Have you finished your academic year and are now looking ahead on internship preparations? Curious about an international student experienced during an internship in Amsterdam? Hopefully, the small tidbits that I share here will give you some insight into an internship experience! Here I share some take-away lessons from my…
I am always curious how someone’s experience in a different country and culture has an impact on their behaviour. What type of local habits do they pick up and what useful thing do they learn from observing those around them? Here are some habits I learned from observing Dutchies and…
Homesickness (noun): a feeling of longing for one’s home during a period of absence from it (dictionary.com). It may not be a challenge you face immediately once you arrive in the Netherlands because you will most likely hit the ground running with finding housing, furniture, registration and completing your orientation week….
Change is constant and studying exposes students to personal growth everyday. Change also comes with meeting new people, adapting to a different environment and encountering new cultures. Here I will share with you some of the ways I have noticed change in myself since coming to study in the Netherlands!…