My friend M. used to tell me with a smile in the corner of her beautiful lips as soon as I settled in the Netherlands “let me know when you start having a hard time, or when you shall miss our home country or when you simply got tired of this Dutch”. Sometimes it is! Although it’s not a real longing for my birth country. In fact, I miss going out having coffee with my friends, being able to leave my lovely daughter with my mom at any time, without checking her agenda for the first free day of the coming week. Read more