Live in Amsterdam

oh this definitely will happen before 2010. i imagine i’m going to be moving there this time next year- august 09ish. fingers crossed!

haha that’s what life should be ..

I’ve been trying to find accomodation in Amsterdam but all I can find is Apartments for people on holiday, does anyone know where I can find full time accomodation?

This is a tricky one. I’ve just moved to A’dam, have an apartment and am looking for work. So I am here and doing the things that life requires and will be for a foew years. So does that make this goal done? does it mean that I am living here already? I’m going to say yes to that. There’s nothing else for me to do other than just do what I do. N extra effort, no super planning. So this has been achieved in my books. Yeah!

I am packing up the apartment with just the bedroom and some odds and ends to go. I can smell the end, which makes this all the more frustrating and exciting.

We have an apartment, I collected my passport from the Visa services (did I mention that I’m going on holiday too), the ferry, the van and the storage are booked, we’ve found some help to move our stuff.

So just a few more days and I’m done with work and with London. Yippeeee!!!

Bring on Queen’s Day for the celebration.

Less than 2 weeks to go and still so much to do. The househunting’s been really difficult. We don’t quite know what we’re going to do or how it’s going to turn out. But we’ll find a way.

I’ve been cancelling all of my debit order in order to get ready to move. It’s just a few short weeks to go now. It’s been better than I thought it would be, but not anywhere near as easy as I’d like. 3 weeks amsterdam!

I’ve been really good today and have contacted about half of the agencies who’s details I’ve collected in the past 2 months by phone & then emailed my resume. While they don’t seem particularly excited I have made a start. I’m going to get to the balance of the contacts on the list and will ask around for more this this week. I’d also like to contact companies directly so I’ll give some thought to how I can do that and will start on that this week Friday or next week.

I have just re turned from Amsterdam this morning and it was wonderful. It’s not the most exciting place in the world, but it feels like it could be home. Now the job-hunt begins. Wish me luck!

We went to thr Amsterdam council and I was able to register as a resident. It was a bit strange as the meeting with immigration services was still 2 days away at the time. Nevertheless we were both registered. ON Firday we had a meeting with the immigration services and applied for a residence permit that will allow me to enter the country, live here and work. Imagine my surpise when I was immediately given a temporary permit. It’s valid for six months, while we wait for IND’s approval of the application. It feels like we’ve made some good progress. I’m really glad and we’re both feeling so much lighter. It’s a great relief.