Corsica and the language. Corsica is not just steep cliffs, white beaches and turquoise waters. Corsica is also an island with its own language, a dramatic history and a mafia that is one of the most violent in Europe ...
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Travelling through Brittany is a journey through medieval France. Small villages pop up every 10 km and all have churches. The streets are paved and everything is built in stone. Around Brittany everything is in two languages, French and Breton and they also have 4000 year old remains. Travelling through Brittany is an adventure.
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Today we spent the whole day at a car repair shop in Caen here in France. I attempted a few words and phrases in broken (and largely forgotten) school French and Peter reinforced it all with sign language. In the end, there was further conversation via Google Translate in the workshop's office... haha.
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Talking about motorhomes in other languages is quite difficult, especially in English. Here, we've made an attempt to clarify the concepts, but it's not easy, so we welcome your input on this, as well as any corrections! What words do you use and how do you understand them?
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I'm interested in words, and if I don't know the origin of a word, I can become a bit obsessed with finding out. One day Peter asked "Why is it called 'mack'?". I had no idea, and so I had to find out ...
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As I mentioned earlier, I lived in Iceland for a year and learnt to speak the Icelandic language. So how did it go with the Icelandic language when we visited Iceland then? Well, it went very well! I felt that I had forgotten a bit, but a lot came back in just a few days. In everyday situations, I speak Icelandic as well as English. If you want to talk about politics and world news, I'm probably better at English though ...
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I was asked to tell you more about my year as an exchange student in Iceland in 1992, so here goes! Just over twenty years ago, I spent a whole year as an exchange student in Iceland. I was 17 years old and living with a family on Hemön, south of the Icelandic mainland. I went to the local high school and participated in life on the island. Here is my story!
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There are 42 tribes in Kenya, or even more if you count different subgroups. Each tribe speaks its own language, lives in its own region and, to some extent, has its own customs.
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When the flight comparison site Skyscanner asked 550 Europeans which accent is the sexiest, it came up with French breaking at the top. Breaking on Russian or Scandinavian is also apparently sexy. One wonders if we Europeans have seen too much film? Or, what about this?
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Regular readers may remember that we started reading Russian in the evenings. How is it going? Well, we have to admit that we are a bit behind ... so we have to catch up! Right now there are notes with Russian words everywhere in our house ....
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