Agreed, and don't try to practice your French OR Dutch cos

whichever one you use will be wrong and they'll go into a huff. After experiencing that a hundred times, I now speak Dutch in Holland, French in France and English in Belgium.

Posted By: Steve in Holland on December 29th 2007 at 13:44:49

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So did you all have a lovely Christmas dinner ? Unfortunately, I had this: (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 12:21:10
- What, no raw egg on top? (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, Dec 29, 13:10:48
  - I have discovered within the last hour that it was in fact a (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 13:11:55
    - that's the most important thing (General Chat) - Dave in France, Dec 29, 13:13:04
      - Yes, but it turned out to be a tourist trap. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 13:16:33
        
        We had already got inside and sat down when we realised they (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 13:17:42
        
        café des arts? (General Chat) - Dave in France, Dec 29, 13:19:03
        
        No, nearby, but we had drinks there. I really liked café des arts, and I (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 13:23:33
        
        the petit zinc isn't bad (General Chat) - Dave in France, Dec 29, 13:30:02
        
        Tourist trap (n/m) (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Dec 29, 13:24:29
        
        That's what they say, but we were the only foreigners in there (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 13:28:05
        
        it's no more of a tourist trap than anywhere else in the old town at this time of year (General Chat) - Dave in France, Dec 29, 13:32:02
        
        Yeah but you have to see for yourself, intut darlin' ? Couldn't help singing (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 13:33:45
        
        Geneva railway station is alright (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Dec 29, 13:33:31
        
        all you know about anywhere outside of Reading and York is the train station (General Chat) - Dave in France, Dec 29, 13:35:34
        
        P.S. It's not train station, it's railway station ffs! (n/m) (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Dec 29, 13:37:08
        
        Whatever is the difference ?! (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 13:38:35
        
        P.S. It's not train station, it's railway station ffs! (n/m) (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Dec 29, 13:37:08
        
        because it's not a station for trains? (General Chat) - Dave in France, Dec 29, 13:38:52
        
        I don't live in Reading now :D (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Dec 29, 13:36:41
        
        where have been in France? (n/m) (General Chat) - Dave in France, Dec 29, 13:41:54
        
        Okay (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Dec 29, 13:45:31
        
        so basically paris and the south coast (n/m) (General Chat) - Dave in France, Dec 29, 13:57:38
        
        Yeah (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Dec 29, 14:00:17
        
        ^you (n/m) (General Chat) - Dave in France, Dec 29, 13:43:11
        
        He knew (n/m) (General Chat) - mike_the_sphinx, Dec 29, 13:45:57
        
        lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 13:36:27
- was it a french person cooking? (General Chat) - Dave in France, Dec 29, 13:02:39
  - lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 13:06:17
- steak tartare? (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Dec 29, 12:47:22
  - yup (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 12:48:31
    - Just seen your message, below... (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Dec 29, 12:54:21
      - No, medium rare is my normal. A week in the French alps has spoiled me with food though! (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 12:56:45
        
        how was it? (General Chat) - Dave in France, Dec 29, 13:03:45
        
        No ski-ing as we took the dogs with us, but did a fair bit of hiking, and it looked like (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 13:08:27
        
        I thought you were younger than that! (n/m) (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Dec 29, 13:18:53
        
        That's my dad (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 13:23:56
        
        Standing next to your missus? (n/m) (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Dec 29, 13:24:14
        
        No, that's my missus' mother you cheeky bastard (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 13:28:35
        
        lol (n/m) (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Dec 29, 13:29:46
        
        where were you exactly? (General Chat) - Dave in France, Dec 29, 13:11:57
        
        We stayed in Cran Gevrier (Annecy Sud), actually in (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 13:15:48
        
        i wish you had said you were going to annecy (General Chat) - Dave in France, Dec 29, 13:20:05
        
        Yeah, would have been handy. Mind you, we mostly ate in the (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 13:27:10
        
        mountain village food is the bollocks (General Chat) - Dave in France, Dec 29, 13:34:15
        
        (i couldn't eat a whole chalet though) (n/m) (General Chat) - Dave in France, Dec 29, 13:36:09
        
        I was wondering that :-) Tell you what though - we considered a chalet, but having (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 13:37:53
        
        no chance of avalanches in most chalet areas (General Chat) - Dave in France, Dec 29, 13:40:16
        
        We'd have had to eat the dogs (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 13:40:40
        
        I haven't been to Switzerland for a while (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Dec 29, 13:29:19
        
        Only thing I like about Switzerland is the scenery to be honest. (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 13:36:09
        
        Chocolate is alright (n/m) (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Dec 29, 13:37:37
        
        Yeah but we have Belgium next door. Good only for beer and chocolate. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 13:39:33
        
        Am thinking of going to Bruxelles in March (n/m) (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Dec 29, 13:40:17
        
        terrible city (General Chat) - Dave in France, Dec 29, 13:42:49
        
        Manneken Pis (n/m) (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Dec 29, 13:47:16
        
        well done (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 13:47:41
        
        Agreed, and don't try to practice your French OR Dutch cos (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 13:44:49
        
        I know a tiny bit of French (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Dec 29, 13:48:13
        
        Go to Gent or Brugge instead. If you like shopping try Antwerp but beware that the (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 13:46:02
        
        My brother lives in Ghent. Got pubs there. (n/m) (General Chat) - mike_the_sphinx, Dec 29, 13:54:35
        
        Been to Ghent and Bruges, but not for about 10 years (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Dec 29, 13:48:59
        
        As is Gent (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 13:50:35
        
        What's the name of the bar in Brussels where you can get around 2,000 types of beer? (n/m) (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Dec 29, 13:51:26
        
        No idea (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 13:53:18
        
        Apart from Delirium on the Impasse de la Fidélité (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 13:55:04
        
        I've heard of that one (n/m) (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Dec 29, 13:56:55
        
        Ah well (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Dec 29, 13:54:59
        
        Well just take the train from Midi (Zuid) to Centraal (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 13:56:42
        
        Yep (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Dec 29, 13:58:09
- I always thought the Dutch had an odd taste in food (n/m) (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Dec 29, 12:28:59
  - French, mate (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 12:37:43
    - Ah (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Dec 29, 12:39:40
      - Of course... (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 12:42:00
        
        I'd probably give it a go (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, Dec 29, 12:45:41
        
        needs to be severely spiced that one. (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Dec 29, 12:44:13
- You ate that? (General Chat) - Dog, Dec 29, 12:27:17
  - Yeah, CJD with sauce innit ?! (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 12:38:20
    - Come to think of it, Dog... (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 29, 12:39:19
      - :D (General Chat) - Dog, Dec 29, 12:59:06

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