Don’t Make This Silly Mistake of Ordering Coffee In A Coffee Shop In This Beautiful City
<p>Don’t make this grave mistake that I did when I came to Amsterdam for the first time.</p>
<p>I came to Amsterdam in 2012 for the first time as a tourist.</p>
<p>I relocated to the Netherlands from Germany in 2015 and have now called the Netherlands my home. I have learned a thing or two (or maybe zillions) about this country, its culture, and its people. The more I knew, the more dumbfounded I became.</p>
<p>Some of them have been incredible and opened my eyes, which I wrote about in detail <a href="https://medium.com/illumination/5-valuable-life-lessons-i-learned-from-the-dutch-f9ef56e47582" rel="noopener">in this story</a>. And some are not so great <a href="https://medium.com/@purbita.chakraborty/not-everyone-can-climb-mount-everest-and-thats-okay-d4ac9a51cb95" rel="noopener">like this one</a>, which taught me a hard lesson too.</p>
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