4 February

This is Marie from Germany. I met this amazing happy woman this morning in the city centre of Leeuwarden. "I have been in the Netherlands for a year now - last week was exactly a year actually! I'm studying at the hotel school here in town. The people here are so friendly, I really love it here. I haven't learned Dutch yet, but I will, it's my goal for this year and after my time here I'm going to South Africa, to learn the language there."

Location: Leeuwarden, city centre, the Netherlands