Languages ...

Learning a new language is difficult, at least for me it is (I'm not really putting that much effort into trying) ... but just when I sort of got a hang of one language (Dutch) - and by hang of I mean uber-basic stuff like hello, thank-you, numbers, etc. I leave the country (to go to Germany). OK, so I'm in Germany, trying to transition to another language (German) and I finally kinda get a hang of that, then suddenly I'm back on the Netherlands and Carlson is trying to quiz me on basic French. Up until this point, I have been lucky enough to be in countries that are basically bilingual with English. France I hear is not so friendly ...

Update: so I'm back from France, and my saving grace was having Carlson (90% bilingual) who had the benefit of French immersion school during elementary. I don't think I would have survived without him knowing the language. I'm so mad at our schooling system that some people benefit from immersion, while others don't. It not really a choice that I made, we are placed in school based on geography and at such an age, it's not like we really know what is best for us. ... I just I'm just bitter as I couldn't understand the conversations happening amongst the french speaking dinner table, or the embarrassment of having people have to speak english solely for my benefit.

I have gotten a hang of blogging using the Dutch blogger tho....

... Ok, I've gotten really lazy on my super blogging ... but to pass you time instead, please visit Facebook where I have been starting to post a portion of my pics!