Sunday, January 07, 2007

Integration -- at last!

Unlocking my bike on the Spuitstraat in the pouring rain this afternoon, I was approached by a man asking for some money so that he could sleep indoors tonight. I replied with "Sorry, but I don't have any change on me" (true). He said thank you and wandered off to approach someone more generous. And then I realized that the whole exchange, including my response, had been conducted in Dutch. What a shame I only have 3 months left to take advantage of my newfound fluency.

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