HaMakuya, a village located in the northern part of the Limpopo Province in South Africa, was…
Category Archives: Language Journeys
Part 1: My Connection with HaMakuya
Sometime during the end of my sophomore year in college I decided to spend the following fall semester abroad. On…
The Other Philosopher’s Stone
Visiting the original Rosetta Stone at the British Museum here in…
Learning for Love
I studied in Norway for five months. I had an amazing experience and met a German girl,…
Easy to Learn, Harder to Remember
Mandarin is a brilliantly simple language. The grammar, while rigid, is straightforward and practical, and it employs the familiar subject-verb-object…
Biking in Berlin
Ich habe ein Fahrrad gekauft. I told my German-speaking roommates that I’d just bought a bike. Learning some basics of…
Settling into Firenze
It’s hard to believe that two weeks have passed since I moved into Palazzo Capponi in Florence, or Firenze,…
Language Versatility Saves Money
I have far too many books, my wife argues. Of course, she is wrong; no one owns too many books….
Helping Me Say “Help Me”
I purchased an online subscription of Spanish (Latin American) levels 1, 2, and…
Unlocking Chinese Characters
My in-country language-learning history before moving to China included studying German in college and dabbling in Spanish on various trips…
