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(Disclaimer - It looks a little inactive for the last two years. That is because it has been. We all know why. Please have a little patience with me while I get back to travelling around. Thank you very kindly)

Nov 12 2019

A Remote Job - How Can I Get One?

A Remote Job - How Can I Get One?

Let's talk about remote jobs! Working from home, Teleworking, Smart working. Whatever you would like to call it.

We might as well get straight to the point. That is why you…

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May 4 2019

Why 'Blogging' Isn’t For Me.

Why I wanted to start. 

I chose to set up a website before I started travelling, imagining all the things I would get up to and that I would like to share with you. NadeOnTheMove.com was intended to be…

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Nov 27 2018

5 Reasons To Visit Ljubljana - Slovenia

5 Reasons To Visit Ljubljana

After our first tour through some of Europe's most beautiful counties, we were left with a lasting impression of the wonderful country, Slovenia. 

I had never been to Slovenia before and quite frankly, I must…

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Nov 8 2018

My First Multinational Trip

I have always been a bit of a free spirit. Ask anyone that knows me and they will probably say that I don’t stick around in one place too long. I can live somewhere for a while and I'll start…

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Oct 9 2018

Planning A Trip - Digital Nomads 

Playing It Safe. 

We started off originally with a mini trip, you read about that in Our First Trip As Digital Nomads . For our first trip, we didn’t venture far and we most definitely played it safe visiting…

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Sep 19 2018

6 Places To Visit In Campania - Italy 

There are many places to visit in Campania and I must admit that I haven’t got round to visiting all of it yet, I am only one person. But, as I only write from experience, I will give you 6…

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Sep 4 2018

Our First Trip As Digital Nomads

Holiday Excitement 

Everyone knows the feeling when their holiday is just around the corner (vacation for you lovely americanos). We have all had those weeks where we have to go out and buy a new bikini, a fancy new…

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Aug 23 2018

The First Days Being My Own Boss

I know I go on about it all the time, but the majority of these bloggers out there that have all those fancy photos, thousands of followers and videos of them looking pretty, whilst they tell you that you can…

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Aug 7 2018

Right, I Am My Own Boss! But, What's Next?

Minimalism seems quite easy, right?

Chuck all that crap out that you don’t use and be happy in the presence of the things you need. That feeling which you get every time you ‘Spring clean’ your house. You walk…

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Jul 31 2018

A Way To Location Independence - Own Boss - Nomad - Freedom

A Way To Location Independence - Own Boss - Nomad - Freedom

Ok, you're probably thinking by the title, "Location Independence - Own Boss - Nomad - Freedom"  that this post deserves quite a few names or I may have…

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Jul 24 2018

Working Towards Location Independence

Working Towards Location Independence

Wanting To Find Real Freedom

Looking back over my working years, I have really wanted to find real freedom ever since I remember. I have never thought it was right that someone else decides what I…

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Jul 10 2018

Visit Amsterdam - Properly!

Visit Amsterdam - Properly!

Amsterdam is already famous enough for you to just type quickly in Google before you fly ‘Things to do in Amsterdam’ and there will be thousands of articles and blogs telling you the top 5 things…

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Jul 3 2018

Living in Amsterdam - Part Three

So, during my first year in Amsterdam, I didn’t see much of the city. I wasn’t social and I definitely let how my job made me feel effect my home life. Leaving work and forgetting about it to go and…

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Jun 26 2018

Living In Amsterdam - Part Two

The Amsterdam City Swim really was an experience of a lifetime and seeing Amsterdam from the water, at that angle, was to see Amsterdam in a different light. Walking or biking around the city you will see the beautiful architecture close up and maybe get an eye full of some naked Dutch people occasionally because for some reason they don’t use curtains, rarely close their blinds and, to be honest, they really don’t care if anyone is looking in. 

When we found our first semi-permanent apartment to tide us over whilst we found something just right because the housing market in Amsterdam is insane (I’ll get into that at a later date.) We moved on to a street called Ferdinand Bolstraat in the very sought after location of De Pijp. For reasons beyond me, everyone wants to live there. Those three months were enough for me! 

It was my first experience of the Dutch not using curtains and seeing it all. A lot of the buildings in the city, if not looking on to a canal, look on to the opposite building, with windows which look like Polaroid picture frames, that frame the lives of those which live there. It can be quite interesting to watch and I do love a good people watching session. There was a lady who opened her window fully every morning, on the 3rd floor, swung her legs out over the edge, crossed them and smoked a cigarette as she watched people pass by. 

Usually, I would see a couple cooking whilst their child was throwing a ball or something small and green at them. See, what did I tell you, pure entertainment this! The girl who we were living with said she had seen a woman on the top floor bring a fair few men home and showed them a good time. I cannot report to you on that, I wasn’t a witness, thankfully. 

However, after a few weeks of living on this street and looking out and only seeing walls, I began to start to feel a little claustrophobic.  Where I come from, if you look out the window, you see rolling hills and it just feels easier to breath when you look out the window and you can see for miles. 

 

I knew from this feeling that we had to overlook the canals or something, I couldn’t live there feeling trapped. Living in De Pijp isn’t for everyone, it is only that everyone thinks that they want to live there. It is in an awesome location. I would say it would take you about 15 minutes to walk up into the centre but if you want to go to the station I recommend jumping on a tram or, by this point, if you have a bike, go everywhere on that. 

What made things worse for me was that it was always full of tourists! (I know, why am I complaining when I should know tourists would be in the centre of Amsterdam) but, when you are aiming to become a local and settling down into the life of a local, hearing people shouting and singing at 5 am even on weekdays just isn’t for me. Thank god our bedroom was on the back! Phew! I have even gotten up to go to work and those partying from the night before are wandering aimlessly on “Drunken GSP mode that always gets you home” 

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Jun 19 2018

Living In Amsterdam - Part One

Moving To Amsterdam Without A Plan

Unlike when I moved to Italy, I went to Amsterdam without a plan and a very badly packed suitcase. It was, after all, a rash decision. I didn’t know much about Holland or…

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Jun 12 2018

Transitional - Country to Country

Giuseppe Graduated!

At the end of my time in Italy, Giuseppe had just graduated from university and became a fancy, new Software Engineers

 

(inserting an advert for him and his website here it is www.peppeuprooted.com, if…

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Jun 5 2018

Top 5 Places To Visit - Puglia, Italy.

Top 5 Places To Visit - Puglia, Italy.

Let's jump right into 5 great places to visit in Puglia!  

I intend to show a few places I have been travelling around in this wonderful part of Italy. It is really…

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May 29 2018

Living In Italy - Part Two

Living In Italy - Part Two

I couldn't fit living in Italy into only one part now, could I?

Language Language Language

Well, I studied Spanish at school for 5 years and I think that I could manage to tell…

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May 22 2018

Living In Italy - Part One

Living In Italy - Part One

What was Living in Italy like? Let's jump right in!

Before Departure

Like most people, in the days leading up to my departure, the anxiety grew. I would be living in Italy for one…

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May 20 2018

More Recent Past - To The Present

First Adventure Together

Giuseppe and I decided that our first adventure together, and the first time we would officially live together, would be in the iconic city of Amsterdam in The Netherlands. This city is famous for its canals,…

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May 18 2018

Fast Forward

Relationships

I have always been a love bug, caught up in long relationships, thinking they will turn into those Disney 'happy ever afters' that my best friend and I used to watch. I imagined them turning into a movie…

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May 16 2018

Early Adventures

Back To Early Memories

I’ll take you back to the early memories to give you an insight into my early adventure and get you all caught up. I remember every day we went to school, my dad had to…

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