Breaking down barriers with The Broke Backpacker
Meet Will. He’s the writer and adventurer behind travel blog The Broke Backpacker, and he just embarked on an epic two-year journey…
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You never know until you try…
More years ago than I care to remember, I did a degree in Hispanic Studies at the University of Nottingham. I…
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How learning a language earned me a free jar of seaweed
Hello, goodbye, yes, no, please, thank you – and ‘can I have a glass of wine, please?’ You may well…
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10 of the Strangest Festivals From Around the World
Today marks the 70th anniversary of La Tomatina, the famous tomato-throwing festival in Buñol, Spain. La Tomatina began in 1945…
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A couple of days in Berlin
After volunteering in a hostel in Riga for six weeks, I decided to take the long way home via a…
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Breaking the ice: overcoming language nerves
So apparently a quarter of Brits are nervous about speaking another language when they’re abroad, and 40% of us are…
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The language of beer
‘Two beers, please’ is perhaps one of the most useful phrases you can learn at the start of your language-learning…
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A trip to Riga
At the risk of sounding like a Eurovision host… greetings from Latvia! I don’t have the sparkly outfit or the…
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Way, Haul Away… Sea shanties and language learning
Last weekend, I spent a very merry, slightly tipsy few days at the International Sea Shanty Festival in Falmouth. International…
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The ups and downs of coming home
When you work abroad as an English as a foreign language teacher, coming home for the occasional visit and obligatory…