To the apparent surprise of both of my parents, I've signed up for French evening classes.

It's not actually that surprising - I did French at GCSE many years ago, and have been half arsedly trying to relearn for a few years now, because I hate the attitude of "I speak English so why do I need to learn anything else when everyone else speaks it too?".  Genuinely jealous of people who can speak more than one language with relative fluency.

About a year ago I signed up to Duolingo - to try and learn a bit of German in preparation for... continue reading »