So I was twittering a friend (@rachelguglielmo) about traveling, and which was faster, going home, or going to where you want to go in the first place. In my honest opinion, it would be going home. Anyways, one of the last comments that was made said "are we there yet???" and I HAD to reply "bijna". (pronounced baina) Now, what in the WORLD could that mean?
Bijna means "almost" in Dutch. Now, when I was younger my grandparents came and picked up my Mom and myself, and my two siblings and took us back to their home in North Carolina for 3 months at one point. My grandfather (whom I call Opa) is Dutch and from Indonesia. As you may very well know, many children, on trips, will always ask the question, "Are we there yet?". In our car, it was quite turned around! My Opa would say "Are we there yet?" and what did we reply? Yes, "bijna". This is the Dutch word that he taught us, that means almost. It made the trip fun, and didn't feel like we had such a long ways left to go!
There's one of my childhood stories for you. Nothing interesting, but the Twittering about it reminded me of it. :)
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