Why leave? Reason 20#: This would be it…
If we don't go through with this emigration we will have to live…
Why leave? Reason #19: Health
Warmth and sunlight are two things we love so much. We are not…
Why leave? Reason #18: Threat of terrorism
When we were for the very first time in South Africa and more…
Why leave? Reason #17: Are Dutch lives worth more?
This might sound ridiculous. To us it is ridiculous and super…
Why leave? Reason #16: Don’t feel the need for suburbia
There are many translates of this particulair phrase and suburbia…
Why leave? Reason #15: Adventure
Another reason to emigrate is because we want to do something…
Why leave? Reason # 14: Complaining
In this series we try to explain what we like more about South…
Why leave? Reason #13 Political correctness
The Netherlands is a developed country which earned its credits.…
Why leave? Reason #12: Climate
Even if you love the Netherlands there is no way of denying that…
Why leave? Reason #11: Our dream house
Doesn't everybody sometimes dream to build their dream house?…
Why leave? Reason #10: Space
This is going to be a very short post 🙂
We are going to have…
Why leave? Reason #9: Awareness
Here in the Netherlands we work as volunteers at the zoo. This…
Why leave? Reason #8: Overregulation
This drives us crazy.
It is also a strength of the Netherlands.…
Why leave? Reason #7: The Dutch society
The Dutch society is one of the main reasons for us to search…
Why leave? Reason #6: A job is not the most important thing in life
Wiebe works as a lawyer. He has his own law firm. He has many…
Why leave? Reason #5: Intense love for animals
This is for most people the most obvious reason why we want to…
Why leave? Reason #4: Thirst for nature
Our fourth reason is a very obvious and simple one: we love nature!…
Why leave? Reason #3: Performance society
The Netherlands is eminently a performance society. It starts…
Why leave? Reason #2: Quietness
Quietness is also very high on our list. With quietness we don't…
Why leave? Reason #1: Freedom
People ask us all the time why we want to emigrate? And why South…
Rollercoaster weeks
Tuesday, june 29, was such a sad day when we heard that the plot…
Crushed, but still standing
Well it was not the best day last tuesday. The broker told us…
Presentation of the Xongile Lodge logo
Last week we received our logo!
The logo is made by Mastejo…
Find our hometown – III
In our last blog we told you how excited we were about Grietjie…
Find our hometown – II
In our blog we are still a couple of months behind and so much…
Find our new hometown – I
After we decided to give our plan a chance we needed to visit…
Holiday home or emigrate?
We've established that we like South Africa, but do we like it…
What is the first step?
We would like to start this blog with our thanks to all of you…
The start of a big adventure
Hi everyone,
This is day one of this blog, but certainly not…
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