Yoshito from Multilingual_dad (on Instagram) interviewed me about my multilingual journey and how I raise my children with multiple languages and cultures. We talk about how to manage multiple languages, the sense of identity – in which language and culture or languages and cultures (plural!) we and our children feel mostly “at home” – […]
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How to wear face masks
No matter in what country you are experiencing COVID19, it seems that at some point you’ll have to wear a face mask. Regulations about when and what face mask to wear differ considerably across the globe, which does not contribute to a general understanding of this whole situation. I noticed that although every country seems […]
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A poem about March 2020
When I read Irene Vella’s poem Ma la primavera non sapeva nulla, that went viral on social media (and beyond), I couldn’t refrain myself from translating it into German. Although this poem has already been translated into several languages, I felt the urge to have a German version too, German and Italian being the two […]
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How to cope with this new situation
There are many posts and articles reporting what we should do and what we should avoid during the time that many of us are facing right now. Many families here in Europe are going to stay indoors, at home, in the next weeks. If we are home with children, trying to get some work done, […]
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How to fill in names in forms in the Netherlands
When filling in forms in the Netherlands, many internationals struggle when confronted with voorletters and tussenvoegsel and wonder what and why they need to fill in these parts of the form. In most forms one is asked to indicate voornaam, voorletters, achternaam, and sometimes there is also a field called tussenvoegsel. Voornaam is the name […]
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