Any Dutch/American couples??

[Wyld Blu 35]

It might be easiest to find an ex-pat community in your local area and ask around for someone who can teach you the basics. I taught Kourtni enough so she can understand stuff when she stayed with me for 3 months in The Hague last year and she found it hard, admittedly. I've tried rosetta stone as I really want to learn Spanish, but I'm not too fond of it for the same reasons. There is nothing like learning from a native.

I have been looking for Dutch communities in my area...no luck so far. To me, pronouncing the sounds in Dutch is far harder than understanding it! I have the hard "g" sound down but some of the other sounds...not so much. A lot of words are very similar to English, but you're right, there is nothing like learning from a native!

-Blu-(I have some of the cuss words down though!

[lizandpat 0]

It might be easiest to find an ex-pat community in your local area and ask around for someone who can teach you the basics. I taught Kourtni enough so she can understand stuff when she stayed with me for 3 months in The Hague last year and she found it hard, admittedly. I've tried rosetta stone as I really want to learn Spanish, but I'm not too fond of it for the same reasons. There is nothing like learning from a native.

I have been looking for Dutch communities in my area...no luck so far. To me, pronouncing the sounds in Dutch is far harder than understanding it! I have the hard "g" sound down but some of the other sounds...not so much. A lot of words are very similar to English, but you're right, there is nothing like learning from a native!

-Blu-(I have some of the cuss words down though!

Pat has sent me the basics like numbers, days of the week, etc., but I'm with you...it would be MUCH easier learning from a native. I hope to pick up more once he's here!

[Bikerdude 0]

It might be easiest to find an ex-pat community in your local area and ask around for someone who can teach you the basics. I taught Kourtni enough so she can understand stuff when she stayed with me for 3 months in The Hague last year and she found it hard, admittedly. I've tried rosetta stone as I really want to learn Spanish, but I'm not too fond of it for the same reasons. There is nothing like learning from a native.

I have been looking for Dutch communities in my area...no luck so far. To me, pronouncing the sounds in Dutch is far harder than understanding it! I have the hard "g" sound down but some of the other sounds...not so much. A lot of words are very similar to English, but you're right, there is nothing like learning from a native!

-Blu-(I have some of the cuss words down though!

Pat has sent me the basics like numbers, days of the week, etc., but I'm with you...it would be MUCH easier learning from a native. I hope to pick up more once he's here!

ok,time for another introduction,I guess. I'm Blu's fiance from Holland.Yeah,she wants to learn more dutch but is also very impatient.Once we're married I will teach her all the dutch she wants.It's so much easier to do when you apply it to ordinairy daily routines like having breakfast,cleaning the house,watching tv.Using PostIt tags works great too.Just stick them on anything around the house......

And yes, waiting IS the hardest part......

[Wyld Blu 35]

It might be easiest to find an ex-pat community in your local area and ask around for someone who can teach you the basics. I taught Kourtni enough so she can understand stuff when she stayed with me for 3 months in The Hague last year and she found it hard, admittedly. I've tried rosetta stone as I really want to learn Spanish, but I'm not too fond of it for the same reasons. There is nothing like learning from a native.

I have been looking for Dutch communities in my area...no luck so far. To me, pronouncing the sounds in Dutch is far harder than understanding it! I have the hard "g" sound down but some of the other sounds...not so much. A lot of words are very similar to English, but you're right, there is nothing like learning from a native!

-Blu-(I have some of the cuss words down though!

Pat has sent me the basics like numbers, days of the week, etc., but I'm with you...it would be MUCH easier learning from a native. I hope to pick up more once he's here!

ok,time for another introduction,I guess. I'm Blu's fiance from Holland.Yeah,she wants to learn more dutch but is also very impatient.Once we're married I will teach her all the dutch she wants.It's so much easier to do when you apply it to ordinairy daily routines like having breakfast,cleaning the house,watching tv.Using PostIt tags works great too.Just stick them on anything around the house......

And yes, waiting IS the hardest part......

MOI impatient???? NEEEEEEEEEEE...hehehehehehe

[Daniel and Rianne 0]

It might be easiest to find an ex-pat community in your local area and ask around for someone who can teach you the basics. I taught Kourtni enough so she can understand stuff when she stayed with me for 3 months in The Hague last year and she found it hard, admittedly. I've tried rosetta stone as I really want to learn Spanish, but I'm not too fond of it for the same reasons. There is nothing like learning from a native.

I have been looking for Dutch communities in my area...no luck so far. To me, pronouncing the sounds in Dutch is far harder than understanding it! I have the hard "g" sound down but some of the other sounds...not so much. A lot of words are very similar to English, but you're right, there is nothing like learning from a native!

-Blu-(I have some of the cuss words down though!

Pat has sent me the basics like numbers, days of the week, etc., but I'm with you...it would be MUCH easier learning from a native. I hope to pick up more once he's here!

ok,time for another introduction,I guess. I'm Blu's fiance from Holland.Yeah,she wants to learn more dutch but is also very impatient.Once we're married I will teach her all the dutch she wants.It's so much easier to do when you apply it to ordinairy daily routines like having breakfast,cleaning the house,watching tv.Using PostIt tags works great too.Just stick them on anything around the house......

And yes, waiting IS the hardest part......

Hey Blu's fiance!

Welcom here! this is going to be fun all those introductions!

You are right its easier to learn a language when you HAVE TO talk that language, like in daily routines.

My husband want to learn some dutch too, so he can follow the dutch talk with my family etc. but well we didn't start yet. But i know he understand more as what i sometime think!

waiting is very, very hard!

[Bikerdude 0]

It might be easiest to find an ex-pat community in your local area and ask around for someone who can teach you the basics. I taught Kourtni enough so she can understand stuff when she stayed with me for 3 months in The Hague last year and she found it hard, admittedly. I've tried rosetta stone as I really want to learn Spanish, but I'm not too fond of it for the same reasons. There is nothing like learning from a native.

I have been looking for Dutch communities in my area...no luck so far. To me, pronouncing the sounds in Dutch is far harder than understanding it! I have the hard "g" sound down but some of the other sounds...not so much. A lot of words are very similar to English, but you're right, there is nothing like learning from a native!

-Blu-(I have some of the cuss words down though!

Pat has sent me the basics like numbers, days of the week, etc., but I'm with you...it would be MUCH easier learning from a native. I hope to pick up more once he's here!

ok,time for another introduction,I guess. I'm Blu's fiance from Holland.Yeah,she wants to learn more dutch but is also very impatient.Once we're married I will teach her all the dutch she wants.It's so much easier to do when you apply it to ordinairy daily routines like having breakfast,cleaning the house,watching tv.Using PostIt tags works great too.Just stick them on anything around the house......

And yes, waiting IS the hardest part......

Hey Blu's fiance!

Welcom here! this is going to be fun all those introductions!

You are right its easier to learn a language when you HAVE TO talk that language, like in daily routines.

My husband want to learn some dutch too, so he can follow the dutch talk with my family etc. but well we didn't start yet. But i know he understand more as what i sometime think!

waiting is very, very hard!

Since Blu allready mentioned my name you can call me John, a lot easier than Blu's fiance I guess,hahahahaha......

biker chick,huh? I sold my harley a few weeks ago and really miss riding it,but I bought Blu a Sportster to compensate once we have settled I will build something cool for myself....

[lizandpat 0]

Hi and welcome John!! Love the name, btw.. Bikerdude..hehe! Patrick fell in love with the Screaming Eagle one of the times he was here..lol! I'll just stick with the sportster..hehe!

I really love the idea of post it notes! I'll have to remember that for Patrick to do!! hehe!

[paul. 0]

Ha, since we're all harley-fied, we should have a Dutch VJ biker tour sometime! Man, I'm dreaming, but it'd be pretty cool stopping all over the country.

[lizandpat 0]

Ha, since we're all harley-fied, we should have a Dutch VJ biker tour sometime! Man, I'm dreaming, but it'd be pretty cool stopping all over the country.

OH! Now that's an awesome idea!!!!

[Peet 1]

Hi all,

wow, it is getting busy here.

Welcome Blu and John. LOL, another biker couple?

Am really out of that scene these days, lol, getting too old

But remember the fun of doing tours like the elf steden tocht, years and years ago.

But I am not really getting away from it I guess, Gettysburg is home to the Harley factories.

Have to confess though, I am more into the European bikes.

Anyway, no biking for me anymore unless it is the engine less bike. Better for me health wise anyway.

Jack is having a real hard time with Dutch, made worse by the fact that my whole family will insist on talking English.

What I did do is give him a few cd's from Blof, with lyrics.

He likes th music and is getting used to some of the , strange to him, sounds.

By the time he knows the music, he can try to follow the words in the book and eventually copy them.

If needed I translate the words.

Petra (who just put her leather stuff on marktplaats for sale)

Edited May 19, 2009 by Peet

[lizandpat 0]

Hiya Peet!!

[Peet 1]

Totally forgot, I promised some pics from our visit to DC and Shenandoah.

here are a few

Rosslyn Metro station DC

The totally scary escalators

WW2 Memorial

Abraham Lincoln

Air and Space Museum (big hit with my son)

And the beautiful Shenandoah Mountains

I have some more on Flickr if someone is interested.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/74483879@N00/

Hope you enjoyed.

[Daniel and Rianne 0]

Totally forgot, I promised some pics from our visit to DC and Shenandoah.

here are a few

Rosslyn Metro station DC

The totally scary escalators

WW2 Memorial

Abraham Lincoln

Air and Space Museum (big hit with my son)

And the beautiful Shenandoah Mountains

I have some more on Flickr if someone is interested.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/74483879@N00/

Hope you enjoyed.

Wow Peet!

Nice pics! Thank you so much to let us enjoy them!

By the way how do you upload pics?

And Peet, I was just reading something at the homepage.

It was about someone filed I-129, they never got a NOA2 even when they looked at USCIS (that website is really not up to date!!!). But well they figured out because they got post from NVC!!!

So I hope for you that you get such a wonderful news soon!

Take care!

[Daniel and Rianne 0]

Hey all,

I also am in the I-130 april filers topic... I think i am not going to look at that topic anymore because than i get sad!

You know what they said?

They called USCIS to talk about their case, USCIS said: Don't expect us working at those cases till close to the 6 months because they are working at the work visa's...

I need patience! I know we just started our journey and we have a long way to go but i was hoping we were so lucky as the february filers, they flew or are flying through the whole visa journey! Wish we filed in february too, but well we had enough at our head in february because family emergency etc.

Well just try to think and i believe, nothing is for nothing everything has a reason, but i am sorry i just don't understand or see the reasons sometime!

Edited May 19, 2009 by Daniel and Rianne

[paul. 0]

Haven't read any of the above, as I'm in a huge rush to get home! yes, I got my visa without warning this morning...Mr. Senator pulled through for me...shame he's a republican!

Anyway, have to run as I'm traveling to Heathrow in less than 2 hours and haven't even packed yet, or booked a flight hehe, I'll see what they have available when I get to heathrow, I've already got a hotel for the night, just in case! Bye guys, see you on the flipside. Good luck with all of y'all stuff now k (gotta start doing my country boy accent ya know hehe).