Oktoberfest 2015
A few weeks ago I went to Munich to visit my friend who is spending the first part of her year abroad there and to attend something that had always been on my bucket list, Oktoberfest. As I mentioned, my friend is currently living in Munich, and knowing that she…
3rd October. Since 2004 many people of my generation will think of mean girls when someone says this date, but in Berlin and Germany this date has a very different, less trivial meaning, “Der Tag der deutschen Einheit” i.e. the day in 1990 when East and West Germany reunified and…
我在⽢甘肃的经历 本⽉月初是清明节。我决定了趁机会去⽢甘肃和⻘青海旅⾏行。最初，我不知道应该去四川旅⾏行或者⽢甘肃，最后，我选择了⽢甘肃因为⽢甘肃的游客不多。虽然在云南旅⾏行很好玩，但是游客挺多。这⼀一次，我想 去没有很多游客的地⽅方。 因为嘉峪关的机场是张掖最近的机场，我从北京坐⻜飞机到嘉峪关。到嘉峪关以前我知道我在那⼉儿有 两个⼩小时，但是我已经决定从机场坐出租⻋车到嘉峪关的⽕火⻋车站。在⻜飞机坐在我旁边的男⼈人觉得去嘉 峪关但不看名胜古迹就不好，所以他跟他家⼈人带我去嘉峪关的很多名胜古迹，帮我拍照。然后他们 给我吃烤⾁肉。最后，他们送我去⽕火⻋车站。我从来没有经过了这个⽔水平的好意！ 从张掖我去看⻢马蹄寺和张掖丹霞。这两个地⽅方很美。我在那边交了很多中国朋友，我们都⼀一起去吃 晚饭。 张掖以后我去⻘青海的同仁，然后去⽢甘肃的夏河。夏河有⼀一个很有名的寺院叫拉⼘卜楞。⼏几百藏族⼈人从 拉萨去拉⼘卜楞朝圣。拉⼘卜楞的科拉有三公⾥里，我看到了⼀一些⼈人为每向前迈⼀一步就跪拜！这就意味着 为了绕⾏行，他们很可能要花费⼤大量的时间。你从没⻅见过这样的情景！ 同仁和夏河的多数民族是藏族⼈人，但是还有穆斯林回族⼈人。我对多元社会有兴趣，所以看到回族⼈人 帮助藏族⼈人建设⻄西藏区拉⼘卜楞的⼀一些建筑。中国的族群多样性⾮非常惊异。 我在郎⽊木寺跟别的游客决定了搭便⻋车到兰州。在中国搭便⻋车⼜又好玩，⼜又容易！我们每⼀一次不等在路 上五分钟多。⽢甘肃⼈人对我很好奇。他们很愿意帮助我们去别的地⽅方.总的来说，这是⼀一次⾮非常成功 的旅⾏行。 ENGLISH TRANSLATION: Adventures in Gansu At the start of the month we had Tomb Sweeping Holiday so I decided to go traveling solo to Gansu and Qinghai province. Initially I was deciding…
After having finished my degree in French and Spanish with Interpreting at the University of Sheffield, I knew where I wanted my career to go. Since the age of 16 I have wanted to be a conference interpreter. I took the entrance exams for the University of Geneva, and I…
Tibidabo, Barcelona – Sian Summerton, April 2015
Since arriving in Barcelona at the beginning of January, I have visited Tibidabo a number of times. Tibidabo is s mountain located in the northwest area of Barcelona. The top of the mountain houses a Catholic church, a telecommunications tower and a theme park. This mountain, some 1,679 feet tall,…
German football – Oliver de Planta, March 2015
I’ve been to football games in Austria, France and Switzerland and they are all different experiences when compared to games in England. Germany was no exception. From the atmosphere where a conductor dictates the chants, spending the game facing the crowd rather than the on field action and the noise…
Sacré-Cœur, Paris – Alexander Arch, March 2015
We went to the Sacré-Cœur which is my mum’s favourite monument in Paris. We got there just before sunset so we have a great view of the city. The Sacré-Cœur is amazing, the paintings on the walls and glass are really impressive. I agree with my mum that it is…
Samuel Franklin, March 2015
Following the start of lectures last month, I have had a relatively calm few weeks, but I did record a rap album.
Tutoring Since last November, I have been tutoring a 13 year old boy English. We meet each time at a café just five minutes’ walk from my room, where we talk for two hours. At first, I wasn’t sure if this would be a good use of my time, but…
