These are the voyages of one small family on their continuing mission: to explore new places; to seek out new trails and new cultures; and to boldly go to hundreds of playgrounds along the way!
Nice video! as a Belgian Limburger I too was impressed by Hoensbroek and the amount of child-friendly activities scattered throughout the castle & yard. If your kid is obsessed with medieval history I assume Bokrijk and perhaps - though an earlier timeperiod, perhaps for when he's a bit older - the Gallo-Roman museum in Tongeren are on your list as well?
The best way to learn Dutch is to take the online Zoom course taught by Nedles in Amsterdam. They use the Delft Method which is a semi-intensive course where you will be talking online with a teacher and a small group of students two hours per week. Each hour of class will require about 3 hours of non-class time to practice but the method works. They also offer an intensive class four hours per week but if you are working full time I would not recommend it as it really requires commitment. Start with the most basic class and work your way up but with this method you can be speaking at the A2 level pretty quickly and pass the imburguringexaman if that is your goa.
Living in Limburg makes it extra hard to learn Dutch as most locals speak a regional language that is distinct from Dutch called Limburgish. It is a Germanic language that sits between Dutch and German just as Catalan sits between Spanish and French. But Limburgish is difficult to learn as there are over 40 dialects and it is a tonal language (like Chinese). It is further removed from standard Dutch than Frisian but is as old as Dutch in written form (dating back to the 900s). Recently Google Translate added it as a language and there is an English-Limburgish, Limburgish-English dictionary online called D'n Dictionair. The Limburgish Academy has a good-tri lingual site that gives more background and history of the language.
Great video. Your production quality and historical research is excellent. I would add to your list Chateau Neercanne. It is the only terraced castle in the Netherlands and it is where Czar Peter the Great of Russia stayed when he came to Maastricht to inspect the city's fortifications in 1717. If you visit ask to see the wine cellar where all the signers of the Maastricht treaty signed their names on the cave walls at lunch before signing the Treaty of Maastricht. Some historians also place the epic battle between Julius Caesar and Ambiorix in the Jeker Valley below the castle and the trail above it leads to a stone age site from the Band Ceramics culture of 7,000 years ago. Chateau St Gerlach is also worth a visit and you can visit the chapel built over the tomb of the 12th century saint. As a fellow American expat living in Maastricht who loves the regional history of Limburg please keep up the good work.
I'm English and i live in Kerkrade near Gaiazoo! Ive been to most of the places you shared...i was going to recommend Rolduc Abbey but noticed someone else had mentioned it! Im glad you like Limburg... thats why i stayed here after my family moved back to England many moons ago! 😊 I look forward to more video's! 👌👏👏😀🇳🇱
So u got from diamond league to the quarter finals, to get it? Or do you get it while going from obsidian to diamond? And how are your lessons so short?
While in Diamond league. I don't know why the lessons were so ridiculously short! That's why I posted it. It allowed me to get crazy amounts of points in about an hour. Very strange...
New viewer here, and a native speaker. What helps me, as native, is the Dutch habit to subtitle foreign movies. I'd advise to actually watch tv and pay attention to the subtitles. Won't help your English but will help understanding Dutch sentence structure.
13:05 Er kan een nuanceverschil zijn tussen een verkleinwoord en in het Engels simpelweg little ervoor gooien en er zijn een aantal gevallen waar het verkleinwoord niet alleen de grootte aanduidt. (Katje duidt vaak op een jonge niet volgroeide kat.) Dat is een van de redenen dat we in het Nederlands nog gewoon het woord klein hebben. Het zal meestal wel goed gaan, maar het is goed om te weten.
1:07 I read in an other video you moved to Limburg, then the g is meant to sount a lot less harch. You probounce it too far at the back of your mouth. It should be a little more in front and then ch should be unvoiced and g should be voiced if it is not the end of a word. (Lach and dag rime, but lachen and dagen do not.)
7:58 most people did their lauwndry once a weak by hand. The day is called "Wasdag." My grandfather always tells they had a field to bleach clothes (and get hay). The whole village had similar gardens with an ornamentary part in front and behind the house, a vegetable garden, fruit trees and that small field. Other villages ordered them differently, but the parts of the garden were prouboubly roughly the same. One of the things I like in het openluchtmuseum is that one can see the history of ordinary people too, including peat huts in which some realy poor people had to live even until the 1950's.
It looks like it says Fluyver. But those are actually ancient Dutch S's. It's like an F without the - line. So it says Stuyver = stuiver in modern Dutch. The word for nickle in Dutch ¢5.
11:32 In the Netherlands you generally won’t need the ‘ge’ and ‘gij’ variants of ‘you’, but if you want to be able to converse with Flemish (a collection of dutch dialects from Flanders, the dutch-speaking part of Belgium) speakers or feel like reading older texts, you may need them.
@@findouttravel Oh sorry! Nogal stom van me. Okay, in het Nederlands: In Nederland zul je de varianten ‘ge’ en ‘gij’ over het algemeen niet nodig hebben, maar als je wilt kunnen praten met sprekers van het Vlaams (een verzameling Nederlandse dialecten uit Vlaanderen, het Nederlandstalige deel van België) of het leuk lijkt om oude teksten te lezen, heb je ze wellicht nodig.
From januari I live in Sittard, far away from the Randstad were I was born and lived the greatest part of my live, SIttard is very nice and has a great center square
By the way, in Maastricht you should also mention the OLV church with a very large roman front. the inside of the church is very impressive and the square in front of it is the best place to be in Maastricht in the summer
The ui/uy sound in Dutch is probably the hardest to pronounce for non-Dutch speakers. I always tell native English speakers to pronounce it like the -ow in "cow". If you want, you can wing it by replacing the w for a y. So... Coypers? The second attempt at 4:33 comes closest I guess. St. Servatius is pronounced somewhat like Saint Serve-Ah-See-Us.
Zuurvlees is great. As so many famous dishes, it was born out of poverty. So some people could afford only the toughest cheapest cuts back in the day. The only way to make the meat digestible wasto soak it in vinigar first, so the acidity breaks down and softens the meat (zuur = sour). And then of course stew the living daylight out of it so it loses the vinigar taste and just becomes delicious and tender.
@@findouttravel Great video. Zoervleis (Limburgish spelling) was traditionally made with horse meat which you could still buy at the Albert Heijn 20 years ago. The only place in Maastricht that still makes it with horse meat is Cafe Sjiek. If you have not tried it there you really should.
Lovely video about my home province. A few suggestions: Toverland in Sevenum; amusement park for the whole family. Eating ice cream at Clevers. Cycling through/around national park de Groote Peel. I wasn't aware that the castle gardens in Arcen are that expensive. They do host Elfia, a fantasy/mideval festival, which might also be interesting.
Nice how you show my province. You can be forgiven for occasionlly mispronouncing those difficult names. I hope for another video zoon. And yes, visit Kerkrade , they also have a lot of fun to offer.
Nice video! Abdiij Rolduc in Kerkrade is a very beautiful and interesting place. Interesting for adults and kids is the Discovery Museum in Kerkrade. The ZLSM steamtrain is also a visit worth.
Perhaps you could take a look at Learning Dutch by Bart de Pau: several (hilarious) RU-vid videos for you to watch. He seems like a pretty cool guy. His pupils are enjoying his lessons, that's for sure..... Take care, Ellen from the beautiful city of Arnhem...
Holidays on the beach were always the best holidays for the kids. My favourite spots? Zoutelande, Domburg and Schiermonnikoog. Breskens is a different category: I used to live there are a kid. Therefore, out of the competition.
Hey guys - how do you find schooling in the Netherlands? We’re moving in around 12 months with our two year old but I’m wondering if the international schools will be the way to go. Any idea what your plan is for when Andreas gets to school age?
We are still considering options, but it has been a challenge for him adjusting to day care environments with the language barrier. People commonly say, "Kids always pick up languages easily and readily." Every kid is different, but for ours, he was just getting a grasp on English when we moved, so when he was thrown into groups of kids speaking Dutch, he kind of shut down. We know a few other English/American families who have opted for international school settings due to similar language barrier experiences. If your kid is an outgoing type and very adaptable, I have no doubt that local Dutch schools would be great! Hope this helps a little.
What’s your thoughts on the schools guys? Internationals seem pricey, albeit I’m sure the teaching quality is good. Are you thinking the little one will learn Dutch and go the public school route?
Interesting and amusing! Tip, at least works for me (on vocabulary): read books in a Dutch translation you already know very well in English. E.g. give me a Tintin comic ;-) in any language and I can read it. And maybe, also just for fun: check out the movie 'The Best 2 Years'. About Mormon guys trying also to learn Dutch (and of course their mission, but that's not the point here); hilarious in some scenes I think. Set in my hometown of Haarlem, where I lived sometime close to their church, some 25 years ago (so nostalgia for me as well ;-)). All the best, Patrick.
Wow. That’s a great price and even better with less crowd. We love Portugal and plan to go back soon. Next time will definitely do camper van rental and during winter months. Where you able to stay warm enough in the van?
@@marie-eveleclerc-parker2474 Thanks! There are bathroom facilities at all the campgrounds, so not much a problem to not have a toilet. We had a little potty for the toddler.
Great video. My mother was from Cadiz and I have great memories of spending summers there visiting my extended family. It's such an incredibly beautiful city.
I would like to, but so with a full time job and family, I've just happened to be in several port cities lately with Phoenician history recently. It would be fantastic to have the time to go along the entire Spanish coastline.
Yes! First trip. Going to #Spain see my son Saint Nicholas. We want to create a graphic novel and #music re #Cadiz #History. Published Hannibal Takes Luna poems (search youtube they can be found). Looking for history and sun. #Africa? Anyone w/ advice? Warmest Regards, #History #Nerd, #Poet #Painter Ted Pope
