I've been sort of stumbling along with my Dutch... I've been a bit slack recently, although, I have been in more than a few situations where it was all Dutch speaking colleagues and so I've just had to keep up the hard way! Most of these situations were normal work (music... ) situations and so it wasn't too difficult. When you are "immersed" in a language, you quickly learn the vocabulary that is appropriate for your particular field! However, there was a funeral situation as well... and let's just say I just shut and up and didn't laugh too much... just in case I was putting my foot where it didn't belong!

Anyway, my kids love books... and whilst on our weekly trip to the local library (where we seem to come home with a backpack full of books each time)... I thought that it would be a good idea to start trying to read books in Dutch. Of course, I don't tend to read much fiction... and non-fiction books might be a touch difficult to start with. Then, I saw that there was a comic book section in the library! ... so, this is my first Dutch comic book, a translation of "Wraithborne"... I'm pretty curious and after finishing this first book in the series, I'm keen to go back to the library to get the next ones! Luckily the kids are also keen to go!

Anyway, I was reading some of the advertisements for other comics... This one looks pretty cool too! Lady Mechanika... learning a new language... this is the best excuse ever for buying comic books... or maybe just using the library...

PS: Whilst reading this comic book... I got locked by an automatic security door into a part of the school that I thought was just nice and quiet... it was, until I tried to get out, and the alarms went off... and I was still locked in. Sigh...