Long time no see!

Well, the past few weeks have been pretty busy to say the least:

1. Dutch course completed and passed.
2. Moved house.
3. Spent too many Saturdays in Ikea only to walk away (not literally) with only a bed and mattress. Help!
4. Started my job 2 weeks early and experienced the joy of the Belgian motorway otherwise known as a rather long and bumpy car park.
5. Sarah and I have started to paint the apartment...see the end of point 3!
6. Ecstatic that we've found a baker that cuts bread with thick slices.

More to follow shortly...

"Much to learn you still have"

For the past week I've noticed that the surrounding "white noise" of the spoken word is starting to diffuse as my understanding increases and it feels fabulous!

My vocabulary is limited just now, but it's amazing how much you can communicate with such a small number of words.

Luckily for me, I have a very supportive Flem who does well to disguise her giggles when my attempt at Dutch sounds more akin to Yoda-speak - "Exam passed did I..." From now on please just refer to me as "Master" ;-)

Testing, testing...

I have a Dutch test in about 40 mins - *meep* We're not even allowed to bring in dictionaries or our work books, how cruel is that?! And, and, and, we've only had 8 lessons.

Actually, it should be ok really, *talks to myself, really it will be ok lol.* It's a written test and will only last 30mins and it will cover everything we've learned up until now.

Here goes...Success eh!