tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911191463939234318.post6038080300579089643..comments2023-03-30T12:30:45.039-07:00Comments on I, Ten Seas Lad: Switching gears again.Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03312048754374286109noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911191463939234318.post-10316597305464533662012-07-01T09:14:48.135-07:002012-07-01T09:14:48.135-07:00Whoa, I didn't know Madurodam was built in 195...Whoa, I didn't know Madurodam was built in 1952. It looks pretty new.<br /><br />I know about English and Spanish well enough to have a conversation, and I know Dutch and German well enough to get by. Spanish has been useless, of course. Dutch sounds great and is kind of fun ("oh, you speak Dutch!") but maybe literally everyone in NL speaks fluent English. German was mildly useful, particularly in Germany, Hungary, and occasionally in Czech and Poland. But English goes far in most of those places too. It was particularly easy to speak English in Croatia, Bosnia, Czech, and Slovakia. The most difficult countries were Ukraine and Italy. Hmm, maybe I should write up a post about this...Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03312048754374286109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911191463939234318.post-77802948962400270342012-07-01T05:56:26.551-07:002012-07-01T05:56:26.551-07:00The Netherlands looks beautiful. I was just sittin...The Netherlands looks beautiful. I was just sitting here wondering how many different languages you speak and how many you are fluent in? Or do most places speak a common language?Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911191463939234318.post-21056152551239431502012-06-29T15:46:42.973-07:002012-06-29T15:46:42.973-07:00Maduradam! That's a place I was fascinated by ...Maduradam! That's a place I was fascinated by as a child. I always wanted to go there.....<br />It was built in 1952, and I was about 10 in 1966, and interested in miniatures.<br />It looks so real, and it seems you would feel like Gulliver there.<br />How fun!mombatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911191463939234318.post-27158823214873951702012-06-28T10:54:32.090-07:002012-06-28T10:54:32.090-07:00Zen Centrum, Amsterdam. Hmm. Beware the Pequod.Zen Centrum, Amsterdam. Hmm. Beware the Pequod.Abel Tasmannoreply@blogger.com