'I’ve lived all over the world and home is where the heart is'

'In the 80s I was embarrassed to be American, so I worked hard to become Dutch'

'Dutch parenting suits me much better than the neurotic expectations back home'

'I speak Dutch with a foreign accent and English with a Dutch accent'

'How Dutch am I? You'll never get me to love camping'

'Amsterdam in the 80s had a gritty, open texture and a kindly tolerance'

'My first apartment had the toilet in the kitchen!'

'I draw the line at sitting in the circle at my own birthday party'

'As much as I complain about Amsterdam, it is the best city I have lived in'

'On my first day at work I told my colleagues not to speak English to me'