tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5365414187774298547.post6294300009152280305..comments2024-01-08T13:46:12.407+01:00Comments on Rivertrain: Walking the City 2 – Central Berlindritanjehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16025213970107184429noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5365414187774298547.post-50009805135851273802015-07-31T23:11:33.661+02:002015-07-31T23:11:33.661+02:00Ah, yes, I'm afraid I find that too - that it&...Ah, yes, I'm afraid I find that too - that it's much harder to learn and remember new words in any language! dritanjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16025213970107184429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5365414187774298547.post-61317864065631191072015-07-29T11:34:29.582+02:002015-07-29T11:34:29.582+02:00Re. the German — up to a point, but I must admit I...Re. the German — up to a point, but I must admit I'm struggling. It's frustrating. I don't seem to take in or remember things as easily as I used to.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5365414187774298547.post-63027476391047615492015-07-28T22:05:20.964+02:002015-07-28T22:05:20.964+02:00Thank you Robert, I am glad you can identify with ...Thank you Robert, I am glad you can identify with the feelings! And I agree that these experiences can be very inspiring creatively. In fact, the opposite, I find anyway, too much familiarity, can dull the perceptions - which is maybe one of the reasons I so much enjoy going to new places. I'll bet though, that your German has become much more loose-limbed and smooth flowing with total immersion in it.dritanjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16025213970107184429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5365414187774298547.post-74096406594567493502015-07-28T16:00:56.835+02:002015-07-28T16:00:56.835+02:00As always your posts stimulate and delight me, Mor...As always your posts stimulate and delight me, Morelle.<br /><br />That feeling of entering a new and strange place is very familiar to me. I was like that for a few weeks on first arriving in Germany a couple of months ago. I'd become incredibly rusty about speaking and understanding the language too — which all added to the disjointedness. That sense of 'alienation', when nothing quite adds up rationally/intellectually, and sensory impressions go into overdrive, is beneficial and important, I think. And out of such experiences, if one is sensitive to them, creativity can come. The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.com