Thanks, I'll have a look through those, I feel like I'll have plenty there to be getting on with! 

Yes, so I've heard! I don't get the two confused at the moment, but this might be because I'd been studying French for a long time before Spanish, so I'd already kind of established the vocab a bit more. 

I noticed you're living in Barcelona at the moment - are you finding it very helpful knowing Catalan? I'm spending a year studying abroad and wanting to stay in Barcelona, and possibly move there after university, is part of the reason for wanting to learn the language, but I'm not sure how widely used it is in the city.

Yes, I've found that too! Spanish isn't too difficult to pronounce. Is Catalan pronunciation more similar to French?

Thanks, Vulanyenir! That would be really helpful! If you follow me back, I can message you my email address :)

Thanks for your response :)

If it's similar to Latin and Spanish, I hopefully won't find it too difficult, as I'm guessing some of the words and structures will be easily recognisable. Which books/CDs did you find helpful? I'm guessing they used Italian as a base language, but there might be English equivalents by the same company.

Tulip Festival

Istanbul hosts millions of visitors each year for the International Tulip Festival held in April. This festival begins in the early April and runs until the end of the month each year, attracting many tourists to Turkey. April is the best month of the year for visiting Istanbul, since all tulips and other flowers are in full bloom. This makes the city more appealing. Visitors can enjoy the moderate weather as well as sweet aroma of flowers in the air. They also enjoy walking around Hagia Sofia with its alluring, picturesque and glorious view of this historic place.

A similar festival takes places in the Keukenhof Park, the garden of Europe, in the Netherlands. This park is considered to be the largest park in the world with more than seven million bulbs planted. Traveling to these two countries during April will be one of your favorite trips of all time - a memorable and unforgettable experience.

P.S. It seems as though the entire ground is covered by a colorful velvet carpet.

My hometown

I was born in Brasilia, Brazil's capital, where I still live. The city, planned/designed by Oscar Niemeyer , is well known for its architecture and curved forms. Its layout resembles a plane, whose wings are the residential and comercial sectors. Brasilia is a good place to live, despite some problems such as increasing violence, disordered growth and so on.