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Date: 8th April 2012
amberamber
first of all I will traslate your comment so others can understand it (Hope you don't mind) I had some help from a russian friend... ;) " hi, Juan (i guess it is your name)! i am writing in Russian now, but using Latin letters. Otherwise it won’t work. I completely agree with you: it is another way of travelling. Before I was very good in russian, but now I have no practice. sometimes I have some opportunity to practice, but it is at household level (it means that they talk about common things, nothing difficult). But my soul asks for more, for something exalted. This can always be found in books. recently watched the new screen version of “The White Guard” by Bulgakov. It was not so bad, may be even better: great crowd scenes, awful chaos in Kiev history, opportunity and ability to remain humanity. Except of my native Latvian I can speak Russian and German. And not much of Italian, so I can speak Spanish a little bit too, so Portugal will be easy)))" thank you for checking the blog and for the feedback... if you come to portugal some day feel free to say something. portuguese is perhaps one of the most dificult latin languages, but for those who master the rusian or other rich languages it won't be a problem... ;)
From Blog: Polyglotism or another way of traveling
amberamber
first of all I will traslate your comment so others can understand it (Hope you don't mind) I had some help from a russian friend... ;) " hi, Juan (i guess it is your name)! i am writing in Russian now, but using Latin letters. Otherwise it won’t work. I completely agree with you: it is another way of travelling. Before I was very good in russian, but now I have no practice. sometimes I have some opportunity to practice, but it is at household level (it means that they talk about common things, nothing difficult). But my soul asks for more, for something exalted. This can always be found in books. recently watched the new screen version of “The White Guard” by Bulgakov. It was not so bad, may be even better: great crowd scenes, awful chaos in Kiev history, opportunity and ability to remain humanity. Except of my native Latvian I can speak Russian and German. And not much of Italian, so I can speak Spanish a little bit too, so Portugal will be easy)))" thank you for checking the blog and for the feedback... if you come to portugal some day feel free to say something. portuguese is perhaps one of the most dificult latin languages, but for those who master the rusian or other rich languages it won't be a problem... ;)
From Blog: Polyglotism or another way of traveling
Date: 31st March 2012
Derinkuyu - Underground City
It's a fantastic place to visit! Incredible how they can live so underground! Amazing!
From Blog: Derinkuyu - Underground City
Derinkuyu - Underground City
It's a fantastic place to visit! Incredible how they can live so underground! Amazing!
From Blog: Derinkuyu - Underground City
Date: 19th March 2012
http://www.e-ephesustour.com/turkey/cappadocia.html
Cappadocia is a must-see place is really, thanks for writing.
From Blog: Goreme - Turkey
http://www.e-ephesustour.com/turkey/cappadocia.html
Cappadocia is a must-see place is really, thanks for writing.
From Blog: Goreme - Turkey
Date: 18th March 2012
I think we went in Ramadan, it was great since we had the opportunity to know their culture in a special way. The city environment was magical... there was music playing all over the city and the time of the prayers was marked with different sounds ... I don\'t know, it seemed we were living in a real movie! Even without sharing the same beliefs! At the end of everyday, hundreds of people with bags and baskets full of food, start joining in the city center, while some of them announced the sunset playing drums. It was almost time to eat! After the sunset they ate all night long! I did not enjoy baklava very much! Too sweet for me! =P Turkish coffee and Turkish tea are simply SPECTACULAR! I loved it! Very very good! Taste it yourself! The city is beatiful full of monuments, palaces, mosques, markets... The Mosques are everywhere and they are all gorgeous! The Blue Mosque was without a doubt my favourite, but they all have something unique and different! To enter, women must cover their hair (the female visitors have in all mosques tissues for the same purpose). The river tour is also worth to do ... there are a lot of fishing rod rental so the tourists can take their picture while fishing =P everything ia a business today! Along the river side, while we walked, we also saw a line full of balloons in the water. The objective was to burst the biggest ammount of ballons you could with a little gun... and once again, of course, you payed for it! Nice! =) It\'s certainly a fascinating city!
From Blog: Istanbul - Turkey
I think we went in Ramadan, it was great since we had the opportunity to know their culture in a special way. The city environment was magical... there was music playing all over the city and the time of the prayers was marked with different sounds ... I don\'t know, it seemed we were living in a real movie! Even without sharing the same beliefs! At the end of everyday, hundreds of people with bags and baskets full of food, start joining in the city center, while some of them announced the sunset playing drums. It was almost time to eat! After the sunset they ate all night long! I did not enjoy baklava very much! Too sweet for me! =P Turkish coffee and Turkish tea are simply SPECTACULAR! I loved it! Very very good! Taste it yourself! The city is beatiful full of monuments, palaces, mosques, markets... The Mosques are everywhere and they are all gorgeous! The Blue Mosque was without a doubt my favourite, but they all have something unique and different! To enter, women must cover their hair (the female visitors have in all mosques tissues for the same purpose). The river tour is also worth to do ... there are a lot of fishing rod rental so the tourists can take their picture while fishing =P everything ia a business today! Along the river side, while we walked, we also saw a line full of balloons in the water. The objective was to burst the biggest ammount of ballons you could with a little gun... and once again, of course, you payed for it! Nice! =) It\'s certainly a fascinating city!
From Blog: Istanbul - Turkey
Date: 18th March 2012
Goreme - Turkey
It's a beatiful place and different. The description is perfect, this is exactly how it happened!! =) (and the better bus from istambul to goreme is suha, i completely agree!) ;) (sorry the english =P)
From Blog: Goreme - Turkey
Goreme - Turkey
It's a beatiful place and different. The description is perfect, this is exactly how it happened!! =) (and the better bus from istambul to goreme is suha, i completely agree!) ;) (sorry the english =P)
From Blog: Goreme - Turkey
Date: 19th September 2011
I\'ve enjoyed hearing your take on the U.S. You must have really been on the go...you\'ve seen a lot.
From Blog: Los Angeles
I\'ve enjoyed hearing your take on the U.S. You must have really been on the go...you\'ve seen a lot.
From Blog: Los Angeles
Date: 17th March 2012
we were a bit in a rush, because we only had 5 days... at the beggining we were supposed to only have watched the Lakers game, but we ended up renting a car a got the chance to see Las Vegas and some other places from LA... hope I get to travel one day across the whole country... I would love to do that perhaps during an entire month... :) thank you for your feedback
From Blog: Los Angeles
we were a bit in a rush, because we only had 5 days... at the beggining we were supposed to only have watched the Lakers game, but we ended up renting a car a got the chance to see Las Vegas and some other places from LA... hope I get to travel one day across the whole country... I would love to do that perhaps during an entire month... :) thank you for your feedback
From Blog: Los Angeles
Friends there 
Been there 
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amberamber
amberamber
Poliglotism - yes!
Privet, Žuanu! Ja pišu seičas po-russki, toļko latinskimi bukvami. Inače ņe polučajetsja. Polnost'ju soglasen: eto drugoj vid putešestvija! Russkij ja raņše znal otļično, teper' praktiki poubavilos'. Jesļi ir prihoditsja govorit', to vsjo na bytovom urovņe. A duša prosit čevo-to vozvyšennogo! Eto vsegda možno naiti v kņigah. Ņedavno psmotrel novuju ekraņizaciju 'Beloj gvardiji' Mihaila Bulgakova. Vpolņe snosno, jesļi daže ņe boļše: otļičnyje massovyje scen'y (kak ļegko maņipuļirovatj tolpoj), strašnaja svistopļaska istoriji v Kijeve, vozmožnost' i sposobnost' ļudej ostat'sja ļudmi. Sam ja krome rodnogo latyšskogo mogu obščat'sja na russkom i ņemeckom. Nu, ņemnožko na itaļjanskaom, tak čto ispanskij tože čutosku znaju, a tam do portugaļskogo rukoj podat'!
From Blog: Polyglotism or another way of traveling