Category: moments

I maybe blonde but none of us are perfect !

In a few months I will have lived in the Netherlands three years and here’s a few facts, good and not so good I have learnt about Holland The first great benefit is almost everyone speaks very good English therefore not making it easy to learn Dutch … which in itself is, even as the Dutch say, it’s one of…

I maybe blonde but …. i l love big vegetables

A funny thing happened at the market today …  I have to say Dutch markets are amazing, an abundance of brightly coloured vegetables and fruit, locally grown and from further afield  Many Far Eastern, Indonesian foods, it’s such a big part of Dutch life  …. But the vegetable in question was a red cabbage, such a versatile little number, pickled,…

I maybe blonde but it’s all double Dutch to me

After one year in The Netherlands 🇳🇱 What’s good, bad or neither ? A personal insight to this wonderfully flat country from a travelling digital nomad  Top things that I love ❤️  1) On average it’s warmer 👍 Around 5-10c hotter than The UK  Being based in the south of the country, sandwiched between Germany and Belgium seems to give a little extra…

I maybe blonde but naked is not sexy

Recently I was contacted by a production company looking for contestants to appear in a regular series on UK TV channel 4  The first time I saw this series, I was open mouthed and yes … speechless,  for my imitation of a goldfish I should have least won an Oscar ! Here is the description of the show direct from…

I maybe blonde but could I live off grid ?

In today’s world there is very little of this, we are forced to, the powers that be would say more cajoled in a sort of way to tick cookies, fill in personal info for databases, provide ID at every turn and be recorded on CCTV ! I think it would be almost impossible to be off grid  A basic phone…

I maybe blonde but is there a new C word !

I almost got to screaming point a few weeks when yet agin, 3 times on the same day, with 3 different companies all used the same reasoning why … something couldn’t be processed, be refunded or could not be set up … and that word is ‘covid’ I completely understand the enormity of this virus, I understand the devastation and…