Another of my daily 'habits'. Duolingo. I've been doing a daily Norwegian 'lesson' since our daughter moved to Norway almost 3 years ago - I fear she may never return! I do it faithfully, trying never to miss a session, but am not very sure of ever being able to hold a conversation. I understand much more than I could ever say. However, it's good for my ageing brain!
Our planned trip for early September has just been knocked on the head. :-( Norway have put the UK into the red zone for Corona Virus thus enforcing a 2 week quarantine for people arriving. We can't do that, so we've had to cancel our trip to see our daughter and go hiking with her. Feeling very disappointed about that. Just another cancelled plan in 2020.
Coronavirus has messed up the whole world. My daughter lives in Germany, my grandchildren are all in Victoria, I have a cousin who lives in the Northern Territory, a nephew in Western Australia, brother and sister in law in Queensland, a sister in the UK and we can't visit any of them.
Oh so sorry about your cancelled trip. I hope we move out of the Red Zone soon and you can reschedule a visit. Good for you learning Norwegian. I've been teaching myself German on Babbel, which is rather fun. As you say, good for those little grey cells as Poirot would say!
Must be really tough when you have family overseas at the moment.. lets hope things clear better soon so you can go for a visit.. Good for you learning something new ..
@tinley23 it’s actually not too difficult. Especially for a Scot and one who has spoken German in her dim and distant past!!! At least in pronunciation terms! Grammar is another subject!
You're doing well to keep at it for that long. I tried Duolingo a couple of years ago to pick up some Spanish. It helped me to recognise some written words but I certainly couldn't cope with speed at which people spoke. Hopefully you'll be able to reschedule your trip.
It's a shame your trip had been cancelled and I hope you can reschedule sooner rather than later. I'm really impressed that you've been on Duolingo daily for 3 years. I began to learn french with it a few years ago but let it lapse.
So very sorry...how very disappointing for you all. I’m not surprised we are in the red zone & on the whole the Scandinavian countries have managed COVID better than us. You are very enterprising learning the language..I am impressed & just thankful they all speak English in NZ. Yes if only everyone had known you would have fitted your trip in earlier. We were so lucky!
Good for you! I've been toying with the idea of relearning French which I took in high school and just a little in college. I'm sorry to hear about your cancelled trip. It's so much harder when your children live far away and you don't get to see them that often. Hang in there- hopefully you'll move out of the red zone quickly and you'll be able to reschedule.
You have our sympathy. We had hoped to spend time with the family in the UK too. 2 weeks quarantine either side of 2 days with the family...was never going to get off the ground. Fortunately we had a w/e with them before Brexit. B is another headache, hurdle & horror...
September 4th, 2020
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Coronavirus has messed up the whole world. My daughter lives in Germany, my grandchildren are all in Victoria, I have a cousin who lives in the Northern Territory, a nephew in Western Australia, brother and sister in law in Queensland, a sister in the UK and we can't visit any of them.
This photo is great in b&w!