August 2019
It’s a month of near constant activity around here. Pretty much all of July and the first 11 days of August were dedicated to Myths and Legends Con prep. The convention went well, thank...
Nikki Abridged Blog
Enjoying the Local Currency
We track our spending with accounting software, so doing every purchase via our bank card makes tracking a lot easier. When we first got to the Netherlands, though, we didn’t have a Dutch bank...
Dutch-American Friendship Treaty (DAFT): How to apply (outside the Randstad)
A short-ish guide on how to apply for the Dutch American Friendship Treaty (DAFT) residence visa.
Carnivale 2019!
In advance of Easter and Lent season, there was a Carnivale parade in Arnhem on Sunday March 3rd, 2019. We went and captured some photos of the spectacle. There’s a few hours of lead...
Bicycling to the “Far” Grocery Store
I mean to bicycle more and get into better shape in general (Billy is very encouraging of this idea too), so today I convinced myself to ride to the Jumbo (grocery store) that’s 2.7...
Guide: Airport Customs and Immigration
If you are coming to visit us in the Netherlands (as I hope you are!), and you are flying in from another country, you will go through Customs and Immigration at the airport. Not...
BGGCON 2018, Thanksgiving, and Heading “Home”
It’s amazing how time can fly by so quickly. I remember when I was a child how a year seemed a long time, and now I can blink and two months go by. My...
Tour of Dutch Apartment, November 2018
In early November, just before we left for our first visit back to the US after moving to the Netherlands, I took a little video of our awesome apartment. If you have your volume...
Dutch Adventures: Week Five
Week Five: Boardgaming, Immigration Progress, and Maeslantkering The week covering Sunday 9 September to Saturday 15 September. This week I came out of the headache cluster (eventually), we played some games, visited IND, looked at apartments,...
First Trip Back to US
Five Beds, No Waiting, or, Would You Like to Get on a Plane In the space between November 1 and November 19, Billy and I slept in 5 different beds (technically 6 for him)...