Accidentally Dutch Lingo Dingo and the Story Powered Learning Method When we first read ‘The Fabulous Lost & Found and the Little Dutch Mouse’ my children and I instantly fell in love with it. It was the first book in the Story Powered Learning... This post Lingo Dingo and the Story Powered Learning Method appeared first on Accidentally Dutch ..read more

Accidentally Dutch Our Summer Trip Misadventure “Do you have any proof that you live in the Netherlands?” the border control guard asked as he looked down at me from his high desk. I was trying to board a Eurostar train... This post Our Summer Trip Misadventure appeared first on Accidentally Dutch ..read more

Accidentally Dutch Why Do The Dutch Always Reply in English? Dutch is not an easy language. Sure, it’s easy enough for Dutch people but they have the unfair advantage of having being born Dutch. The rest of us have to learn it the hard... This post Why Do The Dutch Always Reply in English? appeared first on Accidentally Dutch ..read more

Accidentally Dutch ‘Invading Holland’ is now ‘Accidentally Dutch’ Hello everyone, I know things have been a bit quiet around here for a while but I’m back and I have a very important question… Who wants to play a game of spot-the-difference? Yes,... This post ‘Invading Holland’ is now ‘Accidentally Dutch’ appeared first on Accidentally Dutch ..read more

Accidentally Dutch My Son Thinks Sinterklaas is Santa My five year old son was sitting in complete silence at the kitchen table, studying the advent calendar I’d given him a few moments earlier. He’d been that way for at least a minute.... This post My Son Thinks Sinterklaas is Santa appeared first on Accidentally Dutch ..read more

Accidentally Dutch My Very Confusing First Encounter with the Tradition of Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet As the end of November and 2001 approached I’d been in the Netherlands for around five months. Over that time I’d slowly started to understand some small parts of Dutch life but I still... This post My Very Confusing First Encounter with the Tradition of Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet appeared first on Accidentally Dutch ..read more

Accidentally Dutch How Adult Chatlines Taught Me to Count in Dutch Back in 2001, during the first few weeks of my new life in the Netherlands I would occasionally suffer from insomnia. I’d moved into a slightly strange temporary apartment in Amsterdam (which had been... This post How Adult Chatlines Taught Me to Count in Dutch appeared first on Accidentally Dutch ..read more

Accidentally Dutch Doe Normaal – How to Be ‘Normal’ Like the Dutch If you’ve lived in the Netherlands for any amount of time you have probably heard the Dutch phrase ‘Doe Normaal’. You might even have had it shouted at you by a passing local. If... This post Doe Normaal – How to Be ‘Normal’ Like the Dutch appeared first on Accidentally Dutch ..read more

Accidentally Dutch 20 Years in the Netherlands – A letter to my younger self Hello Stuart, Welcome to the Netherlands. Don’t panic! I know everything feels very weird and overwhelming right now but I am writing to you from the future to tell you that everything will be... This post 20 Years in the Netherlands – A letter to my younger self appeared first on Accidentally Dutch ..read more

Accidentally Dutch Dutch Flag Confusion on King’s Day “Am I really as integrated into Dutch society as I think I am?”  This is a question I’ve started asking myself whenever I stand in front of a mirror, about to use a Dutch... This post Dutch Flag Confusion on King’s Day appeared first on Accidentally Dutch ..read more