Putting Survival Dutch into Practice

Today after class we had to put our survival Dutch into practice by heading out in Zwolle to find a few locations, ask for directions/hours of operation/ordering food, and such. Without my "I'm learning to speak Dutch" pin I'm pretty sure every person would have just started speaking English to me, and I kind of wish they would have. Speaking another language in the context of the real world is so much harder than saying, "I would like to pay" in front of your struggling Dutch class classmates. But alas, I managed to order a hot chocolate and a muffin. :)

Sorry to disappoint, but that is about as interesting as my day was today. Not every day can involve cheese and stroep waffles though. :)