May
18
Language and Travel Community
May 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I’m happy to see that people are signing up for the language community! Thanks to all of you who have contributed video’s and blog posts! Please, keep them coming!
I decided to make the word of the day in Spanish and French “community” in honor of our new language community!
En español: comunidad
En français: la communauté
May
16
Language Community Live!
May 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Loquella.com is proud to present a language community designed specifically for linguists and travelers. We know our users are a diverse and interesting bunch, and many of you have expressed a great interest in traveling as well as learning languages, so we decided to create a community just for you.
In this community you can [...]
May
11
Politics - Word of the Day
May 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment
If you’ve been following the news lately you may have seen that France has elected a new president, Nicolas Sarkozy. You may also have seen that British Prime Minister Tony Blair has announced that he will leave office in June.
Due to this flurry of political changes, I have decided to make the word of [...]
May
10
Word of the Day - Paint!
May 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I’ve been painting for hours every day for what must be almost a week now, so I decided to take a quick break to write in the blog. Although I really enjoy painting, the prep and clean up driving me crazy. I hope to be done with it all so I can retire my paint [...]
May
7
Mi Casa
May 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I spent pretty much the entire weekend working on my house. If you are a home owner you know that there is a lot more to owning a house than just paying the mortgage! My husband and I pulled the weeds, painted windows, scrapped paint, and scrubbed away any piece of dirt that might have [...]
May
7
Spanish - in City Names and Places
May 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Last weekend I went to a place called “Buena Vista”, which literally means “good view”. Ironically there was no “good view” at all, though. It was actually the opposite of a good view. The place was surrounded by trees and hiking trails, but definitely no view. This got me thinking about the names of cities [...]
May
2
Wine - In Spanish and French
May 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Spent the weekend in Napa with my girlfriend who is getting married there. What I had never really thought about before was how similar wine tasting is to bar hoping. I mean, somehow bar hopping just doesn’t sound as sophisticated as wine tasting, but it’s essentially the same thing. You go around looking for the [...]
