My first Dutch theater visit

Today's evening was probably my favorite event during the whole Dutch Summer School. Bart has organized a performance by a Dutch actor. Orvelte, a historical museum village 4km away from where we are based, was chosen for the performance. At 7pm we all set off. Some people traveled by car, me and 10 or so other people decided to cycle. It was a beautiful and relaxing ride through the typical Dutch countryside.

The basic scene was set under a huge tree and we all sat around in anticipation. The setting was really blissful and the weather was just perfect for this kind of event.

The title of the play was "Martin and Marieke" - the characters from the Heb je zien YouTube series Bart has created for his Learndutch.org website - which we all thought was very funny. But of course, the true story was that of Romeo and Juliet. The performance was obviously in Dutch, but the actor was translating bits and pieces into English. But in all honesty, the transaction wasn't really necessary. He spoke fairly simple Dutch - which combined with the fact that everyone knows the story of Romeo and Juliet - resulted in me understanding quite a bit of what was being said. After my "I feel so stupid" day couple of days ago, it made me feel really good and restored some confidence in me.

After all, maybe I will be able to speak fluent Dutch one day?