| Dutch | English | Spanish | Italian | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landlord | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Me | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Tenant | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
In summary, this place is loads cheaper than staying in a hotel, which means more cremoladas and porn popcorn for me.
Friday, January 29, 2010
We found an apartment
We saw some signs going up for an apartment for rent, and they said that the landlord is European, so we decided to try calling the number. It took a while for us to figure out how to use the phones here, but once we got connected I got to have my first Spanish phone call. I got the address of the place, so we wandered over. The negotiation went down in a multilingual mess. Spanish was our only common language , the tenant and I could communicate privately in Dutch, and we could say phrases from TV in English and everyone would laugh. Here's a handy chart of who spoke what:
In summary, this place is loads cheaper than staying in a hotel, which means more cremoladas and porn popcorn for me.
In summary, this place is loads cheaper than staying in a hotel, which means more cremoladas and porn popcorn for me.
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