Language Exchange

These posts are about my "Language Exchange"s.

A russian joke

What is the highest place in Moscow? The Lubjanka cellar, from there you can see as far as Siberia ... A joke I was told by a friendly teacher in my time in Moscow. I highly recommend checking out...

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Learning for life

I learned a lot during my adventure in Moscow and St. Petersburg. I actually knew a lot of it, but I didn't take it to heart. This includes: Paying in another country is cheaper with a credit card...

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On food

Russian cuisine has its own charm. In general, I dare to judge that mild to slightly sour flavors predominate. Compared to Swiss cuisine, there is definitely more soup and less cheese. I didn't come...

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The first workday

After some organizational difficulties, I was able to start an internship. In addition, in a very great workplace: at the state Hermitage Museum. This is huge and houses countless valuable and famous...

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Moskau vs. Petersburg

A continuously updated article with the differences that I noticed in these two big cities. The subway After my train journey from Moscow to St. Petersburg, I had to take the metro and luggage. I...

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And how was the weather?

I pay attention to appropriate alliterations at the beginning of a somewhat limited-excellent entry. At least in the german version of this blog post, ha ha. But let's talk about the weather. On the...

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On speaking languages

The motivation for a language exchange? Learn the language, of course. In my case Russian. An exciting language: Influences of Vikings, Mongols, Greeks and many more developed into their own complex...

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On traffic

Fortunately, the term "traffic" is widespread. So my first encounter with traffic was at the airport. With a delay of just over 30 minutes, my plane landed comfortably and gently at Moscow airport....

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