Language Savvy
You scored a 270 out of 400 on language knowledge.

Congratulations! You know your stuff! You've scored higher than most people would and you probably have taken a linguistics or cultural science class to boot. Most likely you are bilingual or even multilingual. You are also probably fascinated by languages and want to learn more ( Read more... )

Tuesday September 5, would have been the 60th birthday of outrageous rock legend Freddie Mercury, who also had a caring side to his nature ( Read more... )

I was actually quite excited about going back to school since my post-France summer has been quite dull. Until I saw the reading list, that it. A 500-page book in two weeks for the seminar. We've only had 2 days of class, and already I feel like I'm drowning in work. And, this being 4th year, there's a lot at stake. And it's also super-depressing ( Read more... )

You Are an Espresso
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Having recently slimmed down, Miss Diana is now finally able to squeeze herself into a shoebox:


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Cut because it's ridiculously long.... ( Read more... )

It was soooooo cool! The initial plan was to go to Bourg d'Oisans, through which the tour would pass on its way to Alpe d'Huez. That would have been the (relatively) easiest and cheapest way to watch this stage. In the morning, Dad went to the bus station to buy the tickets, but it turned out that the busses weren't running that day for obvious ( Read more... )

Imagine this: the biggest international event in France with diddly squat done by public transportation services to fascilitate the mass migration of people. Nevertheless, last week I managed to secure train tickets from Grenoble to Gap for mom, dad and I to watch the Tour. The train was due to leave at 10h14 and arrive in Gap at 12h30. First they ( Read more... )

God bless the TGV (when it’s actually on time) for allowing me to cross the country in three hours. I only went there for a day just to give the main sites a once-over; I figured the museums haven’t changed a whole lot in 2 years. But of course, attempting to do Paris on foot in one day is tourist suicide, as my broken flip-flops will attest. ( Read more... )

Roman arena. They still do bullfights here (Wednesdays at 5 pm, if you're ever in town. Alas, I was there on a Monday ( Read more... )