To travel is to live

In my blog I want to share with you about my study routines,impressions about travelling,my favourite music,books,architecture and so on.

[unscharf-an-den-raendern]

Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there. I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning’s hush I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry; I am not there. I did not die.

R.I.P. Florian Schneider-Esleben

1947-2020

[bowies-thighs]

Rest in Peace, David Robert Jones, 1947 - 2016

3 years ago,

We lost your laugh, your light, and your beautiful soul. The world feels so dark without you, space boy. The memories and legacy you left behind will shine on forever. We miss you so damn much.

[knifork]

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David Bowie in The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

[goodbye-80s]

Happy Birthday to Kraftwerk’s Ralf Hütter!

August 20, 1946

[discover-german]

Introducing yourself and getting to know each other in German

Wie heißt du? - What’s your name? Wie heißen Sie? - What’s your name? (formal) Ich heiße [name] - My name is…

Wie alt bist du? - How old are you? Wie alt sind Sie? - How old are you? (formal) Ich bin [number] Jahre alt. - I am … years old. Ich bin [number] - I am … .

Woher kommst du? - Where are you from? Woher kommen Sie? – Where are you from? (formal) Ich komme aus [country] - I’m from…

Wo wohnst du? - Where do you live? Wo wohnen Sie? - Where do you live? (formal) Ich wohne in [city] - I live in…

Was ist deine Nationalität? - What is your nationality? Was ist Ihre Nationalität? - What is your nationality? (formal) Ich bin [nationality] - I am…

Welche Sprachen sprichst du? - What languages do you speak? Welche Sprachen sprechen Sie? -  What languages do you speak? (formal) Ich spreche [language(s)] - I speak…

Was ist dein Beruf? - What do you do for living? Was ist Ihr Beruf? - What do you do for living? (formal) Ich bin [occupation] - I’m… Ich arbeite bei [workplace/company] - I work at… Ich bin Student/in - I’m a student

Was studierst du? - What do you study? Was studieren Sie? - What do you study? (formal) Ich studiere [subject] - I study…

Was sind deine Hobbys? - What are your hobbies? Was sind Ihre Hobbys? - What are your hobbies? (formal) Meine Hobbys sind [hobby in the infinitive form] - My hobbies are…

Schön dich kennenzulernen! - Nice to meet you! Schön Sie kennenzulernen! - Nice to meet you! (formal)

based on the post “Introducing yourself and getting to know each other in Finnish” by @languagesandshootingstars

[yulialevckovich]

My Expectations about my Practice

Hi, guys! As you know, I study at the Linguistic University in tourism and the next week I will go to practice. This year I`ll practice in the tour agency, called «Ok».  The tour agency is located in Bor, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and has two offices. «OK» deals not only with travelling to Europe, Asia, Africa and so on, but also translates texts from / into foreign languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Byelorussian, Uzbek, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Georgian, Kazakh, Tajik, Kyrgyz and Romanian; translates different documents: passport, diploma and etc. As well, the agency helps people to apply for an international passport and to make a residence permit.

As for tasks which will be, I do not have any ideas what will I do.  However, I would like to work with different tourism documents. For example, to fill a visa, to book a transfer or hotel without a tour guide, to make a tour etc. Also I want this tour agency to help me to create a tour to the Czech Republic for the New Year for my family. My tour must include excursions in historical places of Prague. I hope this agency will help me to book excursions to Vienna or Dresden (again). I`d like to love in the heart of Prague in a modern comfortable hotel. Perhaps next time I`ll be able to do all these things by myself.

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[yulialevckovich]

My cherished dream №1

Each of us has his own cherished dream or dreams, which one way or another must come true. I'm also not an exception and ,today, I want to share with you about my the first cherished dream. 

So, this summer I visited the concert of my adored group Depeche Mode in Moscow with my mum, who, like me, is a fan of this group. In general, this concert was the best of the concerts in my life!I liked their show, music, atmosphere,visual effects and so on. I`m really happy that Depeche Mode are more than 30 years playing on the stage and they are still in great physical shape. 

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[yulialevckovich]

Madame Tussauds Berlin

Madame Tussauds it is the most famous of wax figures museum in the world, which was founded by French sculptor Marie Tussaud. The museum has more than 20 branches around the world,but I would like to talk about the museum in Berlin. Madame Tussauds Berlin is located near the Brandenburg Gate, so you will not have much difficulty finding it. The museum consist of 9 halls, which housed 80 figures of famous politicians, scientists, musicians, stars and athletes.

Enjoy the photos!!

Marlene Dietrich

Barack Obama with me ☺  

Erich Honecker was a German politician led the GDR from 1971 to 1989.

With Taylor Swift.

The Star Wars

Angelina Jolie

[yulialevckovich]

Museum of film in Berlin

Germany it is the birthplace of amazing masterpieces of cinematography. After all, there appeared the first magnitude stars such as Marlene Dietrich, Romy Schneider, Leni Riefenstahl, Til Schweiger, Wim Wenders, Nastassja Kinski and so on. In addition, there were filmed classic movies such as «Nosferatu» and «Metropolis». Not surprisingly, that this museum is located in the capital of Germany. The full name of museum in German is «Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin» or just «Film Haus». This summer, I visited this «House of Film», where I was able to immerse themselves in the atmosphere of  this amazing kind of art. The museum consist of 13 halls, where you can trace the history of German cinema, starting with the pioneers of silent cinema and to the present day.

Der Spiegelsaal(The Hall of Mirrors)

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Der fernseher saal(The TV room)

The photoes with one of my favourite German movie “Metropolis”(Was filmed in 1927)

The clothes and things of  Marlene Dietrich( She is gorgeus)

The things from an another my lovely movie “Perfume: The Story of a Murderer”.

The photoes with Nazi German director Leni Riefenstahl

If you go Berlin,then don`t miss the unique chance to visit this wonderful place!!

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German Words & Phrases for Essays

Random

Es wird davon ausgegangen, dass / Man nimmt an, dass - it is assumed that

glücklicherweise, zum Glück - fortunately

leider, unglücklicherweise, bedauerlicherweise - unfortunately

falls - if

im Falle(,) dass - in case

in diesem Fall - in this case

wenn man bedenkt, dass - bearing in mind that

was … betrifft - as far as … is concerned

mit anderen Worten - in other words

das heißt - that is to say

sofern - provided that

angesichts [+Genitive] - in view of

insbesondere - notably

Time & Sequence

zuerst - first of all

erstens - firstly

zweitens - secondly

nachdem - after

daraufhin - subsequently, consequently

sobald - as soon as

solange - as long as

heutzutage - nowadays, these days

nun - now

bevor - before

später - later, afterwards

anschließend - subsequently, following this …

plötzlich / auf einmal - suddenly

endlich - eventually

früher oder später - sooner or later

Addition

sowie - as well as

Ein weiterer Aspekt ist - Another aspect is

Ich möchte noch hinzufügen, dass - I would like to add that …

hinzu kommt / hinzu kommen - furthermore, in addition

nebenbei - besides

nicht nur … sondern auch - not only … but also

ergänzend - in addition

außerdem / darüberhinaus - furthermore, moreover 

ganz zu schweigen von - not to mention

abgesehen davon - having said that

Comparison

Dies lässt sich mit … vergleichen - This is comparable to …

ebenso wichtig - equally important

ähnlich - similarly

auf dieselbe Weise - in the same way

dagegen - by contrast

Opinion

Ich möchte erwähnen, dass - I would like to mention

Ich denke, dass - I think that

Ich glaube, dass -  I believe that

mir scheint, dass - it seems to me that

meiner Meinung nach - in my opinion

meines Erachtens - in my opinion

Ich bin davon überzeugt, dass - I am convinced that

was mich betrifft / angeht - as far as I am concerned

Ich möchte auf … aufmerksam machen - I would like to draw attention to

Disagreeing

Einerseits … , andererseits - on the one hand … on the other hand

Ich bin teilweise anderer Meinung - I partly disagree

Es wäre falsch zu behaupten, dass - it would be wrong to claim …

während - while

aber - but

trotzdem - in spite of this

obwohl - although

jedoch - however

trotz - despite

dennoch - nevertheless

Facts

Zum Beispiel - for example

Es ist eine Tatsache, dass - it is a matter of fact that

Dies lässt sich am Beispiel … belegen - this can be demonstrated by 

Es ist offensichtlich, dass - it is obvious that

Es liegt auf der Hand, dass - It is obvious that

In solchen Fällen - in such cases

besonders, vor allem - especially, particularly

tatsächlich - in fact

Reasons

Dies lässt sich durch … begründen - this can be explained by

Der Grund dafür ist, dass - the reason for this is that 

Dies ist darauf zurückzuführen, dass - This is due to the fact that 

da - as, since, because

denn - because

weil - because

Result

deshalb - because of that

daraus folgt, dass - consequently, as a result

Das hatte zur Folge, dass - As a result

Das bedeutet, dass - this means that

damit - so that, in order that

Conclusion

Zusammenfassend lässt sich sagen, dass - to summarize …

Es ist wichtig zu erwähnen, dass - it is important to mention that

Ich möchte noch einmal wiederholen, dass - I would like to repeat once again that …

Ich möchte betonen, dass - I would like to emphasise that …

im Allgemeinen - in general 

Ich komme ich zu dem Schluss, dass … - I come to the conclusion that …

abschließend - in conclusion

schließlich - finally

Wie bereits erwähnt - as mentioned above

alles in allem - all things considered

[yulialevckovich]

My goals for this study year

Hey guys! This time I would like to talk with you about my goals for this study year regarding foreign languages learning (English and German). First of all, I want to communicate with foreigners, so that they and I understand each other. In addition, I wish to understand and translate books, movies, songs, interviews not only in general, but also in details. As I have already mentioned, I dream about to be a tour guide in Germany, so I want to conduct an excursion to people not only in my mother language, but in English and German too.

Frankly speaking, that isn`t enough to my arrangements of English and German well. I should watch different movies, read books, articles and so on. So I must self-cultivation to except my studying at the university. In short, I would like to share with you some information about certain materials, sites, books, lifehacks that work for me.

So, I want to talk about my favorite educational film of the German language called «Alles Gute!». The TV course of the German language «Alles Gute» is based on everyday vocabulary, it pursues the goal of teaching colloquial German. This a site of this movie: http://novoe.de/deutsch-unterricht-film

Also, sometimes I write (in English and a little bit in German) posts on Facebook and Instagram about my life events, my favorites and so on. As well, I like to sing songs with my group mates Kate and Lena in English, watch movies in English and German, because it is interesting for me to hear the original voices of actors of movies, listen and read interviews of my favorite actors and musicians.

As well, I listen German radio http://www.de-online.ru/nemeckoe_radio_online and watch online German channel «ZDF» https://www.zdf.de/

[yulialevckovich]

What do I plan to do in this respect during the new academic year?

Well,it`s difficult to answer, but in general, I would like to focus my attention on learning German, learn more about traditons, culture and history of Germany. Also I wish to learn work with differnt tourism documents. For example, to fill a visa, to book a transfer or hotel without a tour guide, to make a tour and etc.

[yulialevckovich]

What did I do during the summer to ensure I kept gaining professional (both theoretical and practical) knowledge?

Hello everyone!I must apologize that I didn`t write posts in my blog, because I really didn`t have free time, but I will try to improve.

So,in this post I want to share with you about gaining professional (both theoretical and practical) knowledge, which I got for during this summer. As you known, I study at the Linguistic University and after my graduate, I want to work in tourism sphere. This summer I got a great experience, because I visited one of my favorite German cities-Berlin. Before going there, I was searching for a tour agency, which can help me with this. After the sometime, I decided to turn in one travel agency, called «Usta». Why did I go there? Well, I was practicing here this spring and I asked my director about trips abroad, especially to Germany. She said that in her agency works a travel agent, whom knows everything about Germany (particular about Berlin) and really can pick up a tour for my family and me. In general, she gave advice to visit not only Berlin, but also Dresden and Potsdam, since they are located next to Berlin. Then she picked up a good hotel, which is located in the heart of Berlin, helped us to book a transfer and air tickets, said what should to visit and try to eat. However, the most important thing, which she helped to do, that is a travel visa and insurance. I found out what kind of documents need that to make a visa. So, when I arrived to Berlin, I tried to communicate with local population not only in English, but also in German a little bit. For example, when I sat in the restaurant in Dresden, I forget the word « a bill» in English, bit I remembered it in German. And when the waitress came to me, I said her : «Ich möchte bitte bezahlen!», it means that «I would like to pay». Also I visited a lot of museums, sights and went to Dresden and Potsdam with a travel guide. It was interesting to hear about history of Germany, especially the history of the Third Reich, Germans (about their life) and etc. When I came home, I realized that I want to be a tour guide in Germany, because it very interesting for me, I read a lot of articles and books about it and I really want to tell people about amazing history, culture and traditions of Germany.

Some photoes and videos with Germany.

This my hotel during the travel, which is located in one of very expensive streets in Berlin(Tauentzienstraße).

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[yulialevckovich]

The end of an academic year.

Hi,dear friends!I want to share with about my impressions in the Linguistic University.So,at first,I can say that this year was really difficult for me.Usually I had four classes a day,had to make up a lot dialogs,learn many new words.By at the same time it was interesting.I met new friends,took part in extracurricular activities.Teachers had really fun ways to teach us English.Every time I tried to do my best and got a little bit closer. The most wxciting thing for me at this year is that the studying year is almost over!

[yulialevckovich]

My favourite recipe.

Hi everybody!I would like to share with you my favorite recipe.This is Thai soup  Tom Yum.

1/2 pound medium shrimp - peeled and deveined

12 mushrooms, halved

1 (4.5 ounce) can mushrooms, drained

4 cups water

2 lemon grass

4 kaffir lime leaves

4 slices galangal

4 chile padi (bird's eye chiles)

1 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce

1 1/2 limes, juiced

1 teaspoon white sugar

1 teaspoon hot chile paste

1 tablespoon tom yum soup paste (optional)

Add all ingredients to list

Directions

1.Trim lemongrass and cut into matchstick size pieces.

2.To make stock: Add the shrimp heads and shells to water, then cook for 20 minutes. Turn the fire off. Soak the heads and shells for further 20 minutes before discarding.

3.Add stock, lemon grass, kaffir lime leaves, galangal, chili padi, fish sauce, lime juice, sugar, and chili paste to a pot and bring to a boil. After boiling for 5 minutes, add shrimps and both mushrooms. Cook for further 10 minutes. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Enjoy!))

[yulialevckovich]

My unexpected discover.

So, in this month I decided to start learn German language.Why I chose this language?Well,to my mind German in one of beautiful and unusual language.But many people think that German is very difficult and pronuncation a little bit strange.Also,I like German,because it is very distributed all over the world and similar to English.

And the third reason why I chose this language,as I`ve got acquanted with  creativity of the group Rammstein.I really love this group,their music,shows and I enjoy the voice of vocalist Till Lindemann.Many people afraid  this group,because they look strange and horribly.But I don`t think so!They sing abouth cruelty in our life and make people think about problems in our time.By at hte same time they can sing romantic and melodious songs.

This words and expressions,which I known in German.

Ich-I

Mutter-mother

Klavier-piano

Ich will-I want

eins-one

zwei-two

drei-three

vier-four

fünf-five

fünf-six

sieben-seven

acht-eight

neun-nine

zehn-ten

onne dich-without you

du-you

hast-hate

reise-travel

engel-angel

kalt-cold

sonne-sun

musik-music

frühling in Paris-Spring in Paris

rosenrot-rose

herz-heart

gut-good

ja-yes

nein-no

mein-my

mädchen-girl

bad-bathroom

mann-man

seemann-sailor

tier-animal

liebe ist fur alie da-love is for everyone

von-from

guten morgen-good morning

guten abend-good evening

gute nacht-good night

hallo-hello

auf Wiedersehen-bye

kind-child

tod-death

haifisch-shark

arbeit-work

wunderbar-wonderful

So I want that you listen a few of Rammstein songs.