In order to find accommodation in Eindhoven, it was recommended to me that I make use of the housing services offered by TUE. I needed to fill in a form with my preferences and they would look for a place for me.
I asked for some advice from my host faculty and they advised that 450 [...]
Entries from January 2007
January 25, 2007
Accommodation “issues”
January 19, 2007
Laura speaks Dutch (probably quite well)
I was looking around for podcasts yesterday and I happened to find Laura speaks Dutch. This is created by a Dutch guy for his non-Dutch girlfriend and consists of short, occasional Dutch lessons.
I’m up to about Lesson #12 at the moment. I can’t say how informative it is until I get to the Netherlands and [...]
January 16, 2007
Mijn naam is Nicole en ik ben ingenieur
I bought a small Dutch phrasebook and CD to get a feel for the language. At this point I’m thinking German is easier. Dutch looks simple on the page, but understanding spoken Dutch is a completely different matter.
I’m quite annoyed that “engineer” in Dutch has a “g” in it — I’m going to have problems [...]
