Author Archive for: AmandavMulligen

About Amanda van Mulligen

Amanda van Mulligen is a British expat who has made the Netherlands her home. She has three Dutch sons who are tinged with Britishness, and a pure bred Dutch husband. She is also a published author, freelance writer and blogger. You can read her blog at Expat Life with a Double Buggy where she scribbles about her expat way of loving, living and parenting. You can catch up with her on Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest.

Entries by Amanda van Mulligen

Why New Year’s Eve is My Least Favourite Day of the Dutch Year

December 28, 2016 /2 Comments/in Culture, Dutch Life, Expat Life, Going out, Haarlem area events, National events, Reviews /by Amanda van Mulligen

Those bangs you heard already in November? The ones that made you think for a split second that a gun battle had broken out in your Dutch neighbourhood? Those bangs are the reason I’ve always looked forward to a Dutch New Year’s Eve as much as a toenail extraction. You just know it’s not going to be […]

Book Review: “Rembrandt and Kiki Move to the Netherlands” / “Rembrandt and Kiki Verhuizen naar Nederland”

October 17, 2014 /4 Comments/in Dutch Language, Family, Lifestyle, Reviews /by Amanda van Mulligen

This new book on the bilingual block is the first of a planned series written in both Dutch and English. It tells the story of red headed twins, Kiki and Rembrandt, who move from England to the Netherlands. They have a Dutch mother and their father is English, so they speak both languages.