rdearman wrote:Elenia wrote:I wish London parks had rabbits in them.
I've seen rabbits in London parks before. There is a ratio of 1 rabbit per 10000000000000000000 pigdens.
I feel somewhat bitter about this! Which park? I might have to camp out there...
MamaPata wrote:rdearman wrote:Elenia wrote:I watched the first few minutes of 'Au Service de la France'
It is really good. I like it, but I don't think they are going to do another season.
I especially liked the scene where some Americans try to explain why President Kennedy being a womaniser is a political problem to a bunch of French men in the 60's.
I'm kind of starting to get into it - but I do have problems with the second hand embarrassment! I keep watching through my fingers.
I get really bad second hand embarrassment, sometimes I even have to leave the room! This is making the show sound a lot more difficult than I thought it would be!
Morgana wrote:Kalmar! It is very often mentioned in the Linguaphone course
Is it that rare to see wildlife in larger cities? I take rabbits for granted where I live. And squirrels, groundhogs, chipmunks, geese
Well, it depends on the animal and where in the city you are. There are, as rdearman said, tons of pidgeons in London. In central London that is probably the only animal you'll see without looking for them. Up where my family live in Cockfosters, there are loads of different types of birds, including parakeets. It's quite amazing to hear their call and look out and see one perched on the frosty branch of a tree in the middle of January. They've done shockingly well in London. There are also lots of squirrels, although mostly grey squirrels. The red squirrels are now severely engangered because of grey squirrels. And of course there are tons of foxes in the suburbs. My friend, who had lived in a small town in Germany all her life, saw her first fox when visiting me and she thought it was amazing. I told her she would change her mind when she heard them.
https://www.tripsavvy.com/get-to-know-l ... fe-1583697 - of these, I think I've only seen the peacocks and the ravens. In much of the touristy areas of the city, however, it's simply too busy and too concrete for most animals.
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I have not used Clozemaster all of this week. I will get back to it at some point. The last time I used it, I got rid of my German to French course. I really dislike both the French courses I play, but thought I'd keep the Danish based course as it's not too big.
I also bought a month's lingq membership the other day, taking advantage of a special offer that meant the first month is only a dollar. I am using it for Finnish. I went through a dialogue and a bit, looking up grammar in 'From Start to Finnish' and a basic grammar that I have in my Finnish treasure chest. The more I learn of Finnish, the more I love it.
Yesterday I ended up reading a French site about life in Sweden for a while, then applying to volunteer for the Swedish Red Cross, which included a bit of writing. I only wrote about a hundred words, but it's better than nothing.
Still sick