My experience in Amsterdam was amazing, educational, frustrating, active, disappointing, eye-opening, cultural, beautiful and real. When I arrived with the mission to learn Dutch, my priority was always to get to know the Dutch people. Doing so through their own language, and focusing on spending time with them despite the vast numbers of other foreigners […]
MOREDutch vs. German: What’s the Difference?
Dutch is a fascinating and unique language, and you can find many good introductions to it online. (See the links at the end of this page for a nice collection of resources). What can be most interesting about the language is how it is one of the closest in the world to English, while also […]
MORETravel cheaper with skyscanner, 6 week level of Dutch [video], speaking at TBEX, attending WDS & Top Language Lovers votes
I don’t like to break the flow of interesting blog posts with too many random asides, so I’ll group several miscellaneous (mostly travel related) things into this one post! At the end I share a cool website that has been really helpful in getting me very affordable flights! Top 100 Language Lovers/Bloggers First thing’s first! […]
MORE25 Speed Dates in Dutch
I’m exactly five weeks into my mission to speak Dutch. While there are major advantages of my German and my English giving me a head start thanks to many linguistic similarities, I have had a major set-back in this mission that has been slowing me down tremendously; simply finding opportunities to converse! Dutch culture is […]
MOREFirst week settling into Amsterdam
This detailed post describes how my first week in Amsterdam went. As requested, I’ll be giving regular updates on how I’ve been adjusting to a new culture and learning a new language. In future I’ll send this update (which will likely be much shorter and include occasional videos) to the Language Hacking League, so sign […]
MOREFluent in TWO months: The Dutch mission!
It’s time for a new language mission! DUTCH! I’ve just arrived in Amsterdam, and I plan to speak fluent Dutch by May 31st (so technically not even 2 months; actually in 8 weeks). There’s many ways to define fluency and I’m very precise about mine. There are some obvious advantages I’ll have and some big […]
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