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My life in Leeuwarden in pictures
Do you like it where you live? I decided to post something simpler this time, than a debate on our humanity and tell you a bit more about my life in Leeuwarden, a place I really like. I moved to Leeuwarden in November 2019 as I was offered a really good job, and it has… Continue reading
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Leeuwarden
What do you love about where you live? I bet you haven’t even heard about Leeuwarden before. I didn’t know about it either until four years ago, when by pure chance (or miracle), I came across an ad for a job. I applied and got it, and together with my son and our cat Gina,… Continue reading
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Welcome to Amsterdam
It was at the end of the summer 2000 that I moved from Brussels to Amsterdam to do a master’s degree at the University of Amsterdam. I had won a bursary and since my mum and my stepdad lived in the Netherlands then, it seemed like a logical move. Apart from the difficulty of the… Continue reading
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The Dutch, Dutch coffee and Dutch borrel
Having looked at the marvels of Belgian food, let’s move to its neighbouring country and have a look at the Dutch. The Dutch nation is situated in the Netherlands, which is a beautiful country, famous for its flatness, cosy farms, gorgeous mills, and obviously, the unprecedented amount of bikes. Bikes are everywhere, and it is… Continue reading
About Me
I am a doctor of philosophy, a university lecturer, and a lover of cats, fine wine, dancing, theatre, and human eccentricity. I was born in the Soviet Union (Moscow). I am fluent in four languages, and have spent all my adult life studying (except from 18 to 19) working and living throughout Western Europe. Despite a surname-Netchitailova- that translates from Russian into English as “unreadable”, my greatest passions in life are reading and writing. My personal struggles have made me appreciate the manifestations of weirdness that exist everywhere.