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mookie1995
there's a good buck in that racket.
leswp1
Well-known member
Re: Travel Part 2 - Where ya headed?
At least our Fearless (clueless) Leader has stopped poking the bear for now. You might come back without being crisped. I would consider traveling there a crap shoot
but very interesting culture!
Don't eat Kimchi!!
(my friend ate some off a street vendor. It didn't go well. Thankfully he was stationed there and didn't have far to travel. He said it tasted amazing tho!)
At least our Fearless (clueless) Leader has stopped poking the bear for now. You might come back without being crisped. I would consider traveling there a crap shoot
but very interesting culture!Don't eat Kimchi!!
(my friend ate some off a street vendor. It didn't go well. Thankfully he was stationed there and didn't have far to travel. He said it tasted amazing tho!)
Re: Travel Part 2 - Where ya headed?
just made a quick trip to Quebec City for a couple days, saying right in the heart of the old city. Always a good time, had lots of good food (the restaurants and shops are definitely a lot higher end than when I was a kid -- and a lot more $$, I've been visiting regularly for over 30 years now...). I'm thinking about trying to rent a furnished apartment for a month in the summer so the kid can have some French immersion (I don't remember much, but he's 9 and will have had French classes for a couple years at school by then. They started him in 3rd grade, but now his school starts the kids on French in 1st grade which I think is a lot better.)
Need to plan our next real vacation. Thinking about Iceland. I also need to get back to Utah - probably based in the Moab area, hitting Bears Ears and Canyonlands. I love the "Canyon Country" of south east Utah.
just made a quick trip to Quebec City for a couple days, saying right in the heart of the old city. Always a good time, had lots of good food (the restaurants and shops are definitely a lot higher end than when I was a kid -- and a lot more $$, I've been visiting regularly for over 30 years now...). I'm thinking about trying to rent a furnished apartment for a month in the summer so the kid can have some French immersion (I don't remember much, but he's 9 and will have had French classes for a couple years at school by then. They started him in 3rd grade, but now his school starts the kids on French in 1st grade which I think is a lot better.)
Need to plan our next real vacation. Thinking about Iceland. I also need to get back to Utah - probably based in the Moab area, hitting Bears Ears and Canyonlands. I love the "Canyon Country" of south east Utah.
mookie1995
there's a good buck in that racket.
Re: Travel Part 2 - Where ya headed?
mookie was touring an english school couple weeks ago and they start all their students in frog in the 3rd year.
mookie was touring an english school couple weeks ago and they start all their students in frog in the 3rd year.
cF[Authentic]
southpaw
Re: Travel Part 2 - Where ya headed?
With our upcoming move to Germany, I'm curious if you folks have any suggestions. We currently have TSA Precheck with about 3 years left. When we've come back from overseas trips, Mobile Passport has worked pretty well and saved us some time. If we're coming back to the states just once a year, would it make sense to get global entry? Or just wait until our Precheck expires and see what new, fancy TSA skip-the-lines thing they come out with then?
With our upcoming move to Germany, I'm curious if you folks have any suggestions. We currently have TSA Precheck with about 3 years left. When we've come back from overseas trips, Mobile Passport has worked pretty well and saved us some time. If we're coming back to the states just once a year, would it make sense to get global entry? Or just wait until our Precheck expires and see what new, fancy TSA skip-the-lines thing they come out with then?
manurespreader
Still upright
Re: Travel Part 2 - Where ya headed?
I go three or four times per year to the continent and don't have global entry. Most of the time I don't wait. Once in a while. Depends on the time of day and the port of entry. Atlanta is a wait most of the time. JFK, occasionally. Boston, no, Detroit , no, Minny, No. So I'd pass. I'm jealous though. You'll have an amazing time, and kids will learn a lot. Definitely do not stay home on the weekends.
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It makes a lot of sense to start them on a foreign language early. Once your brain is wired to be bilingual it's easier to pick up other languages. Our school does French as the only foreign language starting in 1st grade (was 3rd when my son started) through 8th grade, and then in High School they can choose other languages.
Although I was talking to someone at a conference who was from Singapore and he thought it was pointless to learn another language if you were a native English speaker...
It makes a lot of sense to start them on a foreign language early. Once your brain is wired to be bilingual it's easier to pick up other languages. Our school does French as the only foreign language starting in 1st grade (was 3rd when my son started) through 8th grade, and then in High School they can choose other languages.
Although I was talking to someone at a conference who was from Singapore and he thought it was pointless to learn another language if you were a native English speaker...
mookie1995
there's a good buck in that racket.
While true it seems that anyone who wants to talk to you can speak English- there are some people that you may want to speak to who do not
hockeyplayer1015
Capt
Re: Travel Part 2 - Where ya headed?
This is true in my experience. Also, if you're in a foreign country, I've found that I've had more success getting locals to talk in (some) English if I open with whatever the local language is. France, particularly, but applies elsewhere as well.
This is true in my experience. Also, if you're in a foreign country, I've found that I've had more success getting locals to talk in (some) English if I open with whatever the local language is. France, particularly, but applies elsewhere as well.
Google Translate?
Re: Travel Part 2 - Where ya headed?
Except the French. We world travelers call it The Griswold Effect.
Except the French. We world travelers call it The Griswold Effect.
FadeToBlack&Gold
Microlot Marxist
Re: Travel Part 2 - Where ya headed?
Made it over the MDL and back today. Saw only one Nork soldier, and from a pretty healthy distance.
Made it over the MDL and back today. Saw only one Nork soldier, and from a pretty healthy distance.
manurespreader
Still upright
Re: Travel Part 2 - Where ya headed?
I'd say it's also really important to say thank you and good bye afterwards, and in the local language if possible. I mean how hard is it to say "Chou" to someone as you leave.
it takes too long and isn't very good. I find that in the cities, and interacting with people who tourists normally interact with, English is pretty easy. Out of the cities, or with people who do not normally talk with tourists, is where the problem is. I use NEMO as an app that can say a phrase that I want to say and I can find it quickly. I also agree a few words of the local language such as, hello, good morning, please, excuse me, etc. makes a world of difference in how you are viewed and the subsequent quality of service you receive.
I'd say it's also really important to say thank you and good bye afterwards, and in the local language if possible. I mean how hard is it to say "Chou" to someone as you leave.
mookie1995
there's a good buck in that racket.
Re: Travel Part 2 - Where ya headed?
Mookie just came across The Pilot
Sold out of course
But want to give a try
Mookie just came across The Pilot
Sold out of course
But want to give a try
Re: Travel Part 2 - Where ya headed?
Seeing things like that now make me disappointed that the schools I went to (guessing pretty much any school at the time) didn't have foreign language until high school, and even then the three big ones were French, Spanish, and German. My high school DID have Russian and Japanese, but you had to have 3 years AND a certain GPA in those previously mentioned classes to get into those latter classes. I ended up with 3 years of French and 1 in Russian. Kind of wish I kept with it on my own after high school.
Seeing things like that now make me disappointed that the schools I went to (guessing pretty much any school at the time) didn't have foreign language until high school, and even then the three big ones were French, Spanish, and German. My high school DID have Russian and Japanese, but you had to have 3 years AND a certain GPA in those previously mentioned classes to get into those latter classes. I ended up with 3 years of French and 1 in Russian. Kind of wish I kept with it on my own after high school.
I remember one time we were visiting family in Trois Riviers Quebec (not somewhere tourists normally go) and had car trouble. The mechanic said he didn’t speak English but after a few minutes of talking to my mother in French he decided English would be easier (my mother grew up in a French speaking home— but my grandparents stopped speaking French to her at home when she was pretty young because they wanted her to be a Anglophone).
I’ve been in restaurants in continental Europe where, for example the French couple at the next table speaks English with their Dutch waitress to order. English really is the Universal language, which is great for us. In rural places things get a little more dicey.
manurespreader
Still upright
Re: Travel Part 2 - Where ya headed?
Totally agree, I've done tours in places like Portugal or Croatia, or wherever, and they do give them in more than one language, but the english language tour is often the most popular. Anyone who doesn't speak the local language uses the English tour, And it has a side benefit of letting you meet people from all over the world.
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Rotterdam
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20171219-the-dutch-city-thats-more-like-dubai
Rotterdam
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20171219-the-dutch-city-thats-more-like-dubai
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