I'm in Enschede in Overijssel...so quite SE, right by the German border. Yes, I've found a lot of people can speak English when they have to, which is great for me, though I am trying to be good and not rely on that too much. And I'm good about asking questions about the language all day long...but by evening my brain is just zonked and often I can't remember the specifics of things the next day :P I'm curious as to what roadblock you've hit. I've talked with a few co-workers of the Dutch Boi who are not native and they usually say it took them around 3 years to really be able to speak with ease. I do have to say that I'm having a better time of hearing the language. I was was here last here for a few weeks and I couldn't pick words out of sentences for anything. Now I can hear the individual words better....I just don't often know what they mean.

I do have a bike now. My Boi's ex's bike was still here, so I used that for the first few days, but then we went and bought some nicer used ones. Thank god for roller derby or my legs would

I'm definitely down for discussion of the differences and commiseration of what I can't find here...hello, fabric softener sheets? I'm preparing a mental care package for my mom ;)