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Zijn er vulkanen in Nederland? Nee, er zijn geen vulkanen in Nederland.

Are there volcanoes in the Netherlands?  No, there are no volcanoes in the Netherlands. This is one of those gems that DuoLingo threw at me and hit me like a ton of bricks last week.  There aren't any volcanoes.  Nor evergreen trees.  Nor... hills. We move to the Netherlands in 23 days and the anxiety is real.  Not just because of the logistics of the move or getting rid of almost all of our stuff (we're not really taking anything with us), but mostly it's the awareness that we're probably not coming back.  I've been through transitions like this before, the kind where I start to think "this may be the last time that I ever...", and I've learned that I have to push through without stopping to feel the weight of it until it's passed.  I'm preparing myself to navigate this experience the same way, but it's more difficult to wrap my head around because it's so much bigger.  Even after 2 years of planning, I'm still trying to remind my ...