Missing little ol’ Britain

Today I heared some Brits asking the way in our little village. It was really lovely to hear some genuine English again.

Moreover, I learned more from the Liverpool Hope University as I first thought. In the lecture ‘Gender and Ethnicity in Europe’ I was quite aware about the Scottish situation to the English mindset, something I learned in Zoë Kinsley lovely course “Travel and Adventure in English Literatue”.

Plus, having to meet such a wonderful variety of Europeans during my Aigburth time gave me lots of information about various countries: for example, Bulgaria, the lovely Kathia told me about Bulgaria being enslaved by the Turkish for 500 years!!! That was something I hadn’t learned in history class in primary and secondary school.

Or, how the Catalans (Joan and Laila) live in a Castalian society, which gave funny (but serious underneath) conversations of what is Spanish or not with the Castilians (Jose and Fran).

From Philip I heard something about the Sovjet experience of the Tjech Republic (he lived under Sovjet rule for the first 10 years of his life), and how he could be somewhat nostalgic for the peaceful period without much capitalism that was prevalent during that time.

Yeh, I am really thankful for this experience and stories, which I could not have learned in such a way when reading a history book. Thank you for giving the history such a wonderful face…