josh who played in a few of different groups. I really enjoyed getting to experience the live music and meeting lots of Joshes friendly classmates. On Sunday we headed to Den Haag (The Hague) to explore the city. It became very chilly in the evening and even started snowing! ❄️ We had dinner at Simons place (joshes uni friend) which was really nice, he’s from Germany so we were of course drinking Glühwein and eating Schupfnudeln together.Leia mais
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- 22 de nov. de 2023, 07:57
- Altitude: Nível do mar
- Países Baixos Provincie Utrecht Gemeente De Ronde Venen Amstelhoek Kromme Mijdrecht 52.234676, 4.83919552°14’5” N 4°50’21” E
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lucky week
22 de novembro de 2023, Países Baixos
This week started off with a bright orange sunrise which was very pretty to wake up to!
Definitely feeling the autumn vibes and seeing all the orange hues 🍂 I’ve been enjoying daily runs and lots of wholesome cooking.

We’ve had some good success from joshes CV drops. Next week he will make a decision between two places, a bakery or a patisserie 😋 I’ve also had some very positive outcomes from job searching, resulting in an interview which may lead to a very exciting internship opportunity if it works with my VISA…fingers crossed as we wait to hear back 🤞Leia mais
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Viajante Well done you both... patisserie sounds very good and 😋
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Viajante and very lecker hehe 😋
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Viajante Good luck for you two starting a job hopefully!
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Viajante Thanks Matze! Hopefully we can share some good updates next week…🤗
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- 19 de nov. de 2023, 15:33
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Altitude: 3 m
- Países Baixos Provincie Noord-Holland Gemeente Amsterdam Grachtengordel West 52.377441, 4.88848752°22’39” N 4°53’19” E
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Our first visitors!
19 de novembro de 2023, Países Baixos ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
This week we got to warmly welcome our first visitors to see us in the Netherlands! Hans and Franz came to visit us on Thursday evening where we got to enjoy a lovely dinner at the hotel they were staying at in Uithoorn! It was so nice to catch up with them and we are very happy they came to see us 💛 We focused this weekend on sorting a lot of things out around the house. I put up fairy lights so we can get into the festive spirit and Josh made us some bread! We went into Amsterdam to do some CV drops. We ended the successful day with a Nordic pastry treat 😋😋Leia mais
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- 5 de nov. de 2023, 14:01
- 🌧 12 °C
- Altitude: 5 m
- Países Baixos Provincie Noord-Holland Gemeente Amsterdam Binnenstad Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum 52.371637, 4.91479252°22’18” N 4°54’53” E
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November
5 de novembro de 2023, Países Baixos ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
This week we’ve adjusted back to routine after being on holiday last week. I’ve organised some really exciting events for next week which *fingers crossed* will be a good step in the right direction for starting my design career here. Josh has been busy practicing and learning at uni - all day everyday. It’s nice having some time in the evening for painting and when Josh has time to cook, it’s always a treat 😋

This weekend we biked into Amsterdam to visit the maritime museum. We got to go onto a replica of a Dutch East India Company (VOC) ship which was very cool. We both really enjoyed the photography exhibition called Food for Thought by Kadir van Lohuizen which explored food export and production in the Netherlands (which happens to be the second biggest agriculture producer in the world!) 🧅🚢Leia mais
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- 10 de out. de 2023, 13:20
- ☁️ 21 °C
- Altitude: Nível do mar
- Países Baixos Provincie Noord-Holland Uithoorn Zijdelmeer 52.243202, 4.8127752°14’36” N 4°48’46” E
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Highs and lows 🥶
10 de outubro de 2023, Países Baixos ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
It’s gotten a lot colder here! 🥶 makes sense with Christmas being only 70 days away!!!
This week has been filled with the same as always; Josh going to University and me cooking, reading and exploring 😁 We went back to Utrecht this weekend because we knew Amsterdam would be crowded with the city marathon on, plus we just really enjoy the city of Utrecht so much!

We had a pretty surreal experience on the bus home on Saturday night. Around 9pm our bus was hit by another bus, which happened to crash right into our window where we were sitting. The window shattered and glass went flying all over us. Thankfully we weren’t hurt at all. Just crazy to think the only window that broke was ours - we had it pretty unlucky. Very thankful that we are okay but it was definitely a shock 😅

We look forward to arriving in Germany next weekend!! We will keep you more updated thenLeia mais
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Viajante Mouthwatering 🤤
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Viajante so glad you guys were safe and walked away unharmed 🙏
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Viajante Me too 🤍
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Viajante "Glück im Unglück!"
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- 5 de out. de 2023, 15:46
- ☁️ 19 °C
- Altitude: Nível do mar
- Países Baixos Provincie Noord-Holland Gemeente Uithoorn De Kwakel 52.250437, 4.79489252°15’2” N 4°47’42” E
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Happy living
5 de outubro de 2023, Países Baixos ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Another week in the (mostly) sunny Netherlands! Enjoying quieter days but still exploring lots. This week I took myself to Hoofddorp - the largest town in another municipality near us. It seems to have lots of new construction around so a different feeling to other places I’ve visited.

We’re facing some new challenges as we navigate the balance of work/life/study.
Josh will start a part time job soon which is something we didn’t originally anticipate,
but we are embracing these challenges with positives mindsets 😁 If all goes well we should both be working part time/full time hospo jobs by November (as I continue my search for a graphic design job).

This weekend we took our bikes to Breukelen and caught the train to Utrecht. We didn’t know what to expect, but Utrecht was amazing!! We fell in love with the atmosphere, the canals (which are different to Amsterdam) and all of the lovely people and shops we visited really made our day special. Not to mention the burrata was so delicious (expensive of course). 🫠Leia mais
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- 28 de set. de 2023, 19:21
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Altitude: Nível do mar
- Países Baixos Provincie Utrecht Gemeente De Ronde Venen Amstelhoek Kromme Mijdrecht 52.23288, 4.83590852°13’58” N 4°50’9” E
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Change of seasons 🍂🌼
28 de setembro de 2023, Países Baixos ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Autumn is finally here 🍁 even though we’re still being spoilt with the weather - today was 23 degrees for example!! This week was just like all the others; filled with lots of activities, lots of fun and busy times. We have enjoyed checking out more local and surrounding areas of Amsterdam, some notable places were Nieuwveen, Nes a.d. Amstel, Ouderkerk a.d. Amstel and Southeast Amsterdam! All very special in their own ways. We spent an evening at Hans (Joshes Uncle) best friend Gabies house for dinner. It was so nice to finally meet her. We really enjoyed our time chatting and getting to know her beautiful family. Feeling so grateful for all the connections!! 🥰🥰Leia mais
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Viajante This year sunny autumn is realy unusual for europe, but enjoyable.. 🤪🌅
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Viajante The suns sticking around for us ☀️😋 enjoying it while it lasts
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- 24 de set. de 2023, 16:34
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Altitude: Nível do mar
- Países Baixos Provincie Utrecht Gemeente De Ronde Venen Stokkelaarsbrug Polder Nellestein 52.258597, 4.94658352°15’31” N 4°56’48” E
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Dutchies
24 de setembro de 2023, Países Baixos ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
This week has been a big one! We started the week off with some rainy/windy weather - finally getting our first taste of typical Dutch weather. I’ve been exploring areas nearby including Amstelveen and Mijdrecht. This weekend I took Josh to try the bao buns I found last week as they are just so delicious! We checked out the kilo store (thrift store) and josh found 2 pairs of pants which will be great for winter. On Sunday our landlords Ben and Christine invited us on their boat tour along the Amstel. We got to see more of De Ronde Venen (province) and were spoilt with the lovely sunny weather. It was so nice to see everything from the water 🦋 we also got some experience with the different type of bridges along the river and how to get through them! This week has been all about learning the Dutch way of life, we like it here 😊Leia mais
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Viajante Sehr schön. Your pictures are inviting all to see more of the Netherlands...
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