Wednesday 18th July 2012 I wrote a post a few days ago about How to rent a home in The Netherlands. Today we went to view properties. It was quite an interesting experience. As I think I explained earlier, many rental properties are built and rented out by building corporations. They create a "project" and … Continue reading Day 11: A new home (nearly)
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Day 10: A new car and a harder day
Tuesday 17th July 2012 We bought a new car today! Well a new car for us, it is a 2nd hand car and I haven't even seen it. Bas went with his dad to take a look and loved it, so made an offer to buy it - we can pick it up next week. … Continue reading Day 10: A new car and a harder day
Day 09: Schagen
Monday 16th July 2012 We took a trip into Schagen today and showed the girls where we were married! I'll have to go back and find some photos of our wedding and do another post soon, as it really was a fairytale wedding - I rode in on a horse and we were married in Slot … Continue reading Day 09: Schagen
Day 08: Another birthday party
Sunday 15th July 2012 Today the girls got to celebrate their 3rd & 5th birthdays - again! Their actual birthdays were around 2 weeks ago but due to the move we've had a few different celebrations with family and friends both in Australia and now here. Was nice for them to have a chance to … Continue reading Day 08: Another birthday party
Day 07: How to rent a home in The Netherlands
Saturday 14th July I spent a lot of today researching, learning how to rent a new home in The Netherlands It's been a while since I rented a property - we've lived in a house we bought in Australia for the last few years - and the whole process is totally different here. Here's how … Continue reading Day 07: How to rent a home in The Netherlands
Day 06: Friday the 13th
Friday 13th July 2012 I've always seen Friday 13th as a lucky day. We were married on a Friday 13th (in 2005) and today lived up to it's reputation - Bas got a job! This of course makes a big difference to our life here. He'd already spoken to the company from Australia and … Continue reading Day 06: Friday the 13th
Day 05: Delft
Thursday 12th July 2012 Woke up to a beautifully calm and peaceful sunrise this morning (sleeping patterns still a bit messed up, I'm not usually one for sunrise!). However the weather can change drastically very quickly and by breakfast we had a heavy hailstorm! We left after breakfast and spent way too long stuck in … Continue reading Day 05: Delft
Day 04: Inschrijven bij de Gemeente
Wednesday 11th July 2012 Our first full day in The Netherlands. Woke up to this weather: Brisbane winter, Dutch summer, can you believe it? After being excited about having Fillet Americans on his dark brown bread for breakfast.... .....Bas arranged for inschrijven at the local gemeentehuis. I had no idea why we needed to do … Continue reading Day 04: Inschrijven bij de Gemeente
Day 03: Family Reunion
Tuesday 10th July 2012 At around 9am we landed in Amsterdam. Was quite an emotional moment to realise it was all real. We were so exhausted after 2 days of travelling. We got through customs quite quickly then it was a short wait for the baggage before we saw Bas' family. Though if you've … Continue reading Day 03: Family Reunion
Day 02: Journey across the world
Monday 09th July 2012 This was a transit day travelling from one side of the world to the other with 2 small children. Our journey started in Moving to The Netherlands - Day 01. Thankfully Isabella slept most of the way on the first leg and Sophia, Bas and I managed a few hours too. … Continue reading Day 02: Journey across the world
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