Have I mentioned before that I like receiving postcards? Well, I also like writing and sending them. So, if you would like to receive a postcard from Europe (specifically England, France, the Netherlands, Germany), please send me your postal address at flexnib at gmail (preferably with the subject: Address). I promise not to divulge your [...]
I’m relieved. We called one of M’s aunties in the Netherlands yesterday, and I could understand her Dutch! However I found it hard to get my Dutch words out – it was as if I was having a Homer Simpson-type argument with my mind: “Go on, say that you can understand her fine, and it’s [...]
Dutch Word of the Day. Excellent for learning vocabulary. I love the examples. See, for example drop (which I am looking forward to sampling), wolkenkrabber (are there many in the Netherlands?), and oranjekoorts (I wonder if we will see any examples when we’re there…). Fred Vargas. I cannot explain why I have not encountered this [...]