Parts of the speech

[Read in Dutch/Italian] Today I wanted to write a post about pronouns and corresponding personal adjectives, to tidy up my grammar a little. When I was still taking courses, I was extremely careful to the grammar rules as I was trying to speak Dutch. But now I notice that these rules are slowly vanishing with …

Donating blood in NL

[Lees in het Nederlands] You know these things that you have always wanted to do, but somehow you postpone indefinitely, because they cost some time to get arranged? Well, donating blood has for long been on my to-do list. I think it is of such an importance for such a little effort, that it is …

5 extra tips to save money at AH

[Lees in het Nederlands] Beside the offers that Albert Heijn proposes normally (with the peaks of hamsteren that are really unbeatable) there are few tricks that will help you save some money - and I love finding all them out! Of course there is always the question whether these discounts induce you to buy more, …

My 5th Dutch birthday

[Lees in het Nederlands] 09.08.2013 - I am at Orio al Serio with a not-so-huge luggage and a one-way ticket to Eindhoven. Mum and dad brought me here by car to stay as long as possible with me, and I still feel my stomach shrinking as I think about that moment (I am very bad …

Feelings

[Read in Italian] Although I often would like to express in more details how I feel, I find myself using repeatedly something like het gaat goed, het is prima -  when in my head in fact there is a storm of thoughts I am fine but I am somewhat worried for this or that, I am a …