Re: Coldrainwater's German Log
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2021 3:02 am
I migrated via automobile to Colorado in mid-December and simply haven't returned. Consequently, it is understandable that I spent New Year's Day hiking to the summit of Twin Sisters Peak near Estes Park. What is interesting about this hike is that in 2013, the area, including the lodge where I am staying, was devastated by a landslide. The landslide ripped a path right across the hiking trail, taking out the switchbacks and creating consternation and several of the views you see below. The Dao House Lodge where I am staying can be seen from the first photo below. Google Fit times are from one of the longest hikes I did on 12/31/2020, shown with German localization of course. I met a lady on that hike who had a complete knee replacement after having been forcibly blown off Long's Peak. It is amazing and she was ecstatic to be back hiking already at 72 years old. She is just getting started after all. I definitely would like to meet more women like her.
Photos - Twin Sisters Peak - January 1, 2021
Alltrails - Twin Sisters Peak
I will work on cleaning up 2020 albums and will share the other 250 or so photos that I have taken recently as well.
I have been hiking so much that I have actually made decent progress listening to the history of German podcast by Travis Dow that I discovered only a couple of days ago. It turns out that Travis has an interesting language and cultural history since he grew up spending 10 years in Munich, 10 years in Oregon and 10 years in Prague, with a few additional years not currently accounted for. The podcast is very much made as a parallel audio. Travis recorded first in English, then translated the cast himself into German by playing back his English version and translating on the fly. Pretty cool from a language learning perspective. He also has several other projects, one of which, Die Geheime Kabinett, he has taken upon himself to translate from its original German (different narrator - Der Buddler) into English. Together, it makes for quite a bit of parallel audio from a single source.
With respect to my own experience, I can say confidently that listening to the English first provides a very noticeable comprehension boost, comparable to parallel text. Travis is very much interested in content and teaching and I find it helpful as the student to listen twice. What I miss in English, I am quite likely to pick up in German on round two.
Photos - Twin Sisters Peak - January 1, 2021
Alltrails - Twin Sisters Peak
I will work on cleaning up 2020 albums and will share the other 250 or so photos that I have taken recently as well.
I have been hiking so much that I have actually made decent progress listening to the history of German podcast by Travis Dow that I discovered only a couple of days ago. It turns out that Travis has an interesting language and cultural history since he grew up spending 10 years in Munich, 10 years in Oregon and 10 years in Prague, with a few additional years not currently accounted for. The podcast is very much made as a parallel audio. Travis recorded first in English, then translated the cast himself into German by playing back his English version and translating on the fly. Pretty cool from a language learning perspective. He also has several other projects, one of which, Die Geheime Kabinett, he has taken upon himself to translate from its original German (different narrator - Der Buddler) into English. Together, it makes for quite a bit of parallel audio from a single source.
With respect to my own experience, I can say confidently that listening to the English first provides a very noticeable comprehension boost, comparable to parallel text. Travis is very much interested in content and teaching and I find it helpful as the student to listen twice. What I miss in English, I am quite likely to pick up in German on round two.