Thank you for your kind words! I have added you to my f-list, and you are very welcome to add me to yours.
I did four terms of Mandarin classes on Saturday mornings about ten years ago. Unfortunately it was around the time my elder daughter's ADHD was diagnosed (the further diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome was a few years later) and in our rather chaotic life at the time I didn't have time to do more than turn up at the classes, and so I lost it all very quickly. It is a long standing interest of mine, and inspired by the posts of robot_mel I am hoping to take it up again.
One of my colleagues around that time was an actuary from Barcelona, and she drew my attention to the existence of Catalan. I felt a strong connection to the language and about four years ago I started to learn it. I did have some individual lessons, but it was about the time my elder daughter fell out with her mother and moved in with me. Because of looking after her I again didn't have time to do very much outside of those. I have a Catalan speaking friend in Valencia, and I have been to both Barcelona and Valencia several times. My Catalan is much better than my Spanish, which can sometime lead to problems in restaurants!
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2008-02-27 07:39 am (UTC)I did four terms of Mandarin classes on Saturday mornings about ten years ago. Unfortunately it was around the time my elder daughter's ADHD was diagnosed (the further diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome was a few years later) and in our rather chaotic life at the time I didn't have time to do more than turn up at the classes, and so I lost it all very quickly. It is a long standing interest of mine, and inspired by the posts of
One of my colleagues around that time was an actuary from Barcelona, and she drew my attention to the existence of Catalan. I felt a strong connection to the language and about four years ago I started to learn it. I did have some individual lessons, but it was about the time my elder daughter fell out with her mother and moved in with me. Because of looking after her I again didn't have time to do very much outside of those. I have a Catalan speaking friend in Valencia, and I have been to both Barcelona and Valencia several times. My Catalan is much better than my Spanish, which can sometime lead to problems in restaurants!