Thanks for taking me on a nice tour and showing me how beautiful this place is. Did you feel something special while you were there? I keep imagining I would feel something special while visiting, other than enjoying visiting a new place. But I guess that's only in my head.
Possibly it'll be like in Paris. Before I went to visit Paris, I've always associated the city with Edith Piaf. I was expecting to find her presence there in some way. So I spent one week in Paris and only remembered Edith Piaf when I got home 😂. Since then, she's not associated with Paris in my head anymore.
It may seem weird and maybe not many understand what I'm talking about but I do feel special about Cambridge. I consider it's a unique place, there's no other place in the world like that due to its legacy.
By the way, can I take any short course there, even an one day course, to get a diploma, or a certificate?🤔 I guess not 😂
Anyway, I'd like to visit one day as it's a very important one for me.
Take a CELTA. You'd have an English Teaching qualification that is issued by Cambridge Uni and only takes a month! Your English is so good, you could probably teach the course :-)
I did CELTA many years ago, it was tough, lots of homework and prep, and I found it especially difficult as I never learnt grammar, so had to brush up on all the tenses. I'm hoping to put it in good use one day, maybe it will come in handy next year if I still can't get back into Taiwan as a tourist, and need to find a teaching English job to get back in instead.
It's still the gold standard and will open many doors. I hope things calm down and you can get back. I think teaching is much better paid in Taiwan than it is in Thailand!
Let's hope so
That's so interesting!! Do you think it's a good or bad thing now Edith Piaf is associated with Paris for you? And do you have anyone in mind relating to Cambridge?
I took a look online, Cambridge University does weekend courses, and the venue looks really nice! Not sure if you will get a certificate of attendance.
https://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/course/garden-history-art-craft-and-artifice
And there's also online lectures which are free of charge. I think everyone on Hive should attend this one!!!
https://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/event/topical-talks-write-heart-not-market
My nephew highly recommend the Fitzwilliam Museum but unfortunately we couldn't get any tickets on the days we were there. It looked so beautiful inside. They do talks and stuff, and if you ever visit I'd recommend to pre book entry.
https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/learning/adulteducation
Last and not the least, the Museum of Zoology seems really good, again, I couldn't get tickets in due to time limits.
https://www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk/events
I could say neither good, nor bad, it's just something that has been in my mind for some time, but after visiting Paris, I think Edith Piaf is associated to a certain period of time in my mind. Obviously life is very different in Paris now, that's why I did not think of her at all while there.
Cambridge however is a different matter. I associate the city with the English language itself. I mean it's like Cambridge would be the mother of the English language, because of the C1 Advanced. I could upset a few people, but English for me is not the US but England :P I hope it makes sense.
You could create a cool challenge out of this. Pick a big city and ask people to write about what the city means to them, what memories they have about it, with photos and stuff. It would be funny. Maybe we could find some sponsors to have some rewards.
I have a bunch of stuff like this in my head, cities associated with famous people for various reasons, or famous people associated with cities(?), could speak about it for hours :)
Thanks for the links and recommendations, I'm going to check them out fr sure!
Think about my proposal :)