It's so funny, how being in the Netherlands for more than two days, I begin to pronunciate the words with CHHHHHHH in front of everything. We go to ask directions somewhere, and when we ask, "Where is Voorschoten?" they look at you as if they haven't ever heard of that place before. But when you re-enunciate it as "Voorschhhhhoten", they say, "Ah! Yes!" and give you the directions promptly. I found myself reading things and putting an automatic "chhhhhhh" in everything. "Oh look, they serve mocchhhhhas here!" Their language is really neat, but it sounds like you're clearing out your throat after every third word! So I hate to back track, but I didn't get to talk about the Anne Frank Huis. It was well worth the wait in the rain, and it was amazing
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