“Kürtçe”, derdi anneannem,
“kalbin dilidir”.
“Türkçe, müziktir. Bir şarap deresi gibi akar, yumuşak, tatlı, parlak.”
“Bizim dilimiz”, diye bağırırdı,
“acının dilidir. Ölümü tattık hep; dilimizde nefretin ve öfkenin yükü var.”
Lusin Dink, “SaroyanLand” (Saroyan Ülkesi) 2012
Fotoğraf: Kendisini "Ermeni, ABD'li ve Bitlisli bir yazar" olarak tanımlayan Ermeni asıllı ABD'li yazar William Saroyan'ın 1964 yılında Bitlis'e yaptığı yolculuğu konu alan, yönetmenliğini ve filmin senaryosunu da yazan 2012 yapımı, Lusin Dink'in “SaroyanLand” (Saroyan Ülkesi) belgesel filminden.
Hello sweeties! A dream of mine has just become real, I was in England! Still can’t believe that I was actually there.... It was even greater (Great Britain lol) than I could’ve ever imagined! Beautiful landscape, nice towns and so many amazing shops and places to visit to. Literally I’ve never heard of it, but for me England was the country of chocolate! While I was there, I literally consumed so much chocolate as I never did before. What a hot mess.
It was such a nice trip! My aim was to improve my English and to get to know the British culture, which I definitely both did :) I was there for 2 weeks, with an organisation which provided language holidays. During this time, I was staying at a host family with another student from my country. They were all really nice! I haven’t met anyone who was mean to me, they were all so polite and friendly! Everyday we had lessons at the university in our classes, which we were divided into after we wrote 2 tests. My teacher was amazing! He was so funny :) At the end we even had to present a presentation and write an essay, on which we got a grade on (A1-C2, so not really a grade) I got a C1 in both, which is quite good! Moreover, during my stay, we moved to several, such as Manchester and Scarborough. I’ve taken many many pictures (500) and I can’t wait to share them on this blog!
The last two days we stayed in London. I’ve seen so many things like Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, London Eye, etc. but I definitely have to go back to England, because I haven’t seen everything!
My next post is going to come soon (with many many pictures :)) I
If you have any question, just ask me and I will answers as soon as I can...🌸
I am 100% sure I sound like an idiot. MY LOVELY NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKING TUMBLR FRIENDS YOU have to help me, please! Would you be so kind, I'm begging you, to read the following letter and be very objective and correct stupid phrases or tell me which parts to delete because they sound ridiculous? I'm serious, I will love you forever if you just read it through and message me. I am so so insecure about this. Not only because English isn't my mother tongue, but also because I don't have the slightest idea what those e-mails usually contain. I was thinking about including a picture?
this is Saskia Roßberg. I have booked an English language holiday in Edinburgh this summer and I have received my travel documents from Dialog Sprachreisen a few days ago. Thank you very much for letting me stay at your home for those two weeks.
I have never lived with a host family before nor written an e-mail to introduce myself. Shall I even introduce myself? Or is randomly appearing in front of your door without forewarning the way this works? I think it is only appropriate to tell you about me before we meet. I am 17 years old and I live in a small town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. I attend a grammar school and will take my A-Levels next year. This leaves me with less than a year to decide about my future career (about my future in general) which is why I feel the need to travel as much as possible, to develop new interests and find inspiration, and why I decided to take this trip to Edinburgh in the first place. Also I think that English is a beautiful language and that Edinburgh is a beautiful city. Anyway, I imagine the Scottish accent will be devastatingly hard to understand. I am so excited.
My flight will arrive in Edinburgh at 5.20pm on Sunday, 20th July.
The return flight departs at 6.05pm on Monday, 4th August.
Would you be so kind to advise me on my transportation to your home? How do I best get there? I was planning on taking the bus from the airport and using the opportunity to buy a weekly ticket as it said in the e-mail from Dialog that a weekly ticket was the cheapest way to get to school.
Again, thank you very much. I am really looking forward to meeting you and your family. I hope you are all well.
