Posted by: Lydia on: December 18, 2008
I couldn’t stop laughing! Watch this interview with 9-year-old Alec Greven, who just finished writing a book entitled “How to Talk to Girls”. Adorable. My favorite part: “You have to make sure you have a friend that doesn’t try to take the girl you like. You know how friends tell each other um, like secrets and [...]
Posted by: Lydia on: September 29, 2008
(Despite photos that seem to suggest otherwise) To qualify it a bit, Joe was was doing the wheelbarrow (grabbing Yankee’s back feet); which never fails to irritate the dog. But the Yankster wasn’t really biting Joe, he was just pretend-gnawing..
Posted by: Lydia on: May 15, 2008
My new home, listed.
Posted by: Lydia on: October 9, 2007
There are definitely some perks about being an exchange student. For example: In order to improve my German, I’ve picked up some prime reading material. “Wir lernen tanzen”, a delightful book about a little girl who learns how to dance, is very educational. (And it has great pictures.)
Posted by: Lydia on: October 4, 2007
I went shopping on Tuesday in Düsseldorf (the capital), with my host sister Lisa and another exchange student, named Louise. Louise is from Colombia, and she’s fun to shop with. Whenever she spotted an absolutely hideous item of clothing on sale in a shop, she’d say, “Ooooh, guck mal!” (translation: “look at that/check that out”) [...]
Posted by: Lydia on: September 26, 2007
Having two weeks off from school for autumn break is a wonderful thing. It means I can get more sleep, go on long bike rides, and update my blog with pictures. Here are several such pictures I took while I was in Washington DC for orientation. Here are some of my friends hanging out in [...]
Posted by: Lydia on: August 4, 2007
For six weeks I’ve been doing a UCAELI (University of Connecticut American English Language Institute) program on campus for Turkish students. Groups of Turkish students came for intensive English learning, and twice a week I acted as a conversation partner — conversing with the kids so they could practice their language skills. Below are some [...]
