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  • Day 65 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Coping with Solitude

    Day 65 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Coping with Solitude

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesCoping with solitude is one of the challenges that we, people who live alone, are going to become familiar with. It’s 65 days since I’ve had skin to skin contact, sixty-five days since I’ve given or received a hug. It’s sixty-five days since I’ve had a meal with anyone. Happiness, whilst entirely…

  • Approaching Day 180 In a Row of Learning German

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesI am approaching Day 180 in a row of learning German and I finally progressed to the emerald league on Monday. In my previous post, I wrote of the futility of striving to achieve the Apple Activity challenges. I see the Duolingo challenges in a different light. When learning a language it’s…

  • It’s my Duoversary

    It’s my Duoversary

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesA year ago today I signed up to Duolingo and started studying German on a daily basis, and occasionally played with other languages. I complimented this with listening to podcasts in German almost daily and making other attempts to learn languages. I went from trying to get fifty experience points a day…

  • Using Duolingo daily

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesDuolingo is a mobile phone app that allows you to learn a number of languages whenever you have a few minutes. In so doing you can learn several minutes at a time, when commuting for example, or you can learn as a focused 20 minute session. The Variety of learning options Listening…