Een warm welkom

Waarom? Ik weet eerlijk gezegd niet precies hoe ik moet beginnen met deze inleidende post. Ik heb zoveel te vertellen, zoveel te schrijven. De reden achter deze blog column is heel simpel. Ik voel mij vereerd en meer dan trots om onderdeel te maken van de (creools) Surinaamse cultuur en hiermee opgegroeid te zijn. De persoon bij uitstek die ik hiervoor moet bedanken is mijn mentor, mijn lichtpuntje in het donker, mi ma. Als jonge vrouw haar moederland verlaten, some decades ago, in de voetsporen van haar oudere siblings die een nieuw bestaan hadden opgebouwd overzees. De jongste uit een gezin van maar liefst 13 kinderen, maar die volgens mij de meeste dans’oso ervaringen op haar naam heeft staan. Zij is het brein achter mijn culturele kennis!

Blogging in Toronto (week 8)

Tomorrow marks my 2 year anniversary of getting onto a plane to the city that stole my heart: Toronto! Now I am aware that I did not immigrate, nor stayed there for a very long period of time. But my short but fruitful study abroad experience in Canada in the summer of 2013 has been an unforgettable and live-changing experience which I will not shut up about anytime soon. Unless I find a way to get my butt out of Amsterdam to find another place to rave about that is. I cannot repeat enough how happy I am to have documented this journey, and how wonderful it is to be able to look back at those exciting days!

Today you can enjoy my last weekly recap (15 August - 18 August). Because I had my last day of school (exam) on Monday, I had the rest of the week off to enjoy myself tourist style. I really wanted to squeeze in a visit to the Toronto Islands and at least one day of foodin' around at the Canadian National Exhibition.

Blogging in Toronto (week 7)

Today's post about my seventh week (8 August - 14 August) in Toronto is somewhat shorter than usual, because I covered two extra days in the previous post! This week I definitely experienced one of my favorite days in Toronto so far, because I finally got to visit the CN tower!

Blogging in Toronto (week 6)

Seen as exams and also the end of my study abroad adventure were coming near, this week I tried my best to cram as many (tourist) activities possible into a few days. I got to visit a bunch of museums, "watch" the Caribana parade, and make a roadtrip to the U.S. border! Join me on my sixth week recap (1 August - 7 August)

Blogging in Toronto (week 5)

Hi loves! This entry of recapping features my fifth week (25 July - 31 July) in YYZ, in which I ate lots of Japanese food, strolled around Kensington market, and well pretty much had take-out or similar every single day!