tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005044382818481555.post3563067968738512964..comments2023-10-05T12:34:26.529-04:00Comments on The Big Adventure ... six months, four continents, two motorcycles: Day 20 - Lago Atitlán - Panajachel to San Pedro to Santiago de Atitlan and backRobbie Todorovichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02732423629935745951noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005044382818481555.post-59373598494761382192010-11-01T00:13:08.173-04:002010-11-01T00:13:08.173-04:00Hi Dick,
No, they were just having a nice convers...Hi Dick,<br /><br />No, they were just having a nice conversation in an international setting and I just happened to overhear some unmistakable Dutch words. Which reminds me of a story. I once was at a train station in Basel and listened from a distance to a conversation between two station employees in Swiss railroad uniform. I heard what I thought were distinct Dutch phrases and words. In fact, I was so convinced of this that I went up to them and asked them a question in Dutch, to which I got a puzzled look from the Swiss men.<br /><br />Greetings from Tegucigalpa, Honduras,<br />RobRob Croesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00947404815691063429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005044382818481555.post-79212852064876197012010-10-31T13:20:52.317-04:002010-10-31T13:20:52.317-04:00RobC, I wonder if those Dutch tourists "assum...RobC, I wonder if those Dutch tourists "assumed" that no one could understand them. The Dutch so often think of Dutch as a secret language (which, as we know, it isn't!).Dick Lodgenoreply@blogger.com