Berichten getagd ‘Emigration’

Doesn’t everybody sometimes dream to build their dream house? Like a game of The Sims? Well we certainly do and now we have the chance to do so. Building a house in the Netherlands is also possible, but it is in most cases super expensive and if it is possible you shouldn’t mind that your…

This is going to be a very short post 🙂 We are going to have so much space, it is ridiculous! Right now we have a nice house which is +/- 75 m2 and we have a ‘garden’ which is like +/- 8 m2 and a roofterrace which is the same size. It is fine, but we…

Here in the Netherlands we work as volunteers at the zoo. This is to provide information about the animals to the visitors. Every guide has got their own reason to do this work. We both love animals, but we also think that conservation is most important. If nothing changes we won’t have certain animals on…

This drives us crazy. It is also a strength of the Netherlands. There are many rules to make sure that this country runs like the metaphorical oiled machine and if there is a problem they fix it. Sounds wonderful we admit that. However.. there are so many rules. It is overwelming. There are rules for…

The Dutch society is one of the main reasons for us to search for a better place. But what is better? Well we don’t ask for much. Just treat other with respect and be friendly to one another. We have to say that there are nice, warm and good people in the Netherlands. We are…

Wiebe works as a lawyer. He has his own law firm. He has many interesting cases and victories. He finds it satisfying to help people with his legal knowlodge. Melanie works as a psychologist. She works in a small practice which makes her happy. She helps people online with psychological problems and difficulties and finds…

This is for most people the most obvious reason why we want to move to South Africa. First of all we have five pet familymembers. We live together with two labrador retrievers, George & Kloenie, and three cats, Paris, Toulouse and Charlie. We love to cuddle a lot, but also to play, run, swim and…

Our fourth reason is a very obvious and simple one: we love nature! We love every little bit about it. It is a perfect balance between the harsh, raw and sad sides of nature and the gorgeous, wonderful and happy events. How incredible is it to see whole area’s untouched by man? In the Netherlands…

The Netherlands is eminently a performance society. It starts right after you are born. Every child should learn certain skills at a certain time and if you are a little late, well that means you get a label (slow!) right away. During childhood you have to enjoy your childhood, you have to do well at…

Quietness is also very high on our list. With quietness we don’t mean completely deafening sillence, we mean to hear the sounds of nature. Right now here in the Netherlands it is never really quiet. Not in our home, not on our roofterrace, not at work, not on the beach, not in the forest, not…