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Akaka Falls

See the World for Free

The idea here is to TRAVEL THE WORLD regardless of time or budget. It dawned on me one day that even if I had unlimited time and money (which I definitley do not), I still couldn't see everything in the world that I'd like to see--I'm simply not going to live long enough to do it.

But I had a bit of brain wave and soon after the travel envelope was born. This is an actual physical envelope. I typed the name of every country in the world, plus every state in the US on little slips of paper which I then put into the envelope. In the beginning we (myself, my husband, Dave and daugher Catherine) would draw out a slip at random at the beginning of the month and that's where we would go---at least in our minds. We grab some books about the country from the library and put them in our bathroom to look at. We also check out some videos about the country if any. We check it out on googleearth, listen to the music, try the food, maybe even attempt to learn a dance or celebrate a festival.

After the first two years we discovered that even virtual traveling can be tiring, so we travel now whenever I happen to be in the mood.

It's great fun. I especially love it when people I meet have been to the place I'm "visiting" in real life, or get excited and have some virtual adventures of their own. I hope that anyone who comes across this blog will feel welcome to come with us on the trip!



You have a standing reservation to see it all!

Mar 1, 2010

Useful song

One goal while visiting any German speaking country is to see if I can breathe any life into my defunct German.  And now I MUST, simply MUST share this song with one and all.  Catherine learned it in a summer German camp---great stuff!  Sing it (with great vigor) to the tune of "She'll be Comin' Round the Mountain."

Ich bin auslander und spreche nicht gut Deustch!
Ich bin auslander und spreche nicht gut Deustch!
Bitte langsam, bitte langsam,
Bitte sprechen Sie nur langsam,
Ich bin auslander un spreche nicht gut Deustch!

which translates to:

I am foreign and I don't speak German well!
I am foreign and I don't speak German well!
Please speak slowly, please speak slowly,
If you only will speak slowly--
I am foreign and I don't speak German well!!!

If you manage to get this song out of your head please let me know how you did it.  I've had it rattling around in here for a good 5 years now.
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