How our lives have changed since moving from US to the Netherlands!
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- This is just a small conversation on how our lives have changed since moving from US to the Netherlands! If moving to the Netherlands has shown us anything it's that life is good living in Europe, more specifically, living in the Netherlands! Tammy and I have learned to slow down and enjoy the Dutch life and all it has to offer.
Aww. We’re like hanging out with you too! Come over and play the oculus when ever you want!
Eric is on his way!!😂
@@SoultoSoulTravels Gezellig!
@@MartinOnTheWeb And another E and T as well.
Totally understand where you are coming from. In Canada 🇨🇦 and in the U.S.A. 🇺🇸 we live to work, in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 and the rest of Europe you work to live. It's a totally different lifestyle and one to be admired. Happy Sinterklaas.
Spending time (together) is more rewarding than spending money, don't you think so? You both seem very relaxed and happy.
You guys always make my day! You’re so funny and happy and a great couple together 😊 it’s not even so much the content, although interesting to hear what Americans think of us and our country, but the always positive vibes you guys transmit. Keep up the good work and let’s hit the 10K!
Awww, thank you very much, Hans!💕😊
You are both transforming fast into real Dutchies embracing the "Doe Normaal" livestyle.😉
Reason why you met such nice people is because you are very warm people and open people. Love your video's the way you speak to us and how you talk to each other with all the little jokes which cracks my up. Ever been in Den Bosch or Nijmegen? You will love it there. Both are cities which feels like a town where a lot of people know each other.
Thank you so much, Chris!😊💕
I am living abroad myself (Switzerland) for many years being Dutch. It makes is double interesting. It's great to see that you had the courage to take such a big step and live in a very different, more Calvinistic, culture. People often underestimate the impact of living in another country. Language, culture, customs, as well as a common history are suddenly missing. But in the end you learn so much, not least about yourself, and it is so interesting to see the world from a different perspective. Glad to see that you feel happy, and I think the Netherlands should be happy that such wonderful and enterprising people decided to live in the Netherlands.
You guys helped us feel confident to make the move ourselves. We moved from Kansas to Den Helder about 4 months ago. Your video on the DAFT definitely had an impact on us! Thank you!
Welkom!
Welkom! En succes! 👍
Den Helder can get really windy and cold, be sure to pack good wind-proof clothes! Not cold as in freezing cold, but the wind just cuts through to your bones.
OTOH it is a great place to discover "uitwaaien" and experience the awesome power of the sea.
Wow! Thank you! Congratulations on your move!! 😊💕🎉
Welkom! Veel plezier!
Regarding having a car: if you live outside the metropolis Randstad (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague) or not in any other major city you really need a car. I live in a smaller village and I am lucky I can get most of my shopping in that village but anything else I pretty much need a car since public transport takes way too long.
so true, without a car, that's only possible in the bigger cities. NL is so much more than only the west 😀
Having lived in the US two and a half years there's only one thing I envy: space. After returning to my native Holland I appreciated many things I used to take for granted. Happy Holidays 🤠
Yes we are blessed that we live here. That I am born here. Many people take it for granted but I don't. Now I do realize that we don't have money issues like many people and that makes life easier afcourse. Nice to hear that you appreciate the Netherlands to.
Haters?!?!??!!? Who in the world would hate you and Tammy? I'm so glad I found your channel! You guys are AWESOME!!💗
Awww, thank you so much!!😊💕
Hate them? Nah. But do I pity this couple? Boy! If the opportunity to have a meaningful conversation with other people is described as a life chainging event, having the option to walk to the store for groceries, you don't feel the need to purchase the merchandise you envy the neighbour for anymore -- long way to go before you start living, folks. Why not ditch making RUclips videos to explain what we already know: that 'expatriates' in the case of couples from the US is just another word for asylum seeker, yet with money and a return airplane ticket instead of a second hand life vest...
@@GerardvanReekum maby because it is a way to change the view of us in the place they come from #azijnzijker
My son and daughter in law moved to Netherlands exactly a year ago from South Africa. I have been over twice to visit them. Everything you said is so very true. I absolutely love the Netherlands. To me there is no better place to live. I am so very happy that my children had this opportunity to experience what life should be.
Do you wear orange glasses?
@@lichtdoos everyone who does come here to live does the first period (do not know a specific timeframe)
You are a great couple just like Travis and Tracey and Dianne and Michael. Great to see all of you feeling at home here. I love your videos. Friendly expats like you make NL an even better place than it already was. ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you, Michel💕😊
What a lovely video! I'm Dutch and I've subscribed and posted this video to my friend in the US. Keep on posting and enjoy our country!
Thank you so much!! We really appreciate it!!🥰
Zo leuk om jullie ontdekkingen en observaties te zien, en kudos voor Erik, ik hoor dat je oefen op 'tot ziens' 👍
And remember “strangers are friends you haven’t met yet”!
Support the Dutch farmers in their fight for justice!
No car. Love it! Walk, talk and have fun. Plus, you save loads of money no having a car and all it's needs. You guys are livin' the life. The advice I give my daughter is to keep your lifestyle small, not to feel needy and enjoy the freedom this brings. Save those gelt. Enjoy the holiday season. I'll be in A'dam on the 15th for a day then on to Ghent and my BFF.
Very nice to hear that you enjoy your lives so much more now.
I live in Rotterdam-Zevenkamp, which is in the north-east at the edge of the city. I recommend you (when the weather is a bit better) to visit the area around the Zevenhuizer Plas. You can walk and bike there freely. It's a beautiful area,
Thank you for the suggestion and thank you so much for watching us!😊💕
It's awesome that you haven't felt the need to drive or miss driving! The biking and public transit are truly awesome here. One thing came as a surprise to me after I'd been here for a while: that non-European drivers licences are only valid for the first 185 days that you've been in the country, and after 185 days you need to exchange your license for a Dutch one. Probably you guys know this already, and if you absolutely never plan on driving it's not an issue. I only mention it because it was a shock to me when I found out that my Canadian licence wasn't valid forever.
It's always great to hear your perspective on living in NL. I've been here almost 10 years so I take some stuff for granted, and it's really interesting to see a fresh take. 🙂
I'm amazed we allow for a simple change of foreign licences. our training and theory is far more advanced that what most other countries do. It's a pain and very expensive to get a license here. mine cost 5 grand in lessons and gov fees and so on.
@@pino_de_vogel depends on where the driver is from. somtimes you are required to follow a dutch driving course and pass the dutch driving test
One of the things I miss about N/land is the level of connection and socialization.
Hi, I am Alex Carels and I am a Dutchman who will have lived in the US for the 20 years and it is so interesting and refreshing to see a nice couple that has Tot ziens!! en veel geluk!
Dankjewel, Alex!😊
@@SoultoSoulTravels Graag gedaan. It is like a mirror image of my own life in the US 🥰
You 2 truly belong to each other. Great video yet again. Happy my country has brought so many positive things.
Thank you, Remco😊💕
Ahh, you two are so cute. The Netherlands/Rotterdam has changed for the better when you moved in ☺️
Thank you😊💕
I live in Sweden as a dutch guy. Feel more or less the same difference relative to the NL and Se! Very Interesting to observe this video.
I'm Dutch and I lived in SoCal for a number of years back in the 90s before coming back to the Netherlands. I did love Cali, but I can only agree on the differences in how life is lived in both places.
It is so healing to hear you talk about my country. Good to hear this from a stranger, really. I'm yelling at our politics sometimes. But when I hear this, I don't need to yell anymore. Who cares? I live in an adorable country, I agree with you. Thank you!
The Netherlands has become a bit nicer since you guys came over... 😀
Awww, thank you💕😊
hear hear!
I was born and raised in Rotterdam en there is a great vibe over there, i moved to the north of the Netherlands 20 years ago but i still love Rotterdam it's a way of life, i just like to see how much you both enjoy the way of living in the Netherlands, just down to earth, i have this feeling that in the USA you be judged not as a person that you are but the job you have, what car you drive in what house you live and the stuff you own, here we just look at you of who you are and not what your job is or where you live....we all go to the toilet where we smell not so nice no exceptions a ceo isn't better than someone who clean the bathrooms the bankaccount is different but that's it it doesn't tell you anything about the person self and that's what i like being a dutchie......just act normal be yourself and not trying who you want to be that can't make you happy and i think that happens a lot in the states or am i totaly wrong?
I'm happy you like it here, and you enjoy the life you're living....that's what it's all about....being happy
I'm happy Rotterdam has been the place that you decided to come to. I live in Rotterdam as well and very proud of it. You guys are so fun to watch... and your bond is truly amazing. It also fun to hear the ipinion about a place you love and common places you visit from other people. Good and bad. Thank you!
I think in Europe we work to live not live to work... we don't really do the rat race thing here. No show offs...
Thank you so much, Jurgen!😊💕
Yes you 2 are a great couple with good humor 🙂 I hope you will have great new adventures in the holiday season! And hope to see you in 2023 :)
Thank you, Hans!😊
Always a pleasure to watch your videos. Thank you for the positive vibe and your sense of humor. And great to hear you like our little kikkerlandje :)
Being Dutch, I agree that one of the best things are: 1) You can buy affordable healthy food, 2) don't have a crazy busy lifestyle if you don't want to. Housing is expensive though, winters cold, summers sometimes not so sunny lol. Good video.
You guys look so relaxed AND at home, great to hear you're enjoying it here.
It's an 8 minute walk for me to the supermarkets and other stores and on the way back I use the bag with groceries for a bit of weightlifting, including going up the stairs. It's free so it appeals to this Dutchie ... 😉😁
Welcome to the Netherlands! 🌹
Glad your life seems to have changed so much for the better. So glad you are loving life here.
Thank you both for showing the life in our beautiful and kind country! If I would live nextdoor I would invite you both immediatly. When visiting Limburg, let me know!!!!
Thank you, Erwin!😊💕
Very nice video - good you’re here, glad you like it. And thanks for putting things in perspective; it’s like @notjustbikes: you make us realize what needs to be valued in our day to day lives - things we take for granted…
Thank you, Margreet!💕
The thing with staying outside during rain is a Dutch thing. Other Europeans don't do that so much. When I was the first time in the Netherlands I was really suprised when the rain started and the Dutch people all staid seated at the terrace tables of some café and the streets didn't empty from pedestrians.
Het is simpelweg heerlijk te horen hoe fijn jullie het in Nederland hebben. Ik geniet ervan om jullie filmpjes te bekijken. Realitycheck all over, want ik bekijk mijn eigen leven als Nederlandse nu uit een geheel andere hoek en denk..."ja, jeetje zo goed hebben we het echt hier in ons kleine maar o zo heerlijke kikkerlandje" ... geniet van het leven Eric en Tammy!.... een 60-jarige fan uit Oost-Nederland
It is great that you have embraced the culture. The language is so endearing to listen too. The lisp in tone is nice to hear.
Happy that you feel at home here!
You guys are so cute together.
I can't imagine how hectic the US is if the Netherlands is calm and relaxed. I sometimes feel I don't have any time to relax. Maybe having time to relax is just a luxury in the US, I don't know.
I understand what you mean, but a 'diary' is partly filled for you by, for example, your job. In addition, you are mainly guilty of filling your diary. I decided 2 years ago to slow things down, not tackle everything anymore and to commit myself to everything and everyone. Since then my life has become so much more relaxed.
I have a pretty relaxed life in Los Angeles - beach, morning walks in gorgeous Griffith Park with my dogs, snowboarding after all the rainfall and I work 40 hours/week with 3 days off - used to work more but changed that.
hey guys And yes indeed it is interesting to see if expats can build their lives here and have a good time with work or socially, and whether the Dutch lifestyle suits them or not because life here is not perfect![but we working on it lol] .Also with the other expats it is good to see that they are having a good time here because it is always difficult in the beginning, especially in another country!
Please continue your record streak of not killing each other 🤪 You guys are the best (comedy) couple on RUclips 😁
Thank you, @nfboodaard!!😊💕
You two are so nice to watch, i really laughe the tears over my cheaks.
We are so glad you love the Netherlands
You bothe are so welkom in oir country🤣🤣🤣😂😁
I am born here. I have been abroad in Europe and 'east of that' (UA & RUS, MOL) and every time I come back I think: It's not bad around here. I like it that you like it here! I like it too!
Same here from sandiego 😊. Haven’t drive since I move here in Breda
Ah, you’re also in Rotterdam! So am I. Perhaps we’ll bump into each other. ☺️
Aaahw, you're so cute 🥰 And how refreshing to see the Netherlands through a positive lens. I live here for about 45 years and all I see is declining, restrictions, criminality, definitly not the city, Amsterdam in my case, where I grew up in. But I love this so I'll sub to get some new positive perception !
Awww, thank you very much 💕😊
Always love your video's. But thank you for this one. It makes me realise to appreciate and stand still by those special daily things in (a Dutch) life we tend to take for granted.
Thank you!😊💕
Hello dear people from the USA, I am so happy that you appreciate our little country so much. We also have our mistakes here, that's for sure. But after some research to emigrate to another country, I couldn't really find a better country to live in. I wish you both a pleasant stay in the Netherlands. Greetings from Cees
As always your vlog is entertaining and uplifting. I always enjoy them. I am so glad that you two took the risk and moved to the Netherlands. I daydream about living your lives daily. The simple life is what I really want. I'm not sure how bad I would miss my grandchildren if I moved abroad. Unless I missed it, I was wondering what business you have started to fulfill the DAFT program. Keep the wonderful vlogs coming!
Awww, thank you so much for watching! The business is related to the tourist industry.
Eric: " It's hard to describe". Me: Try "life". Btw winter is a great time to learn Dutch. 👍
Another fun video! I love to hear about your experiences in the NL. We plan on moving there in 2025, so it's great hearing how your lives have improved! I'd love for you to address how your DAFT process is going and speak about your DAFT business in a future video. Thanks for always making entertaining videos 😊
Thank you, Chandra!!😊💕
Just make sure you've got a house before you move to the NL ... big (!) housing crisis.
Eric, you charmer!
Anyway, better social life is better life! Glad you find it here in Rotjeknor.
Videos like this, I want to come back as well.
Great to hear how positiv you experiance your new life here in The Netherlands 😊
a lovely video. I very much love the way you like the 'dutch' life. It isn't perfect but there is something about ' your not made of sugar', doe normaal. The slowing of life because you walk more, or bike. And your are more part of life, the surroundings. Enjoying the smal things. I love your videos about this.
Thank you very much😊💕
great to hear that youre so positive about our small country..... enjoy the simple life😜😘
Thank you!😊
Hi guys you have a new subscriber! Here, thank you for sharing your review on moving to the NL!
Glad you enjoy your life in the Netherlands so much. Explore the country and you will have a wonderful time! Come to the south of the Netherlands. It is very different from where you live. I live in the south and will be glad to give to some tips to see great places and visit amazing things.
The fact you guys have any haters just shows how damaged society is these days.. And Erik, don't forget about your own awesomeness indeed :)
I'm really happy that you've found a new life that agrees with you. Enjoy!
Did you know that the USA is playing the Netherlands tomorrow in the World Cup Football? It might be fun to watch this game in a bar. Then you’ll see what the football culture is like here.
Je bedoelt voetbal.
@@pirsensor1186 4 hours too late... Demn
Hi Eric and Tammy. Thanks for sharing your lives through these wonderful videos. Great to hear you're enjoying your time in the Netherlands
Thank you, k00lstra!!😊💕
You sure are a nice couple! Nice to see your video’s. Greetings from a Dutch couple
Hi there, I love the way you describe living in the NL. And yes, after visting the US two times, I agree. But you live in a nice neighbourhood, where people are more social. That is not everywhere in NL. But in the avarage, yes, I like living here too. Something different: My wife just asked if you are already learning Dutch, but in a serious way. 😜
Hi Jaap! We are trying to learn it slowly but surely! 😊
@@SoultoSoulTravels As an American or Englishman, it may be more difficult to learn Dutch, even if you want to. As soon as people realize that you are American, they address you in your own language, very handy and well-meaning of course, but perhaps not always handy for you :-D
@@hansd3295 jup might be our desire to make sure everyone understands the conversation and desisions and stuf like that
I am happy you like it here. I am glad to hear that you Learned that Having more stuf doesn't make you happy , having a warm and welcome surrounding is indeed a improvemed of your life , and thats a thing no money can buy.
I really enjoy watching your videos you are both so down to earth.. I’m so glad you are both friends of Dianna, Michael and my sweet little granddaughter Elyse 😊 Hope to meet you both if and hopefully when we visit next year sometime 😊 Angela
Yes, it will be so nice to meet you in person!!! ❤❤
I'm guessing that people who say how hard it is to make friends in NL haven't lived America. It is so extemely difficult to make friends or talk to people in my city in America because life is so much more isolated here. The car dependency is a major hinderence. It is super expensive and not calm here too.
I am really interested if any sociologist has studied the relation between social coherence and urban design. If I see the urban sprawl connected by stroads in the US with all these secluded houses and no reason to go outside other than to get in a car and drive to do shopping or commute, I can't help but wonder what destruction it must render to social activities and meeting and accepting others peculiarities. Separating people living and their economic activities was a bad idea I think. No idea how one would measure that though.
I lived in Californië for 10 years, people don’t have time to spend with family or friends, it’s work and more work to pay the bills and keep,up with the Jones’s. Glad that I’m back in the Netherlands.
@@catharinaforbes-boeren82 I live in L.A. and I have friends that I see often, my family is moving back to the US from the Netherlands. I don’t keep up with the Joneses - to do that is a choice. I make more many here than I ever could in the Netherlands (taxes, etc) even with the high cost of living in L.A. I have more left over than I would in the Netherlands- same goes for my brother who is a teacher.
@@xerxescroes2281 i aume you are normaly fit and wel?
Great video again. by the way, sugar does not melt in the rain. It dissolves!
For sugar to melt you need a temperature of over 180 degrees. (that is in the Celcius-scale and not that archaic Fahrenheit-scale 😜)
It is so nice watching you, good to hear that you feel home in the Netherlands, visit America i couple times and it is a total different lifestyle but we had a greet time, have a lovely weekend. 🥰
Thank you, Carla!😊💕
It's amazing to see the flip side of what people enjoy being in the Netherlands. Flip side to my own experiences, and reasons for me to leave the Netherlands for NA. Guess I never thought of it this way, took it for granted and started a dislike to the common things.
Thanks for sharing and being honest about what changed your lives.
You 2 really are a great couple and being together for 24/7, for that period of time is the ultimate proof of this! Please keep us entertaining with whatever subject you come up with!
Thank you very much, Brian!😊💕
I am wondering now what exactly made you come to dislike the Dutch society. Care to share?
@@ottokos5487 lack of space, physical and mental. Everything is cramped and no room to move around. (Kop niet boven maaiveld/doe maar gewoon).
Bicycles... hate those and people riding them; NA sports;
we didnt think it was in our or our kid's best interest to stay there, more opportunities here in NA (Canada for us).
We're here now for almost 7 years and apart from the gov and more rules, HC and scholing, it has not been a bad decision.
@@brianmaphar9685 lack of space is a serious problem here. I agree.
Hi Eric and Tammy,
How are you? I watch a video from you every now and then and always like it a lot. And you just seem like nice people to me.
We live in the green heart of the Netherlands in an old farmhouse where we have a bed and breakfast. Come over and stay for a night or so, and make sure to bring your bikes. It is a beautiful area for cycling.
A small gift from us for the nice videos you make. no strings attached, we don't need any advertising or anything like that. Do not mention our name or company anywhere.
Just meet and have a little fun and a new part of the Netherlands to discover.
What do you think about it? Good idea?
Jaap & Karin
Entertaining and interesting video, thank you and all the best from Croatia..
I liked this video a lot, especially the interplay between you two. To protect you from possibly too high expectations, all the cities have decent or good public transportation but that changes significantly when you go to the more rural areas. I live in Zeeland and wouldn't be able to leave my village without a car. Not that I'm complaining, I was born and raised in this village.
I do not know how you were in Southern California but you guys certainly seem very happy and relaxed now.
Walking in all weathers: It toughens you up and makes you more happy!
love you guys, cheers to both, greetings from Groningen
Clothes must be warm when it's cold. How it looks is less important. People have their personal taste. Sometimes less is more. And not spending becomes saving (holydays).
I bet you suddenly wake up in the middle of the night and think "We are so awesome! People should get to know us".
I know the feeling! 😏😁
😂😂lol!
the humor level is definitely OVER 9000! 😁🤣 i love it!
Thank you very much💕😊
You guys sounds so good and friendly.. like another person here said, you guys nail the "Doe Normaal" kinda vibe.. love the energy. It ain't much if it ain't (claimed) Dutch 😁😜
And another great review from a happy, healthy, and respectful couple. who appreciate our customs and country more than many of us do.
I would love to meet and hang out with you and all the drinks are on me... (so absolutely no Dutch Treat which I am so ashamed for) For you I'm prepared to travel to Rotterdam the city where I choosed to work instead of Amsterdam where I have lived all my whole life.😀👏
Thank you, @Hansse!😊💕
Every time I am depressed with life in the Netherlands I try to think of a country where I would want to migrate too and I always come to the same conclusion. I want to live in a place with good social security, education and healthcare and no other country is a real improvement over the Netherlands. The best thing is to live here and go on vacation to other countries.
But really happy to hear you consider life in the Netherlands an improvement.
Nice video and I hope you make good Dutch friends too. Will help if your Dutch improves.
All people from Holland should subscribe to this channel. You will learn a lot 'face on' things about out the country we live in and do not think about a lot about
Awww, thank you😊💕
Have you started cycling yet? If not then you try it, it is a great way of exercising with no impact on the joints and a jolly time can be had when the weather is nice.
If you cannot afford one get a rope and a magnet and fish one out of the many canals, there are hundreds under the water🚲
It's a kind of funny how you love our country. I have af friend who lives now in the US because he didn't like the way we live here. He feels free over there, but he us to still work while he's in his 70th year! We are not Utopia, but life here is better. We live near Rotterdam, have a car (I'm invalid) and making friends is easy! BUT... making REAL friends is hard! I hope for real that you have a great life here!
You 2 are legend together.
Loved that video. I am so happy you two are so happy here in the Netherlands. I have never been in the states so can't really compare. But at the moment I see so much shootings and aggression coming from the states that I am almost to scared to go there. Mind that's the media for you, things might be not that bad when you over there. It also must be a beautiful country to with nice parks and mountains. Never mind every country has it's own beauty. But yes, here we value the person over goods and don't like it if anything is getting "to much"! That includes money, food and anything else. Hence the saying....Doe maar gewoon dan doe je al gek genoeg".
Nice to hear you also made friends with dare 2 go Dutch. I hope they will settle in as nicely as you two. I was worried about them as it was difficult for them to find an apartment but now I understand they got one today.
Hopefully they can start enjoying life now.
Looking forward to your next video.
Thank you, Riny! Yes, they moved in to their new apartment! It is actually very nice! We kept Dianna company on Friday while she waited for furniture to be delivered.😊❤
it's good that you point out that we Dutch don't always know how good it is here for example families bringing kids to school, the public transportation. Although the public transportation in the north of the Netherlands and other more remote areas, there is room for improvement. But we love to complain about everything.
Do you have plans to do a video on Dutch music? Like the classics in Dutch: André Hazes (senior), BLof, Nick & Simon, Marco Borsato, Guus Meeuwis? And also other artists from the Netherlands: Venga Boys, Martin Garrix, Tiesto, Armin Van Buren, Afro Jack, Anouk, Krezip, Di-rect, Suzan & Freek to name a few? I would like to know what you beforehand thought of Dutch music and if you like the songs in Dutch or not?
Dutch music…. We haven’t thought much about it - we may have to do some research on this!!! Thank you for the suggestion!😊💕
Sounds so peaceful.
Fun video, Guys.
It's nice to know you like the netherlands as well, I love to travel and see places.
But most of all, I love coming home ;)
I'll pop over when we meet in R'dam :)
welkom to the Netherlands .
You can not improve perfection, that is so so sweet
Thank you giving me … us… a bit of your experiences there. 😊