Ce soir je voulais vous mettre lpreuve. Pour les mots croiss, pour le scrabble, ou encore pour briller dans les soires. Quelle est la langue officielle de la Moldavie?. Si vous avez la rponse, je vais tre impressionn.
Rponse: le gagaouze. Je navais jamais entendu ce mot, ni mme que la Gagaouzie existait. La langue est un mlange de turque, et dukrainien. Les gagaouzes sont un peuple turcophone, v Read on...
First stop this morning is the Murtoa Stick Shed. We read that until the outbreak of World War 2 Australia typically exported around sixty percent of its wheat to Great Britain and Western Europe. The War thus caused a glut, and the Stick Shed was thrown up in only four months in late 1941 and early 1942 to store some of the excess.
We watch a short video presentation before entering the structur Read on...
Street sign, in Chinook means understanding, imagination, cooperation, artistic talent, tact and patience.
We woke up this morning and took our time getting going, since we had reservations for the Columbia Gorge cruise, from Portland Spirit in Cascade Locks, at 11am, boarding at 10:45am. We had booked the cruise last night on the Portland Spirit website. The cost per person was $38, and the web Read on...
I worked 39 years as a English teacher and never sought to increase my by giving private lessons. I was more than happy with my salary, and I treasured my free time. Only once – when I was teaching in England circa 1981 – did I tutor someone privately. He was a weak English student, so weak he was studying CSE English (now obsolete), not English ‘O level. As I recall, I took him on out of s Read on...
The past 8 months have been very different in this country as the COVID pandemic has made everyone wear masks and change work and school arrangements. Weve made the most of this time while Steve has been able to work remotely allowing us to go 5 different times and spending 6 weeks up at Susie and Georges lake house from May to September and having a very special time for the kids to play at the l Read on...
We left Melissas guesthouse after a good breakfast. My travel mates and I were in Shapas car today, whose name basically means that he was a vaccine marker - essentially, he branded their cattle. He had another name, that I cannot spell, which means what kind of weapon which dates back to the German occupation and how their fighters had to use weapons that were but available. When he first starte Read on...
Close to the park was The Ulster Museum, designed in Classical Revival style and built in The Brutalist extension was designed by Francis Pym and built in
The Botanic Gardens were established in 1828 by the Belfast Botanic and Horticultural Society, in response to public interest in horticulture and botany.
Originally known as the Belfast Botanic Garden, the site contained exotic tree species Read on...
Last day in Alaska😞 The temperature in the morning in Denali was a crisp 32° but clear. Today I had to head back to Anchorage for my 10PM flight back to Chicago. I had hoped to take the train back but the shortened summer schedule didnt work out with the timing of my flight so I was back on the Park Connection bus. We departed from Denali at 7:15 and headed on the journey out of the Alaska Ran Read on...
Speaking of alcohol consumption, here is something we are proud of here in California. As interest in craft beer has risen, so have the number of successful small breweries. In 2019, there were more than 8,000 craft breweries in the United States. California has the most with 907 breweries, more than doubling second place Colorado, which has 425. like New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania better Read on...
Up early and repack from my big backpack into my small backpack for an overnighter in a home stay in Jizeu/Gizeiv Village in the Bartang Valley. The courtyard by day is even prettier than last night. Breakfast arrives- a rice porridge with salty milk, cherries, bread, biscuits, sweets and condensed milk and apricot tea. I love this stuff! M and B rock down 20 mins later and out of there by 0830. B Read on...