This week was my first day in the office in 13 months! Crazy to think when I packed up my desk on March 12, 2020 that the next time I would be in the office would be April 2021 and in Amsterdam!! I thought I wouldn’t survive working from home for 2 weeks and look … More Work and the small things
April 27th is King’s Day in the Netherlands and is a big celebration! For my American friends, think of King’s Day as the Dutch version of the 4th of July. This year is a little different than a normal year we have been told, but the city was still totally crazy! To celebrate, we decided … More King’s Day
I have gotten a lot of questions about moving during the pandemic, the restrictions in Amsterdam, etc so I thought I would do a post! Overall, the vibe is quite different in my opinion compared to what things were like in Chicago. First off, Ryan and I were super super lucky to get the Moderna … More COVID in the Netherlands
Today was a long anticipated day visiting the famous flower fields in Holland! It was still a little early for the tulips so don’t worry, we will be back again next weekend so still tons more photos to come! With the colder weather peak was delayed about 2 weeks from normal. Today, we saw tulips, … More No Dutch thing as too many flower fields
On Saturday we decided it would be fun to get out of town for a bit and go exploring. With restaurants and stores closed with COVID now is the perfect time to do more things outdoors! Zaanse Schans in a quaint town about a 20 train ride away from Amsterdam central station and known for … More Zaanse Schans Day Trip
April 15th was technically my first day of work on my new EU team. Before that I was still wrapping up some of my US projects. So far, everyone has been super friendly and helpful with my team even sending me flowers for my first day on the job! There will definitely be a learning … More First day of work
I think we have moved past the “settling in” phase and are now moved into making Amsterdam our home. It is difficult with the strict COVID measures, but we are doing what we can to try new things and be a part of the community. ❤️melanie
We have spent the last several days further exploring our new home. We have hit over 50 miles on our new bikes! Bike ride to Weesp I was told that this ice cream shop in Weesp has the best gelato in the Netherlands so obviously we biked 20 miles to find out! I must say … More More exploring
By day 3 I feel like we are starting to get better adjusted to the time, our neighborhood, and more. The most exciting part of today is….. we got bikes! We got rentals for now as we plan to get our own bikes eventually. I found it interesting that a lot of the bikes are … More Amsterdam Day 3
We arrived safely in Amsterdam early Saturday morning. We picked up all of our luggage and had a driver meet us at the airport. Thankfully, he came prepared with a large van to handle all of our giant suitcases 🙂 We were met at our apartment by our contact at the Expat Housing Network to … More Amsterdam Arrival
Smiles from Miles Away 