Maredsous Abbey

I booked into Mardsous Abbey for a three day retreat. Their website is in four langauges: French, Dutch, English and German. It says "For St Benedict, hospitality is a special concern for monks. All guests to the monastery should be welcomed as Christ". My welcoming word were "you're early". Although I had told them in advance that I did not speak French but did speak Dutch (one of the official languages of Belgium) and English, they seemed not only totally unprepared that I was not francophone, but positively shocked and upset by it. There was a double paged sheet of information in my room laying out the rules, but it was only in French. The monk in charge of the hôtellerie spoke a little English, but only gave me the briefest of information. I asked where I could go, could not go, and from what I understood I could only go to my room, the dining room, the common room, and the church. Nowhere else within the abbey, nor the inner courtyard, nor the gardens. I kept making clear faux pas (from their reactions) but I had no idea what I was supposed to do or not do. They seemed borderline hostile towards me, once they realised I could not speak French. Not at all what I was expecting. Outside the abbey itself, in the grounds, all the signs and info were in Dutch and French, possibly in accordance with Belgian law. Within the abbey, I found nothing in anything but French.