... stodgy item in the list, the names may sound familiar, the English explanation more than satisfactory, but the experienced traveller knows that an overabundance of ingredients will only make an elaborate ...
... good English, was an intelligent chap, very interested and knowledgeable about every subject, history, art, and culture.
I went to visit Haghartsin church, in a lush forest. I walked all the way from ...
... of the Armenian genocide, and I asked my neighbour. He made sure with the driver, then replied to me in English. Just to keep the conversation going, I asked him where he was from. I didn't expect any ...
... good luck in English and let me go. I found another corner and drank on my nice cool beer, hiding the bottle in a bandana – this was what the law required. ...
... the rules of lean management – didn't know, or didn't understand, my request. Two elderly men felt called into question and did their best to help me. One could even speak a little bit of stammering English. ...
... but wished the border had never existed in that place as they all felt their country was indeed Russia. The young man who could speak English expressed his strong views without resentment, his composure ...
... devoted to the cultural heritage of post-industrial Upper Silesia. I first gave it a distracted look, but I realised that all around the stair shaft there were more panels. The photos had English captions ...
... assets ranging from coal-mines, spa resorts, factories, lands and much more. Prince Hans Heinrich XVII got married to an English aristocrat noted for her great beauty, but their marriage was not a happy ...
... admitted he was playing truant. To make up I made him revise his English as we walked on the road. He didn't seem too keen to learn, but I explained that a professional English-speaking guide fetches more ...
... a child who could only speak two words of English. It tickled my spirit of adventure; it was just what would make the trip worthwhile. The Spanish girls changed some money for me, and I would be ready ...
... the mistake. In fact, I remembered an episode that happened when I was at school. I had taken on the task of buying an English language exercise book for the whole class, and went to the bookshop with ...
... because none of the mostly middle-aged attendees was able to cope with English. There is no shame in being monolingual, but if you believe that as a consequence Italians are in love with their own language, ...
... or animals. The panels scattered along the path were rather more informative explaining interesting facts regarding the cave, but an apology for an English translation was only able to make me smile and ...
... of English culture which was then starting to fascinate me. All along I kept a record of the books that I finished, and although that sheet of paper is now lost, the habit is not, and I still keep track ...
... wife and kids, but lately had decided to spend a stint in his home country because work was not much. And he also wanted his children to learn English.
I felt hurt in my pride that he should consider ...
... in case it rained. After landing at the airport, the weather was dull and cold, but the English bus driver said the temperature would be warmer down in the valley. Oddly enough we conversed in tentative ...
... help. The young manager, an English-speaking engineer, was very welcoming and efficient in getting me fixed with accommodation. At least I have one positive memory of this little boring town.
In the ...
... hostel which was full of international guests, but retained a quintessential English flavour emanating from the wooden flooring, the staircase, and the brick structure. The moment I stepped in I felt like ...
... as a way to disown my ego and take distance from something I want to change. Acquiring linguistic skills has no other practical aim to me than to pursue the renewal of my identity. My writing in English ...
Leaving Amedzofe in the morning I walked down to Vane and from there I found a motorbike to Fume junction. The driver was a French-speaking Togolese who had no English, basically because this part of Ghana ...