Travel & Languages Blog
Queenstown is the most visited place in all of New Zealand, and for good reason. But with a booming tourism industry unfortunately comes a hefty price tag. Queenstown is not a cheap destination to holiday at by anyone’s standards. If you are going to Queenstown on a tight budget, you might quickly feel frustrated at […]
Queenstown is known as the adventure capital of the South Pacific – and it’s easy to see why. It’s such a stunning place, with spectacular scenery and the options for adventure sports and activities are endless. Of course, this kind of adventure comes at a cost, so after doing a cost benefit analysis, I decided […]
Everyone knows that Samoa is a destination with beautiful beaches and picturesque scenery. But as I’ve described in my post about why Samoa should be on your bucket list, it also has so much to offer in terms of culture, people and food that is hard to find anywhere else. It is easy to have […]
French is such a widely spoken, global language that I am surprised I didn’t have any posts on it yet. Thankfully, fellow travel blogger Lexie (who knows a lot more about French than me), is here to share here experience about how she conquered French in Belgium. My name is Alexine but you can call […]
Language exchanges (or conversation exchanges) are such a great tool to vastly improve your language speaking skills. It is necessary to have human interaction with other people to truly become fluent in any language. But there is a science to doing a language exchange – just finding someone to practise with isn’t enough. I talk about […]
You might have seen this title and thought… Swedish? In Finland?? That’s right: while it might not be as common as learning in Sweden, it is totally doable to learn Swedish in Finland. You might be in Finland already and decide that you just don’t like, or need, Finnish as much as Swedish. Or you […]
In travel, there are organised people who are on time to every place, triple check all the travel details before leaving the country, and never anywhere without all their possessions safely in hand. Then, there are people like me. People who spend half the trip wandering around looking for something they’ve lost. Some of the […]
This week, my languages around the world series takes us to Scandinavia, where Cristina from Coco Voyage shares her experience and insight on how to learn Norwegian in Norway. I’m really excited to share this one because Cristina learned Norwegian in Norway in a very similar way as I learned Spanish in Spain! My name is […]
Not long ago I came across the International Tourism rankings and was surprised to see that Samoa is the 24th least visited country in the whole world! In my Samoa Itinerary post, I had a few people comment and say they had never even heard of Samoa, much less considered going there! Of course, Samoa […]
Because of its rich culture, Japan and its language are a topic of fascination for so many people around the world. Learning Japanese is a quickly growing trend, and is up there as one of the most studied languages in the world. Travelling Japan is probably your best to learn the language well. Japan is […]