Have We Lost The Capacity To Be Alone?
“The capacity to be alone is the capacity to love. It may look paradoxical to you, but it’s not. It is an existential truth: only those people who are capable … Continue reading
May-hem in the UK?
I went through a number of emotions over the course of Thursday night – as the results of the British General Election were coming in. I was enjoying a nice … Continue reading
Hmsies Returns!
So, what have these 2 funny and amazing (or at least we’d like to think so) British expats been up to? Well, aside from sliding off the blogosphere for a … Continue reading
5 Great Things About Living in Germany
(And no, Oktoberfest isn’t one of them!) Ok, so we know it’s Oktoberfest season, and Jasper has been enjoying his fair share of the beer and Pretzels, but we … Continue reading
Getting to know the Dutch: Part I
Do the Dutch really go Dutch? Are they that brutally honest, it makes your eyes water? And is everyone always high? As stereotypes go, the Dutch are famed for many … Continue reading
5 Easy Ways to Get Out of a Rut
So it’s the middle of April but how many of us are still feeling as if we haven’t quite shaken off the lethargic winter season? As our previous post, 5 … Continue reading
City Break: Maastricht
Think of weekend city breaks and you think of Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Rome etc. All beautiful places to visit of course but all of course with plenty of tourists and … Continue reading
Dutch Traditions: Carnaval Day!
So a couple of weekends ago, the two halves of Hmsies were finally able to meet up after 6 months (!) to celebrate Carnaval in the Dutch town of Tilburg, … Continue reading
Planning to study abroad? Here’s what you need to know!
So, me and Jasper have both decided to start our Master’s this year (or should we say now last year) and we are both doing it outside the UK. Jasper … Continue reading
What’s up, 2016?
So, we have made it to the other side (I must have called a thousand times!). New Year is upon us and with that, many new resolutions to be broken … Continue reading
Hmsies’ Guide To Oktoberfest
It’s beer o’clock! At least for this weekend before Oktoberfest comes to a close for this year! Seeing as Munich is where we first met, we wanted to write about … Continue reading
The curious case of the telepathetic psychic
So who believes in spirits or even the afterlife? I have to say that I have always been rather curious about this and so when I heard that my local … Continue reading
Europe in Flux
It’s probably safe to say that Jose Manuel Barroso doesn’t envy Jean-Claude Juncker in his first 9 months as President of the EU Commission. Not only has the Greek economic … Continue reading
25 things we’ve learned in 25 years
Me and Jasper have both recently celebrated our birthdays and we decided to do a small summary of what we have learnt so far. We have found that there is … Continue reading
Istanbul: My Turkish Delight
My first time in Turkey was an absolutely amazing experience and granted, it might not be everyone’s first choice of holiday destination (it definitely wasn’t mine at first!), I was … Continue reading
He said, she said – The Modern Dating Game
Since me and Jasper have had our fair share of relationships and we have always asked each other for advice to try and understand the opposite sex, we thought it … Continue reading
Party in the U.S.A : First impressions of America
One half of Hmsies was very lucky and recently got the chance to fly over to ‘Murica – Boston, to be more precise, over on the East coast. Having never … Continue reading
The UK Election Results at a Glance
A few months ago, we wrote that the 2015 UK General Election would be one of the most uncertain ever to take place in British history – and that is … Continue reading
Vanity Unfair: Why Cruelty Is Not A Fashion Statement
A few days ago, Olesya was doing a bit of online shopping and found a leather jacket she liked, but then began to wonder whether it was actually ok to … Continue reading
How Cheryl Got The World Scratching Their Heads
A little logic problem has been making its rounds on the interwebs lately about the story of Cheryl’s birthday, and Albert’s and Bernard’s challenge to find out when it is. … Continue reading
No pain, no gain? Why some exercises might actually be bad for you!
It may sound a bit odd but I really never thought about the harmful effects of exercise before. We are all told to work out for the good energy, good … Continue reading
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