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• Cloggie Queries: Dutch Specialty Shops

  

  Welcome to Cloggie Queries! In this new feature, I will be taking questions on expatriatism, the Netherlands, and expatriating to the Netherlands. Got a... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• I'm Pregnant in the Netherlands. What Do I Do Now?

  

  Back in mid-April of this year I discovered I was pregnant. While this is something my husband and I had talked about and been planning, neither of us had... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Adventures in Integration

  

  Tweet This is a guest post from Nerissa, recent inburgeraar and blogger at Adventures in Integration. Nerissa came to the Netherlands all the way from... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expatriate Effectiveness Survey 2011

  

  Are you an expat who moved to another country for work or through your job? If so, this survey is for you. Universität Bielefeld student Janik Kühn in Germany i... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Negative About The Netherlands

  

  This is a guest post from Saskia van der Linden, a Dutch national who has returned to the Netherlands after 8 years in the UK. Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2011 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Clogs and Tulips Gets the Versitile Blogger Award

  

  About a million years ago (April 17, 2011 to be exact) I was awarded the Versitile Blogger Award by Judith van Praag at Hopefilled Jars. Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Slow Times at Clogs and Tulips

  

  Not much has been going on on the blog in the last few months. Or Twitter or Facebook for that matter. However, that doesn't mean that things have been quiet... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2011 EXPAT

• The Singing Warrior: Coffee? An Inbuilt Mechanism for Coffee-time

  

  A memory of twenty four years ago, when I first came to the Netherlands. We had settled into our new apartment. Two young lovers, star-struck and getting out... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2011 EXPAT

• Fluent in 2 Months?

  

  This was the goal that Benny Lewis of The Language Hacking Guide and Fluent in 3 Months set for himself when he set foot in Amsterdam in early April of this... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2011 EXPAT, LANGUAGES

• Win a Trip to The Netherlands!

  

  Tweet Updated June 10, 2011: Unfortunately, the agent responsible for getting this information to me was incredibly misleading. Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Cloggie Queries: Americans in the Netherlands and Learning Dutch

  

  Welcome to Cloggie Queries! In this new feature, I will be taking questions on expatriatism, the Netherlands, and expatriating to the Netherlands. Got a... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Infant Mortality Investigated

  

  Tweet This post was originally published in the March 2011 issue of The Holland Times. The Holland Times is a newspaper that reports Dutch news in English for... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Celebration Fit for the Queen

  

  This post was originally published in the April 2011 issue of The Holland Times. The Holland Times is a newspaper that reports Dutch news in English for the... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Having an Open Mind to Understand a Difficult Culture Better

  

  This post was orginially promised to me by Benny of The Language Hacking Guide back in early December and he's finally gotten around to getting it to me. He's... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2011 EXPAT, LANGUAGES, TRAVEL

• Who Am I, Anyway?

  

  A true musical theater geek, that line, "Who am I, anyway?" launches me into the audition number from A Chorus Line where the character Paul sings: "Who am I,... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Travel the Netherlands: Dutch Food

  

  One of the best things about traveling to another country is trying out the food. You can tell a lot about a culture based on how and what the locals eat and... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Travel the Netherlands: Dutch Food

  

  One of the best things about travelling to another country is trying out the food. You can tell a lot about a culture based on how and what the locals eat and... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• The Pothead Pass Poll

  

  Earlier this year, the goverment proposed to initiate a membership pass for coffeeshops (no, you don't go to coffeeshops to buy coffee in the Netherlands) in... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• The Pothead Pass Poll

  

  Tweet Earlier this year, the goverment proposed to initiate a membership pass for coffeeshops (no, you don't go to coffeeshops to buy coffee in the... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Memory Lane

  

  About a month ago, I was on a bus with my parents heading from Utrecht Central Station to my apartment. I'd picked up the latest edition of De Pers, and was jus... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL