A truly British experience

Yay! I've finally set up my own blog. I have been walking around with the idea of writing about my truly British experience for a while now. When I moved away from the Dutch farm to the English capital for the first time, I wrote a weekly journal for my friends and family telling them about all my touristy activities. Obviously this was all in my mother tongue: Dutch.

For months I thought I would be incapable of writing a blog because English isn't my mother language.. But gradually over the time I swapped the rooibos tea for builders tea, and started having bacon butty's instead of my usual continental breakfast. Most of my knee-length skirts were donated to charity and I opted for shorter skirts instead (although my mum wouldn't even refer to them as skirts, eek). Exactly. You could say I'm becoming a bit more British every single day! So hopefully the grammar mistakes will be gone soon too.

Despite integrating into the London culture really well according to my friends, I am still amazed and sometimes even shocked by some of the British traditional values. You can take the girl out of the Netherlands, but you can't take the Netherlands out of the girl!

By reading this blog you will hopefully realise how Great (and sometimes not so great) British life is through the eyes of a foreigner. It will include my nasty English experiences as well as the marvellous unforgettable ones. I will  share you my moments of homesickness, and reveal you the secrets on how I dutch, err ditch London when I feel really miserable. I would love your comments on my judgements, and hopefully one day you will help me make up my mind whether I prefer England or The Netherlands.

Liefs, 

Dutchy xx