It’s no secret that I was super sad to leave sunny Portugal. Currently, Holland is experiencing it wettest August in years.
However, today was a just what the doctor ordered. This morning Dave took Miss A to Little Gym and I was left to relax with a book at the café. I arrived at the café to be greeted with a little friend of Miss A’s and his father. How lovely to just ‘bump’ into friends. They left and I settled down with a book….. But not for long, in came another friend. She’d seen me in the window. I told her Dave and Miss A were going to join us, so she called her husband and he came down with Miss A’s little girlfriend. We were soon joined by another friend.
Dave and Miss A left, and the girls and I went shopping sans children. How glorious.
Tonight we popped down to the local park where they were holding a Food Truck Festival. There again, we bumped into friends. Our quick trip out for a meal turned into a little party. Miss A joined by some of her closest friends. Off they went, dancing, running, chasing and jumping.
What a great feeling to be part of such a community. The expat community here have been so welcoming and so inclusive. We are so grateful for that. Thanks everyone.
ClarkterstraatNL 
Sounds so nice! Clearly Haarlem was indeed the right place to live! xx
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Love this. Wish we could just 'pop' over whenever we feel like it. x
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We chose well…..
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