Today we arrived by car in Bruges, Belgium. The plan was to immediately park the car until we leave on Monday but thanks to an inaccurate map and my inability to read Flemish street signs, we ended up driving in crowded pedestrian streets.
And on two occasions, presumably local men stood right in our path to prevent us from progressing. Iām not even mad, Iām impressed these two men would willingly lay down their lives to prevent cars from invading their Renaissance town.
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•Did they seem angry or did you get the impression that they were trying to help you not get stuck?
You should learn German. This would possibly slightly help Flemish as well š
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•@Michael Vogel They looked like they were standing their ground, no help intended at all.
On a different note I personally hate the Dutch language and its dialect, for me they are at a weird intersection of English and German without being that close to either of them. I know English, I know some German and Flemish and Dutch still elude me which is infuriating. I don't have the same problem with other languages that I don't know but that I can't easily relate to languages I already know.
If I knew more Spanish, I could have the same issue with Portuguese for example, but thankfully I am not versed into either.