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Discover more about your world by living in it. Learn foreign languages through immersive study. Master new skills by going to where they do them best. Go to where you feel uncomfortable, until strangers become your friends and you begin to feel at home.
Saying you speak Chinese depends on what kind of Chinese you mean, what language you’re speaking, who you are and who you’re talking to. Saying you ARE Chinese is even more complicated.… Read More
Love trumps all, except when you want to kill your loved one.… Read More
How adults can learn languages much faster than children, and how to use your age and experience to your advantage in learning.… Read More
Sometimes you just want to sit in a corner and eat the most delicious food in the world.… Read More
How to find the best local eateries in Taiwan, China, or Hong Kong so you can discover hidden gems the local way.… Read More
We’re afraid of a whole bunch of other everyday things, though.… Read More
Our ambitious 2019 plan of languages to learn, skills to gain and cultures to become immersed in.… Read More
Reason number one: There’s never a perfect time in your career or relationship.… Read More
There are just a few simple steps to follow to leave a country forever, and if you do, you’ll be guaranteed to only still forget a whole lot of things and maybe cry.… Read More
The story of the casual polyglot woman who spoke fourteen languages and changed my life.… Read More
