My first 3 months in the Netherlands

Hey guys,

As I mentioned in my previous post – Life Update – your girl has moved to Amsterdam for university. Today I’ve decided to share some memories from my first 3 months living in this interesting city. I’ve also included content from my travels to other cities within the Netherlands. Let’s get to it!!!

Intreeweek

Intreeweek is essentially a week filled with parties and bonding activities, so you can get to know people who will be doing the same course as you. I was very fortunate to be blessed with a great Intreeweek Group, I loved every single one of them and we are still in contact. Group 101 forever!!!

The Hague

I’ve been to the Hague about three times since in my time here. The first trip was in my first month here, when it was warm, so we went to the beach. Enjoy these pictures of my friends from home and I enjoying the beach. 

 

My second trip to the Hague was purely just to visit my friend. We went around the city (mainly to do some shopping), I didn’t take as many pictures as I wanted to but I did manage to capture a picture of this stranger wearing this incredible headpiece that he had made himself. 

My third trip to the Hague was for the Mama Africa Halloween party, but your girl got to lit at the pre-drinks and didn’t even make it to the party. What a waste of my money… but I still had a good time.

Groningen

We went to Groningen for Mama Africa, which coincided with our friend’s birthday. Groningen was such a cute little city, we had to cycle everywhere though. We had that typical Dutch weather during our whole trip, I did not appreciate getting soaked before the party but it was still a great night. 

 

 

Gender-Based violence protest

During my first month in Amsterdam, a group of the South African diaspora organized a protest against the ongoing gender-based violence in South Africa. My friends and I participated in the protest and met some amazing people. 

Random stuff from Life in Amsterdam

I have over 300 pictures in my gallery from my time here, so let me just share a bunch with you. I don’t really have anything to say about these pictures, so just enjoy them I guess. 

Amsterdam and The Netherlands have been good to me so far. I’m really enjoying my time here!! I’ve met loads of incredible people who I hope stay in my life for years to come, I’m enjoying my studies as well -That’s for my mum and Aunts ;)- so that makes everything easier. It’s still going to take me a while to get used to this rainy Dutch weather, but hey I expected that. I hope that you all enjoyed scrolling through this post, I will try to be more active in the weeks and months to come. I love you all, stay beautiful and I’ll see you in my next post!!