Blogs from Europe - page 13923

Mon langue travaille dans pas que ma pay d'origin. C'est casse-pieds. Je ne suis pas deçu. C'est normal. Mais c'est une surprise pour moi, que l'anglais n'est pas suffisant. J'ai visité Tunisie dans cette avril et j'etait choqué parcque j'ai ne su pas qu'il y a beaucoup de monde qui parlent pas anglais rien! J'ai trouvé la situation bizzare car quelques ont parlé couramment allemand. C'est pourquoi j'écrir francais. C'est ne pas facile. A vrai dire souvant je peux écrire seul quelque chose que je sais comment l'écrire. Par exemple pendant ces vacances dans France j'ai commencé chaque conversation par la même façon. Il a été comme dans le livre - tu es obligé de révéler ta nationalité et la place tu habites. Comment m'exprimer? J'espére que ce blog me remontera. ... read more

An afternoon’s golf in Ballybunion. Thursday 8th September. Spent the morning preparing for an afternoon’s golf at Ballybunion. I had not really intended playing any golf here, especially as I hadn’t hit a ball in anger for about three years but after enjoying hitting an hour of practice balls at the driving range I was inspired to take up cousin Paudie’s offer of a round of golf on the famous course. As mentioned in my first Irish entry, things are very expensive in Ireland and a round of golf would usually set you back €135 however, as my cousin is a life member “I’ll show them my gold medal!…” he exclaimed, it was only going to cost me €10. The morning started with a brisk walk around the town, followed by 1030am visit to church (I ... read more

¡Hola amigos! Well, it´s already the "fin de semana" (weekend) for me! Madrid has una fiesta tomorrow so there is no class. So, because this is our only free 3 day weekend, a group of us are going to Tarifa, a city on the southern tip of Spain! It was so crazy trying to book this trip to Tarifa on such short notice. If I learned anything from this experience, it was that the sooner you can plan trips, the better! At first we were trying to figure out where to go....the island of Mallorca, Tarifa, London....eventually, we decided on Tarifa because plane tickets were crazy expensive trying to get them 4 days before! Then we had to go to the "estacion de los autobuses" to get our tickets. But before we were going to buy ... read more

This was our big touring day of London. We took the train in from Berkhampstead into London and then headed to St. Paul’s cathedral where Princess Di and Charles were married. From there we headed over the Millennium Bridge which was built for the celebration of the turn of the century. Funny enough, they had to close the bridge shortly after they opened it because it swayed too much in the wind. They quickly fixed it and re-opened it. Just over the bridge is the Tate Modern museum. To my surprise they had a Frida Kahlo exhibit in house. It was really great to see her work especially since I had seen the movie Frida and could relate each of her paintings to different parts of her life. After the museum we headed over to the ... read more

I made it in to London this morning on time and then went and hopped on the Tube. They didn't stop me and make me open any of my bags and immigration/customs went VERY quickly. I was quite happy that it was so easy. I met up with my sister and her friend Kevin at the Oakwood Station and we proceeded to try and figure out the bus system....not very good at it I'm afraid. :-( I think we took 2 buses and still ended up walking quite a ways with 6 pieces of luggage (not all mine, thank goodness). I found the place where I'm going to be reporting to work on Monday, and the housing they have for me is literally about 10 yards away. There should be no reason I'm late to work! ... read more