There are only two Chinese on the bus. One is the woman. She is driving the bus. The other is a young man. He is their guide and can speak English very well. Now he is talking with an American girl. Other people are listening to them. They are very interested in the...
Later I checked outTelenysince Oscar Wilde probably contributed to its writing. I saw that one of the main characters is named Camille des Grieux which immediately reminded me ofManon Lescautby l’abbé Prévost and its hero, the Chevalier des Grieux. This novel published in 1731 was controversi...
Mishka, Russian name meaning “little bear” or “gift from God”; in Hindi it means “gift of love”; in Arabic it means “niche for light,” He’s been with me now for a few weeks. He has brightened my life considerably, and of course the lurking anxiety has gone away. I truly...
(use)todescribetalkingthatsoundslikespeechbuthasnorealmeaning.SomebelieveitcomesfromtheIrishwordgoborgabwhichmeans“mouth”.OthersbelieveitcomesfromtheislandofGibraltar2thenativepeoplespeakaninterestingmix(混合)ofEnglish,Spanish,Hebrew,HindiandArabic.Peoplefromotherplacesoftenbelievethenativesare3(simple)speaking...
the local food. I had eaten shrimp and rice several mornings back in Bangkok at this little hole-in-the-wall place around the corner from the hostel. I said a noodle bowl would be fine, and about half an hour later had some breakfast. I began to reassess my situation. The toll my ...
The Chindia Tower (Romanian: Turnul Chindiei) is a tower in the Curtea Domneasca monuments ensemble in Târgoviste, ROMANIA The tower was begun in the fifteenth century during the second reign of Prince Vlad III the Impaler over Wallachia, taking its final form during the 19th century. It ...
We got used to the perilous driving, sort of. Meaning, we allowed ourselves to be driven and were on the “wrong” side of the road as much as the “right” and drove closer to cars, trucks, cows, dogs, buses, camels, mules, people and rickshaws than we would ever dream of doing...
Officially called Stara planina, meaning the old mountain, the Balkan Mountains are a mountain chain in Bulgaria and Serbia. Gabrovo Kazanlak Karlovo SevlievoPirin Macedonia Photo: Wikimedia, CC0. Pirin Macedonia is a cultural region in Bulgaria that takes up the south-western corner of the count...
These festivals have a deeper meaning, and not just the celebratory part, that brings out The Good Around Us! Read More Posted in Activity, Celebration, General, Happiness, Hindi, India, Inspiration, Inspiring Stories, Motivating, Plants, Spiritual, VolunteeringTagged Aforestation, Ancestors, ...
slims, fadge, potato cake, potato pancakes, farls, and tattie scones in Scotland, Boxty (bacstaí in Gaelic) poundy or poundies. The Potato Farl is traditionally cut into a triangular shape before serving – hence the name as the word farl comes from the Gaelic ’fardel’ meaning four ...