Oh the week between Christmas and New Year. A time of twiddling thumbs, waiting for new stuff to start, and eating leftovers. Lots of tin-foiled leftovers. So what better time to reflect on the year I’ve had blogging than right now? After some time scrolling the archives and smiling, reminiscing, and cringing, I present to you my Lindsay Does Languages […]
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I’ve learnt a few things since I started blogging. One is that I like Instagram. For years, I ruled it off as being too cliché, too filtered, and just too darn hipster. But since starting my account alongside my blog, I’ve actually discovered it can be a useful language learning tool. I’ll be writing more about this and using other […]
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It seems slightly odd to talk about January before Christmas has even graced us with its presence but, hey ho, here we are. This weekend we (finally) had our flooring down and so could begin to really move in. My language books now have a home. This is pretty much all that’s needed. But my DVDs also have a home […]
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I’ve been dying to share this with you! So way back in October at The Language Show Live, I spotted a flyer at the Europass stand for their Viral Video Competition. Videos? Promoting languages? With a prize?! I had to enter! So me and Ashley headed to my grandparents house one dark evening to borrow their creepy garden to make […]
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Oh, hey! It’s been a while huh? Well I’ve finally moved house. After rabbiting on about it since signing our first piece of paper in April, we’re finally in and settled. Ish. Getting there. We still have no floor or internet – but they’re on the way next week. No floor I can live with but no internet has been […]
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So this is ridiculously exciting! A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned in this video how exciting it was to see over 500 subscribers on my YouTube channel! I really enjoy making videos and since dabbling at the start because I just had some things I wanted to say, it’s become a regular part of Lindsay Does Languages. I’m really […]
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Hello! Have you seen Let The Right One In? What did you think? With so much vampire stuff around lately, Twilight etc, I think it’s quite brave for a film to avoid a lot of the clichés. Of course, she’s still quite pale and there’s some blood but it didn’t have the moody green haze that I found so annoying […]
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It’s December! That means Christmas joy will be filling your ears and eyes from now on and it’s more socially acceptable than it was last month. Hooray! Embrace it, guys. To get you in the mood, I’ve compiled two (yes, two!) festive 8tracks playlists. One is a multilingual mix of Christmas music from around the world including covers which might […]
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