October 25, 2004
Mars to Earth....
Having spent almost four years immersed in Dutch life and culture, (Dutch job, Dutch friends, Dutch hubby and Dutch baby, strangely enough, NOT Dutch food!) I've decided its time to extricate myself to some extent and take a peek at what the rest of the world is up to. As part of a self-imposed "extra-gration" course I went along to the Expat Fair at the Beurs de Berlage on Sunday and helped man the ABIE stand and also talk to people about The Southern Cross Group.
It was halfway through the afternoon before it dawned on me that this was the first time in two and a half years that I've spent so much of the day speaking only English. And that I'd finally stopped stuttering and spluttering and using strange mixtures of Dutch grammar + English words as I do when friends and family are staying from Australia.
And it was fascinating to see just how many Australians there are living in the Netherlands and to hear all the different stories about how they ended up here and what they were all doing.
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