On Friday morning, we packed up our suitcases and said farewell to the North Sea, and then hauled our heavy suitcases and other baggage through a series of trains, ultimately arriving in the town of Rijssen - at long last, I could see the town where all the day-to-day activities take place! It was thrilling to finally see the street whose name I had written so often on envelopes, the couch and the walls that were always in the background of our Skype dates, the stairs that I never imagined were so steep, the fluffy dog Chelsea that I had long ago dubbed "the pet dragon" for her impressive volume of snoring. We both just kept looking at each other and exclaiming, "I'm here!" "You're here!" Amazing.
I've also been listening closely to the DJs on the Dutch radio stations (and the Siri-like voice on the trains) and picking up a few words, namely "raar" (or more realistically, "RRRRAAAARRR!" with all the R's rolled dramatically) which means "weird." Definitely a good one to keep in mind! I also saw on a tweet or something, "Ramadiebambambamie," which means... well, nothing. But due to the adj+noun=onelongword format in Dutch, they do have some awfully long words, so I had to ask... but we're still laughing about Ramadiebambambamie.
No comments:
Post a Comment