Yearly Archives: 2020
San-Sebastian-view Olivia Pettitt: Un viaje al pais vasco – A trip to the Basque Country, February 2020

Este mes, fui a San Sebastián y Bilbao, dos ciudades en el País Vasco. Como no he viajado muchos lugares en el norte, y me intrigó ver los contrastes entre el norte y el sud de España, especialmente en el país vasco, que es una región autónoma que se enorgullece

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Wearing traditional Mongolian dress 在内蒙过年: Sandy Perkins, China – February 2020

为了去我女朋友的故乡内蒙古过年,二月二十一号我和我女朋友坐了高铁从北京到呼和浩特。当时即使新型冠状病毒的疫情的严重性还没有进入大家的注意力,我们还是戴了口罩,因为我们从新闻上已经知道了关于这个病毒可能会人传人。在呼和浩特市我女朋友的姐姐接了我们,然后我们就开车去了牧区。我女朋友的妈妈住在牧区,她们家有很多羊和马。 在牧区过年很有意思,我学了很多蒙古族的习俗。除夕前夜,我们一起包了很多饺子,将近有四五百个饺子。这一大批饺子我们从除夕开始一直在吃,直到初五。我领略到了中国人为什么这么爱吃饺子。这一批饺子也有一个很重要的功能。因为从初一开始我女朋友的家庭有很多客人来拜年,每次招待客人的时候他们就会给客人蒸饺子。我自己也跟我女朋友一起去了一些她亲戚家和邻居家串门拜年,这是蒙古族的习俗,他们会相互串门拜年,致以新年的问候。串门的时候每家主人都会给你一碗奶茶和一些饭菜,当然还有一盘饺子,必须尝一尝他们的饺子和菜是礼节,也要把奶茶喝完,然后他们会请每位客人喝一杯白酒或马奶酒,他们管这个叫敬酒。因此,串完门回家时,有个又吃饱又有点儿喝醉的感觉是不可避免的。 初五我们回到了我女朋友的小镇。本来我打算在这天开始为期一个月的旅游,但是在这时候新型冠状病毒已经严重蔓延至全国各地,疫情把我所有的计划都弄坏了,初六这个小镇开始了封闭式管理。值得庆幸的是,初五我们去了一个很美丽的藏佛教寺庙参观,那里很美很神秘。那是我们最后一天的自由活动。。。 Last month my girlfriend Sargai and I went to her hometown in Inner Mongolia to celebrate the Lunar New Year. On February 21st we took the high-speed train from Beijing to Hohhot. As that time most people were not aware of the seriousness of the Coronavirus epidemic,

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IMG_20200112_190457197 我一辈子最冷的生日- The coldest birthday of my life! Jonathan Ferguson, China – Feb 2020

每年冬天处在中国东北的哈尔滨举行冰雪节。哈尔滨国际冰雪节是世界上最有名的冰雪节,每年吸引无数的中外游客。冰雪节最吸引人的胜地是冰雪大世界。在那里,游客可以欣赏被彩灯照明的壮观冰雕。我的英国学长学姐和中国朋友都告诉我参观冰雪节真是个很难忘的体验,所以我决定跟同学一起去哈尔滨过生日。 Every winter, Harbin in North East China hosts the Ice Festival. Harbin Ice Festival is the world’s biggest ice festival which attracts countless visitors from China and abroad every year. The spot that attracts the most people is Harbin Ice and Snow World. Tourists can admire magnificent ice sculptures

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86289859_2656081264664171_1035979350547103744_n Первая неделя в Санкт-Петербурге! – First week in Saint Petersburg! Gabrielle McKenna, February 2020

Я приехалa рано утром в воскресенье в очень серый, мокрый Петербург. Я живу в районе за пределами исторического центра-можно сказать, что в этом районе есть какая-то “советская” атмосфера. Думаете себе большие серые многоцелевые здания – я живу над “супермаркетом-баром”, хотя еще не осмеливался исследовать его. Люди, кажется, более дружелюбны, в

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Sam in Tajikistan – РОҲ БА ҚАРОҚАЛПОҚСТОН – THE ROAD TO QARAQALPAQSTAN – January 2020

Ин достон аст дар бораи чи хел аз Ноҳияҳои Тобеии Ҷумҳурӣ ба Ҷумҳурии Қароқалпоқстон сафар кардам. Бале ин ду ҷо ҳақиқиянд! Ноҳияҳои Тобеии Ҷумҳурӣ номи тарснок аст барои вилояти Тоҷикистон ки зиндагӣ карда истодаам. Баъд аз ду бор мошинамон қариб мешикаст ва баъд аз чанд пиёлаи чой бо бибиҳои ӯзбеку

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