🥰I am decidedly shortAt 164 centimetres, I’m admittedly on the shorter side, but I’ve never felt quite as small as I have since moving to the Netherlands. My husband surprised me with a bicycle complete with a child seat, called a moedersfiets, for my first birthday in the Netherlands. 🎒I’ve come to realise that the average cyclist not only has unequivocal pedalling skills but is also remarkably tolerant. The fun thing, however, is that quite a few innocent Dutch words and sayings are a bit rude in Afrikaans. Speaking of weather, I could write a book about the weather in the Netherlands and how often people — including me — complain about it.