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- My hometown Bielefeld With a population of about 300,000 inhabitants, Bielefeld is only the 19th largest city in Germany. Bielefeld is not one of the fancier German towns like Berlin, Dresden or Leipzig and obviously there isn't an awful lot of famous world history that was written in Bielefeld. Hoewever, I think it is still well worth a visit. The city centre consists of two areas, there's the main shopping area of the town where you find all sorts of popular brands. The most picturesque part of my town is the old-market place of on the other side of the centre. where you can find the city hall and the old theatre. Twice a week there's still a market with fresh fruit and vegetables.If you want to stroll and relax for a while, you've got the choice between many atmospheric cafés where you can just sit and relax in your free time or during work breaks. If you want to grasp the atmosphere of living in Germany today or in earlier days you should probably go to one of Bielefeld's museums. If you decide to visit the outdoor "Bauernhausmuseum", which can be translated as the farmhouse museum, you will find out how farmers lived traditionally. You could take a look inside a mill, bake some bread in an old-fashioned oven or listen to Grimm's famous fairy tales close to the fire in one of the farm houses. (picture taken from www.bielefeld.jetzt)
September 16, 201531 - Vad är kostigt i Sverige? - Jag tycker att det är kostigt att många svenska personer säger "aaww" i stället för "ja!". I Tyskland säger man mer en llud som "mmh!" Det är jätteintressant att min dotter säger "aaww" när hon pratar svenska men "mmh!" när hon pratar tysk. - När man måste vänta i några svenska butiker, till exempel apotek, behöver man först rita en notera med en nummer. Sedan måste man vänta och titta på en visning. När man se sin nummer på displayen får man gå och prata med säljare.May 6, 201511
- Studera i Sverige Jag har varit i Sverige nästan fem månader för att studera. Det har varit en roligt och intressant tid! Innan veckarna gjorde jag en praktik eller studerade jag på universitetet och på helgenar reste jag med min pojkvän och våra dotter genom Sverige. Vi besökte många stader till exempel Gotenburg och Stockholm och vandrade i många vackra naturreservater. Sverige är åtminstone precis så vacker som alla resehandboker beskrivar. Man måste ser det med sina egena ögon!May 4, 201520
- Berätta om mat Jag tycker om nästan allt mat. Jag försöka äta friska mat med vitaminer, till exempel frukt och grönsaker. I min familj finns det köt bara en eller två gånger per vecka eftersom det är mycket dyr och inte så bra för ekologien och våra hälsa. Min favorit rätt är pasta med tomatsås med räkor eller sushi. Jag inte laga sushi för min själv men jag älskar gå ut på en japanisk restaurang. I Tyskland man äter rätter från olika lander men vi har också traditioneller rätter, till exempel Bratwurst, Sauerkraut och Schweinebraten. Jag äter det ibland men dom är inte mina favoriter rätter. Jag älska svenska mat, särskilt svenska tårtor och kanelbullar. Jag ska sakner dom mycket när jag är tillbaka i Tyskland.April 14, 201520
Hi Hara,
I think if you want to live abroad in a non-English-speaking country and become friends with local people there's no way around learning the people's language.
I've lived as an exchange student in Sweden for the last three months. In Sweden, you can survive perfectly without knowing a single Swedish word I would say since everybody knows a little bit of English and is willing to communicate in English. But it is really just "surviving" as I wrote. If you only happen to have international-student friends that's okay. However, there is no way to become integrated into a group of Swedish people because they wouldn't just switch to English at every occasion they meet. I cannot read the local newspaper so I don't really know which kind of interesting events are going on.
I come from the north-west of Germany. I've been to Cologne many times and it is really a beautiful, lively area with a lot of interesting spots to visit and diverse, open-minded people. The average level of English in Germany is okay, at least if you don't consider older people because they sometimes didn't have English at school at all. But I know that a lot of Germans that are not so confident to switch spontaneous into English because they don't really use it that often and they are afraid of speaking.
0 votedApril 12, 20150- Daily conversation in English I've had daily conversations in English for the last three days in a row because I want to become an advanced speaker of English. On the one hand, it gives me a good feeling because I know that I finally got around starting to make English a part of my everyday live. On the other hand, I cannot feel I have improven during that time which is frustrating me. Depending on my daily mood, I am either pessimistic or realistic about it and at times I rather see the negative things I can't stop thinking that I should be much more fluent and I compare my current English level with the level of my fellow students and I think that I will never be a proficient speaker. Particularly, when I take into account how proficient some of my language partners are at German, my native language, even though German is a much harder language and most of them have had fewer exposure to the language than I had to English. However, I know that I need to set aside these negative thoughts and that it doesn't help to compare oneself to other people.April 12, 201560
Lesen sie gern Japanese japanische Mangas?
Es gibt viele Mangas in im meinem Zimmer.
Ich lese gern Mangas.
Ich sammele Mangas seit wann ich war eine Glrundschülerin war.
Jetzt Ich habe ich viele Mangas. jetzt.
あなたは日本のまんがを読みますか?
私の部屋には漫画がたくさんあります。
私は漫画を読むのが好きです。
私は小学生の時から漫画を集めています。
今ではたくさんの漫画を持っています。0 votedApril 9, 20150Kleine Kurze Email
Liebe Katrin,
danke für alle deine Nachrichten!! Ich werde später antworten, aber betreffend bezüglich des Skypetermins am Freitag: Ich gehe freitags oft schwimmen am Freitag mit zwei Freundinnen. Wir haben diese Woche noch nicht darüber gesprochen. Ich erkundige mich nach den (besser: ihren) Plänen und sobald ich die eine Antwort habe, werde ich dir es dich wissen lassen.
Bis bald! Viele liebe Grüße,
Nora0 votedApril 8, 20151
