Just came back from three weeks backpacking through the UK. My friend and I stayed in London for ten days and then visited Oxford, Canterbury, Portsmouth and Cardiff. We had a great time and met wonderful people (mostly Italians, but we still practised our English ;))
However, I didn’t see as much of the UK as I would have liked and will go there again next year. This time on my own, as my friend doesn’t want to go there again (probably because of the low standard of toilet and washing facilities.. ^^).
Sep 17, 2007, 09:48AM PDT | 1 cheer | 1 comment
i’ve read some more books this year, but can’t really remember which..
3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (English)
2. Herr Jensen steigt aus (German)
1. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (German)
i try to read both german AND english books, but it costs me so much time to look up and write down idioms, vocab and the like..
Apr 17, 2007, 11:09AM PDT | 0 comments
Has anybody experience with DNA-testing?
I think it’s a wonderful way to find distant relatives, but since I’m female, I don’t have the Y-Gene. I thought of testing my mtDNA, but I haven’t come to a final decision where to get it tested yet. Any recommendations?
So, I can trace back my paternal side to 1705, but finding information on my maternal side is really tough.
My grandgrandfather was born to an unmarried mother (his father was already married, I think) and given to his married aunt. He kept his father’s surname until his 13th birthday, and then he got his aunt’s and uncle’s surname, so that prospective employers wouldn’t have a bad impression.
His biological father was already married or married soon after and had some more children. I don’t know anything about them. They’re absolutely incooperative and won’t talk with my whole family. They think we want my grandgrandfather’s patrimony (which is absolutely not our intention). duh
Feb 24, 2007, 07:55AM PST | 0 comments
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