I'm so impressed with Duolingo - the Dutch course is excellent. I have had a couple of goes at learning Dutch in the past but never got that far. Learning with Duolingo has really made it stick - for the first time I feel like I'm actually learning the language.

I don't have any major plans for using Dutch, I must admit - I don't really have the spare cash or the confidence for travelling. And everyone would probably speak to me in English anyway ^___^ But I am enjoying how a basic knowledge of Dutch is expanding my online world. I can now watch stuff in Dutch (with Dutch subtitles) and read articles in Dutch, and have a fair idea of what's going on. I find that very satisfying - and it's a bit of a thrill properly developing a second language after being a monolingual all my life.