Today I had a written test about the subject “Family” from my Dutch lesson. After the test, I met up with Nathan in Antwerp. We went to a new eating place he recommended & to the MediaMarkt.
I had to take public transport rather than the bike since I was going to the city straight after the lesson. I managed to time it correctly and met up 10 min in advance. Before the break, we had a regular lesson where we learned more about things related to apartments. It was quite a stressful part because we kept having to pair up for different exercises and my partner wasn’t really the best when it came to me learning things. So I was surprisingly looking forward to the test so that I could just work individually.
After the break at around 11 am we got handed our test. It consisted of 3 parts: one listening, one where we read a text and gather the needed information and the last one where we had to send an e-mail to a friend telling them about a family with the giving information. We got their position in the family (father, mother etc), their age, what did for work and what they liked to do. Overall, I think I did pretty well. Part 1 and 2 weren’t way easier than I expected. I struggled a bit on the 3rd one, but that was about it.
Since I finished the test around noon I got to go earlier which is always nice. I took the tram to the city where I waited for Nathan to show up. We ofc first went to get bubble tea (It’s a tradition now) where I got a Virgin pina colada with mango bubbles. It tasted really good. While drinking our tea we walked towards the restaurant. It’s called “Kumpir Eethuis”. We first thought it was closed because of its terrible lighting until I noticed that people were getting served and we went in. The restaurant specialises in making baked potatoes. The menu looked so interesting and there were a lot of different choices to pick from. I went with the “Doner with garlic sauce” and Nathan went with “Chicken with a cocus and curry sauce”. I managed to almost finish my potato but the potions were really big. My goal was to at least eat up all the meat parts. Nathan didn’t have the space for everything.
After we had left and walked away from the restaurant I suddenly realise that I didn’t have my bag with me which meant I had to go back for it which was kind of awkward. I also managed to walk in circles trying to find the way to MediaMarkt. At the MediaMarkt I was looking for LED strips for my room which I can’t wait to install. We also bought an extension block for all the contacts.
Nathan also told me where the name Antwerpen came from. So hand = hand in dutch and werpen = throwing. They just removed the H and changed the D to a T. There is also a statue in the city close to “groenplaats”
So after a long day, we finally headed home and just relaxed for the rest of the evening. Since we both were really full from the baked potato place we just had a small dinner.
~ Anna
The Anna behind Yannani 