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[-Soualo-]

Hi everyone This topic comes just at the right time. I need to practice the language with a view of moving to Canada to live there.
I'm not ready at all So forgive my many mistakes to come.
Glad to see some familiar faces here

 

[Dancingouine]

Welcome @Yoonishan and @-Soualo- and don't worry about mistakes ahah we all make some! Also @Yoonishan totally agree with your blanket concept and @-Soualo- Canada is so nice, I went to Montréal in December it was great! And they speak French too though

 

[-Soualo-]

Canada is so nice, I went to Montréal in December it was great! And they speak French too though

Yes, in fact my boyfriend and I would like to live in Quebec. If it's francophonic, I think it's always interesting to speak a fluent english to live and work there. It's a good opportunity to learn, also
Nice to read that you've like Montreal. I can't wait to discover it too (and I can't wait to leave France, above all )
How long did you stand there?

 

[Slaw]

Hey there!

I'm so psyched: I finally got round to checking out a slightly alternative café in my town (it's somewhat out of the way but not a great excuse since it's my 3rd year in this place). Very friendly place, interesting beer (very noisy too, which I don't love)... And they offer English conversation workshops (well, it's a"grab a beer/other beverage of choice & introduce yourself to a stranger in English" type of thing). I'm really up for it. I think. I want to go either this week or the next & check it out. Although i've been thinking up excuses to nope out of it this week... I'm on the introverted side of the spectrum but do ok if there's a reason to talk & there's a cutoff line.
Will report about it!

 

[Dancingouine]

@-Soualo- cool, I have a friend who lives in Quebec as well ahah and apparently it's really nice! I stayed a week in Montréal

 

[Rosenrot_]

Omg I just made the most perfect vegan banana bread it's so goooood didn't even expect that

You can't just mention your perfect banana bread and not share the recipe.

 

[Dancingouine]

@Rosenrot_ well if you insist so:
In a bowl mash well 2 ripe bananas; then add one tbsp of nut butter or oil and one tsp of white or apple cider vinegar. Then add 200 g of flour (I used wholewheat but I guess you can use whatever, sometimes I do half wholewheat half chickpea flour and it makes a more fudgy like consistency), spices (I used cinnamon this time, but sometimes I add cocoa powder too) and 1 tsp of bicarbonate of soda (or baking powder). Mix well and add a bit of water, I would say like 1/2 a cup, to obtain a pancake-like consistency. At this point you can also add dried fruit, choc chips etc. Then put in a cake pan, add some seeds on top if you wish and bake at 200 °C for about 30 min! And enjoy
P-S it's not very sweet as there is no sugar but that's how I like it, so feel free to add some if you have more of a sweet tooth

@Ignis Aurae you're making me hungry! I just made myself some caramel green tea

 

[Rosenrot_]

@LolaN22 Great, thanks! I have all the ingredients at home!

 

[Dancingouine]

@Rosenrot_ let me know if you try it

 

[Dancingouine]

For me it isn't snowing anymore but everything is white still so beautiful! Yesterday night I went out at about 1 am and everything was so silent, I could hear and even recorded the sound snow makes when you walk in it, I love this so much

 

[Slaw]

So i'd written i'd update my "English conversation workshop" asai'd attended. Well, i went tonight even though I was tired, hungry, not all that up for it, especially considering the snow.
But I made the effort, took a bus there and... The whole event was cancelled! and I was that close to not coming. Well, maybe I'd had a hunch rather than an acute bout of laziness as i'd thought. Egh.
Hogging the WiFi and sipping a panaché cause I'm rad.


And on something completely unrelated:
Have any of you spent some time in the Netherlands? Are Rotterdam and Antwerpen worthwhile places to visit?

 

[Dancingouine]

Hiyall I've been feeling a bit low those days, I'm so stressed and tired and it's not gonna get better I have so much work to do for my masters, and an essay due in two weeks but I'm just so scared of it I can't seriously get myself to do all the readings for it my teacher said it might be better to ask for (another) extension as I don't have much time anymore, but I'm also so tired and depressed of not having a social life anymore, I just want to go out and party with my friends and not worry about anything