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Gina Vargas
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Documenting my life ❤️
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Thank you for being here and I will see you in my next video!
My top Home cultural Shocks
Welcome to another episode of my life!
Today I want to share with you the cultural shocks that I had when I moved to The Netherlands, especially home related. But I have to say that now I am used to and don't find them weird anymore, maybe a little incovenient especially the one to do my hair but besides that I am very happy with my life in The Netherlands and I am actually very proud of myself that I can adjust easily to different ways of living.
Thank you for being here and for watching my videos.
Have a wonderful day and I will see you in my next video!
Bye ❤️
Today I want to share with you the cultural shocks that I had when I moved to The Netherlands, especially home related. But I have to say that now I am used to and don't find them weird anymore, maybe a little incovenient especially the one to do my hair but besides that I am very happy with my life in The Netherlands and I am actually very proud of myself that I can adjust easily to different ways of living.
Thank you for being here and for watching my videos.
Have a wonderful day and I will see you in my next video!
Bye ❤️
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Are you the most beautiful woman ♥️
Que linda eres y que Dios te bendiga, me encanta tu inglés
Así es que linda😊
And then she's 55 years old women. On the directive more and he is 43 attractive amazing and what is going to happen? But It doesn't Mean that can happen a separation. Some people after having their kid - decide to be together for a well-being of child. Oor en It Can be an other seen a hobby or Common business Which United People. And they stay in their relationship in spite of everything. So age is important thing but exist since much more important when it comes to long relationship.
What is it are you looking for man
Very useful. Thank you.
You are so funny, Gina. Enjoyed watching your video
skills can be learned, a fitting personality not. That is what a lot of employers look for. That is also how I got my current job, they were willing to invest time on me because they thought my attitude was a good fit for the role. Cheers! And keep up the good work!
Holland is not a country. Never has been.
Your bed is a 'lits-jumeaux' size. Lits-jumeaux means 2 single beds pushed together. Which means 240 cm or 260 cm x 200 cm. What you call the bed sheet is a duvet cover that you put around the duvet. Underneath the normal matras cover sheet and underneath the pilow cover you put a 'molton'. A molton protects your mattress or pillow against moisture, dust and bacteria, which means it will last longer. A normal sheet we used to have is hard to find these days as most Dutchies use a duvet with duvet cover for their beds. I only use a sheet in the summer when it is a hot sticky night. I see you put as many pillows on your bed as the Americans do. In the Netherlands it's just 1 pilow for each side/person.
Het is niet wat je bent het is wie je bent
Never make a video in a bathroom......
Welcome to Holland! ❤
You are very beautiful, dear and modest. I watched the series La Patrona. Keep recording. I wish you a lot of happiness in life.❤
I like how you have found your way.
Yes, we Dutch guys are amazing. And nothing better than Latina girls coming over to spice up our lives and warm up the chilly Dutch weather.
Aren't we all strange. I would almost kill to have hair with curls like you have, and you straighten it - LOL
I know🙈 since I live here I am learning how to manage and love my curls and now I think I found the products and the techniques. I don’t straighten my hair anymore 😅but I must say it was a whole process to manage the frizz
I’d prefer spoken words, iso having to read. Could just be me🤣
I think I also prefer that too 🙊 I was trying different styles but definitely for editing purposes I think is better just talking 😄
Hey Gina. Just watched your video. Nice. I'm a 60 years old Dutch man, born and raised in Den Haag. Meanwhile I work and live about 15 years just across the boarder in Germany. So I know about change. Seems to me that you are doing great, feeling at home. I do also, over here. About the weather. I still don't like it, I still wear often the wrong clothes/shoes. You're not the only one 😅. Wishing you and your family all the best.
Thank you so much for your kind message 🙏🏽❤️
What a lucky guy!
It is a shock every day again to me as a 59 year old Dutch that that beautiful water is used for household and bathfoom purposes in excessive amounts 😢 Lots of people use normal bedsheets without elastico. Just go to HEMA or ZEEMAN f.e. Use a backpack for surplus groceries, néver like this or dangling from your steering. You will fall hard and abruptly when it goes awry. And you have to indicate direction with that arm. Backpack.
My bike looks just like that when grocery-shopping. My greatgrandfather was dutch. Now I am supposed to be german, but my dutch genes win all the time.
Having no plug in the bathroom? yes we do!
As a native speaker of English who is fluent in German, Dutch always makes me feel like I am having a stroke.
Hola!! Necesitas una cuerda elástica para amarrar tus bolsitas de la parte de atrás de tu bici o comprar una cesta para colocar extra cosas. La cuerda me ha ayudado mucho. También el protector de la silla anti agua. Mucha suerte.🍀
Muchas gracias 🙏🏽❤️
No electric sockets in England either. Just in case.
There are ground fault interrupters that make outlets near water sources safe. Silly not to have outlets.
It's culture shocks, not cultural shocks - Professor Knowitall
Thank you so much for your feedback 🙏🏽 you are totally right and I will change my thumbnail. In Spanish we say ‘Choque Cultural’ and I think that’s why I made the mistake 🙈
Holland or the Netherlands, both are correct. No problem.
Thank you ❤️
No Holland is not correct, we don’t mind people saying so as if it meant the Netherlands however correct it’s not 😊. Our country is the Kingdom of the Netherlands. 🇳🇱 Having said that, I more than welcome you and your family here, hope for and wish y’all the best.
The name Holland originated from the first inhabitants who came from Scandinavia and and probably used some form of name which is Haalland and over centuries it changed to Holland.
“Holland” originates from the early germanic word “holt” land. That word developed into “hout” in Dutch or “holz” in German. So it actually means “woodland”, due to the woods that were found in the fertile and marshy plains which is now Holland.
The first inhabitants of Holland did by no means originate from Scandinavia. The name Holland was indeed derived from the word 'holtland' or 'hotland', meaning hout (wood, holz, bois) but then specifically related to the forest at Vogelenzang (birdsong) a few kilometers south of Haarlem!
Once covered with threes: Houtland
@@user-mh1vs7it2i What are 'threes'?
Cute!
2:40 : WUT?! No pindakaas? 😆 The importance of life is life itself. So slow down to enjoy it. Your video demonstrates it to perfection.
I am learning to embrace the slow life, but really The Netherlands have taught me so much 🥰❤️ also I discovered speculaas and is my new addiction I most say 🙈
@@ginavargasofficialtry a potje speculoos pasta . 😋
@@ronaldb8759OMG actually that’s what I wanted to say 🙈Speculoos pasta is the best creation ever!!!!!!!
@@ginavargasofficial I grew up with pindakaas en hagelslag, I will die with pindakaas, hagelslag en speculoos in my stomach 😇😂
Being visited by a cat not your own is a sign that your home has "the good vibes" and going by your movie I feel the cat was right. Glad you enjoy living here. Saw your previous video as well and noticed you become a regular Dutch Cycle mom. Much love from Utrecht.
Thank you so much for your message 🙏🏽❤️
Bedding. Remember these words if you want what we would call "the old way". Hoeslaken: The bedsheet that goes over the matras. usually has elastic edges to keep it on. (Plural Hoeslakens) Laken: the bedsheet that makes your bedsheet sandwich complete. (plural Lakens) Deken: a blanket, you want them in winter epsecially. There are summer and winter blankets. (Plural Dekens) Kussensloop: what goes around your pillow. (plural Kussenslopen) As others mentioned, Hema is an excellent place for old style bedding. But yes, I would say most people here use a "dekbed" with a "dekbedovertrek", much easier to make up.
Wowww Thank you so much 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 this is really helpful and believe me I will remember these words for sure 😅❤️
No different from in the U.S., then.
My bathroom has outlet sockets. My parent's house doesn't, but that has vanity with a sink and mirror in every bedroom.
It is not ne size fits all. Older houses didn't have them originaly. Of course over the years many home owners or rental organisation have added them later. But in an unaltered 1960's era home you won't find them. If they are there, someone put them there later "themselves" (the electrician probably but still)
je gaat niet met je kind gooien ,doe dat niet meer er hoeft maar iets mis te gaan ,en je vergeef het je hele leven niet meer !!!!
Thank you for your concern 🙏🏽
Guess someone has never had a dad, I'm sorry for you. 😢
I think the bedsheet you are looking for is called “laken”. A “hoeslaken” has curved edges with elastic to fold around the mattress. A “laken” is just a straight sheet of fabric to put in your bed. Hema has “lakens”. Ikea has only 1 type called Dvala laken.
Thank you 🙏🏽 I will check in Hema 🤗
We all learned a lot since that. What a bullshit..........................
Lol, yes, bike, mom, 2 children and a ton of bags filled to the brim with groceries. That was basically my youth. You laugh how full your bike was, that was my moms bike every saturday, but instead two large bags hung from the handlebars, me sitting on the rack and my sister in a baby chair in front. 🤣
Really doing groceries and biking is another lever of skills in here 😅 now we just got a bakfiest and doing groceries is heaven 🙌🏽✨
@@ginavargasofficial if you follow Dutch logic, then a bakfiets would mean more space for more and heavier groceries. I know people who stuff the contents of an entire shopping cart into one.
I thought I recognized "my" Aldi in your shopping video, but now I'm sure you live close by because of the park, so welcome to our neighborhood!
Thank you so much 🙏🏽❤️
Hema also has normal bed sheets 😉 like you're taking about.
Really??? I have never seen it. Thank you so much 😃 I will check it out
In most of the Dutch houses there is electricity in the bathroom. Period.
70's house here, and no outlets in the bathroom, only lightswitch one with a rope on it. there is even a house here for sale now that is late 60's that does not have a washbasin in the toilet.
@@abelfaber4457 yes. Ofcourse there are older houses without any. But It is not ‘typical dutch’.
lol are you for real houses you guys didn’t even had showers in most homes 🙄! Back in the 60’s my family couldn’t even find toothpaste, soap, body wash, deodorant it had to be shipped to them from North America or South America and you could go to a bathhouses if you were lucky in the big cities like The Hague or Amsterdam and does places were either build by Turkish and Moroccan folks cause they had trouble finding proper showers or supplies 🙃… hehehe most houses in Africa, Asia, South and North America had showers! My grandparents build many houses and we had a minimum of 2 bathrooms and 2 wc! My mom bought a house from the 70’s and it had no shower in it and. This was in 2002 those people just didn’t shower my mom redid the whole house and put in 2 🚾 and a bathroom! She renewed her bathroom again after 5 years and sold the house… and omg the homes here are lacking power outlets it’s just insane! I d k whenever I’m in Asia, north or South America I feel like it’s so much more luxurious to live there cause you really get a house 🏡 not a weird house where you can hear your neighbors breathing! Last 15 years I’ve lived in 5 new builds and the quality is just terrible but I think building your own house here is just way better… anyways a girl who’s family is in real estate and grew up living it is giving her opinion based upon on her experience so don’t come at me ✌🏻
@@miss55apple Thank you for your story and share your experience with us.
My house is build in the late 1980's and no socket in the bathroom. Only in the later years building regulations were adapted as the power supply was also adapting to new innovations regarding water and electricity.
I wish you would stop calling our country Holland. Two out of our 12 provinces are Noord (North)- and Zuid (South)-Holland but our country is called The Netherlands.
When I am abroad I call my country Holland, no big deal
Ever heard abt a "pars pro toto"? Outside NL and especially in the US, our country is also known as Holland which is simply used as shorthand for the Netherlands. Stop whining.
@@ColumbastaWe don't care about what shorthand is. It is NOT the name of our county. Lazy foreigners.
I'm dutch, I don't care. The whole world has called our country Holland, for a long time now. I've only recently saw a trend of overzealous people on the Internet trying to correct people on the subject. Chill out.
@@ginavargasofficial Don't give in to these whiners plz. There is no province in the NL called "Holland", so that name is a synonym for the whole country of Netherlands, as it has been used for ages. And the "America" thingy is a good example of exactly the same smart alecky bs. Everyone knows that America is a perfectly legit way to refer to the US. Same goes for Americans. On a wider scale we refer to N-America when the US/Canada is concerned. When we talk abt "Amerikanen" in Dutch, who do you think we refer to? Correctamondo: citizens of the US. Not Mexicans or anyone else not living in the US. Cheers!
Loved your video. The secret of the right clothing in the netherlands is 'layers' so for example a top, 't shirt, and cardigan. Always make sure you can take one layer of or put on if nescessary 😅
Thank you so much for your advice 🙏🏽❤️
Wish you guys the best in The Netherlands with your beautiful child❤ and you have made a lovely video
Thank you so much for your kind message 🙏🏽❤️
Just visit any bicycle-repair shop, they'll help you find a nice bag, snelbinders or rush basket for your bike. And what about a basket on the front wheel? Much safer than bags on your steering wheel. For bedsheets; even hospitals use duvet and sheets with elastic bands nowadays.
I honestly think I need to update my bike 🙈 This is a small bike because I am short and also the bags are little bit small. But now we just got a bakfiets and doing the groceries now is heaven 🥰 thank you so much for your advice 🤗
Most old houses do have power outleds in bathrooms. Its strange your house doesn’t.
Depends on the age of the building. When we moved into our house that was built in 1933, there weren't very much power outlets in the house. 4 in the livingroom, 2 in the kitchen and 2 in every bedroom. None in the bathroom. I guess back in those days people didn't need as many power outlets.
I think my house was also around the year 1930’s because also in the whole house we don’t have a lot of power outlet and most of them are made in recently years. But I guess your are right, we were just not lucky with that feature in the house 😅
@@ginavargasofficial There's always the option of having them installed. They can add outlets by using cable trays so the mess they'll make is very limited. Any decent electrician can fix that for you.
There are bathroom cabinets and lamps with built-in sockets. The downside is that you need to switch on the lights when you want to dry your hair. Go to your local DIY store.
My apartment is from the late 50s and it doesn't have an outlet in the bathroom (showerroom), even the light switches are outside of the bathroom. I use my hair dryer in the living room :D
wow you really have beautiful hair
Thank you so much 🥰
You're welcome. You deserve it.with such a beautiful head of hair.🥰. I love that so much
@@addictedmusic070jkn5 🙏🏽❤️
@@ginavargasofficial I hope you have already found your way in the Netherlands together with your daughter.
Yes there plenty single linnen to find in the Netherlands, most are use by older people, the rest of us like to make life easy so we use the bedsheet...
Even the old people have discarded their sheets in favor of the much more comfortable duvets.
I think I am becoming more Ducth because I actually find the Dutch way more comfortable and easy way to do your bed. So yes this is a win for me ❤
Checks bathroom: yup there it is. A power outlet. Next to the sink. It does have a lid to close it off with (spatwaterveilig), but it's there. So you will find Dutch homes with a power outlet in the bathroom as well.
New homes or renovated homes have power outlet, we were just not lucky in our home☺️
@@ginavargasofficialgetting a qualified electrician to install a contact box next to the washbasin isn’t going to be all that difficult or expensive. I’d get a properly qualified electrician, though, because you don’t want to mess with electrics and water.
@@frankteunissen6118 I asked an electrician to fit a socket in my bathroom, but he refused because the wiring was not earthed. I could be electrocuted while showering.
@@dirkalbrodt😮 we never asked someone to install an electrical socket in our bathroom because literally just use it for my hair once in a while but that is good information to know
It actually presents a somewhat increased risk of electrocution to use an appliance without ground (randaarde) like your hairdryer with an extension cord in a wet space like the bathroom.
A 'Hoeslaken', 'Dekbed en Dekbed overtrek' is a way to do your bed. But I can ashore you can buy 'normal' bedsheets like you were thinking about. Older houses don't have power sockets in the bathroom for security reasons. Sometimes you find a socket like in a hotel just for a men's electric razor or electric toothbrush. Modern houses have a new electric setup and have 1 or 2 sockets in the bathroom. We are very lucky with our drinking water. Many European countries have drinkable tap water.
Thank you so much for your input 🤗 and you are right we are very lucky to have tap water that we can drink 😊
Het zou nogal een schokkende ervaring zijn als die stopcontacten er wel zouden zitten.😂
@@Treinbouwer😂😂😂 that’s for sure
assure
Yes, very drinkable tap water is my experience unless in regions with very hard water. Imagine; in the touted 'clean, pure' NZ the tap water is for the most part undrinkable, overloaded with chlorine and fluoride...
Using an extension cord seems dangerous. There is a reason bathrooms have no outlet. Google it. If you need a mirror to do your hair buy a handmirror. I'm sure Ikea sells them.