Author Archives: coraahalll

As many of you know, I came back to the Netherlands a few weeks ago. It was almost as surprising to me as I’m sure it is to you. I really didn’t think it would be possible. I have a residence permit so of course I was allowed back to the country, but financially itContinue reading “Guess who’s back”

Well, the plan was to write a few sentences every day about my day. But it’s been 11 days and I’m just now sitting in front of my laptop. Honestly for the first week there really wasn’t much to report. I spent most of the day laying in bed watching two season of Brooklyn Nine-NineContinue reading “Quarantine aka way too much time alone with my thoughts”

I’ve been avoiding this. I’ve been avoiding writing anything about the events of the past week because that means trying to figure out all the complex feelings that I have about my situation. I also did not want to offend anyone who has been very supportive of me coming home so I gave myself aContinue reading “Just like that, it’s over.”

Note: this was written Wednesday, March 18 a day after my parents and I decided I was going to stay in Utrecht. 24 hours later, I was booking a flight home. This has sat in my drafts for a week now, and I decided I might as well publish it. Spoiler: I’m staying *insert wolfContinue reading “If I would have stayed”

Note: this was written Friday night after my parents told me my grandpa, Gordon Almond Hall, only had a couple days to live. Later that night, he passed away and is no longer in pain. Thank you to everyone who has already reached out to me, it means more than you know. I’m sitting hereContinue reading “My worst fear.”

Today is Thursday, 12 of March. 24 hours ago I was watching as events slowly began to get canceled and a few universities began to transition to online classes. Now, I feel like I’m living inside a dystopian novel. My next thought after that was: damn Cora, why aren’t you writing about this? I wentContinue reading “A lot can happen in 24 hours”

In the month that I have been here, I’ve gone to two concerts already. Which isn’t all that surprising, if you know me. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: if I could only spend money on one non-essential thing the rest of my life, it would be concerts. First one I wentContinue reading “Antwerp, London and the 1975”

Wow. I’ve put this off for a while, mainly because the first two weeks here were incredibly busy and honestly I was just trying to survive. So, apologies to the three of you who have been looking forward to this (hi mom). I’ll briefly recap my travels to Europe for you since it happened nearlyContinue reading “My first 3 weeks in Europe”