PocketCultures http://pocketcultures.com All about world cultures: for when you are travelling but even more for when you are at home, PocketCultures is created by all of us to put the world in your pocket Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:28:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.1 en New in PocketCultures.com - 2nd September http://pocketcultures.com/blog/2008/09/02/new-in-pocketculturescom-2nd-september/ http://pocketcultures.com/blog/2008/09/02/new-in-pocketculturescom-2nd-september/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:28:11 +0000 Liz http://pocketcultures.com/blog/2008/09/02/new-in-pocketculturescom-2nd-september/ Where to start? Unfortunately we’re still compiling this feed manually so it had to take a back seat during August. Here’s a quick roundup of the highlights since the last post:

New in Topics of the World:
The 2008 Olympics began with a spectacular opening ceremony in Beijing
In transport, Japan develops a train / bus hybrid while America loses the battle to save its last paddle steamboat
Travels with a gourmet blog explains where to eat in Spain
A bit off topic, but those of you who like travelling might be interested in Lonely Planet’s a competition to shoot their next cover photo
Finally, as Gilberto Gil resigns from government to concentrate on his musical career, we take a look at some of his achievements as Brazilian Minister of Culture

New in Blogs of the World:
RennyBA on life in Norway and summer holidays in Sweden in RennyBA’s Terella
La writes about life on the East Coast USA in Cape Canaveral, Florida
Good Airs covers Buenos Aires from an English-speaking perspective

Topics of the World: cultures and customs from around the world
Blogs of the World: selected blogs from around the world showing life in different countries
My Partner is a foreigner: real life cross-cultural encounters

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America’s changing work landscape: the top growing and fastest disappearing jobs in America last year
Pakistani restaurants around the world: All Things Pakistan’s list of Best Pakistani Food outside Pakistan

New in Blogs of the World:
The oldest blogger in the world: Olive from Australia, who passed away earlier this month after keeping a blog for the last 18 months of her life.

Topics of the World: cultures and customs from around the world
Blogs of the World: selected blogs from around the world showing life in different countries
My Partner is a foreigner: real life cross-cultural encounters

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In Iceland soup can be a dessert as well as a first dish. This and more about food in Icelandic culture in Sweet soups for icy weather

New in Blogs of the World:
Work at home music lover Cherry finds lust for life in Slovenia

New in My Partner is a Foreigner:
Kyle (USA) on what to say (or not) when your father in law calls you fat

Topics of the World: cultures and customs from around the world
Blogs of the World: selected blogs from around the world showing life in different countries
My Partner is a foreigner: real life cross-cultural encounters

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Russia’s economic boom is fuelling a revival of the Russian film industry
Music, dancing, horse racing and peace talks at the Darfur horse festival

New in Blogs of the World:
Malaysian life with a student of architecture in Times Journal.

Apologies if you had trouble visiting PocketCultures last weekend. We had some problems caused by our hosting company, however all is back to normal now!

Topics of the World: cultures and customs from around the world
Blogs of the World: selected blogs from around the world showing life in different countries
My Partner is a foreigner: real life cross-cultural encounters

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Cakes and other delicious Hungarian recipes from the appropriately titled Food and Beverages in Hungary.
Australia campaigns to get more Australians on their bikes.
Dedicated follower of Chinglish: PocketCultures interviews Oliver Lutz Radtke, author of ‘Chinglish: Found in Translation’

New in Blogs of the World:
Eric decided to post a photo of Paris every day in ParisDailyPhoto and accidentally started a global movement of over 680 dailyphoto blogs.

Topics of the World: cultures and customs from around the world
Blogs of the World: selected blogs from around the world showing life in different countries
My Partner is a foreigner: real life cross-cultural encounters

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Bargaining in a Syrian souk - visit the old silk road town of Aleppo.
Is Chinglish the future of English?

New in Blogs of the World:
Zhu from France on her life in Ottowa and the quest to become a Canadian.

New in My Partner is a Foreigner:
Christina (Canada) impresses the neighbours with her luxury fridge and introduces her German husband to the joy of iced drinks.

Topics of the World: cultures and customs from around the world
Blogs of the World: selected blogs from around the world showing life in different countries
My Partner is a foreigner: real life cross-cultural encounters

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Penang street food - Al Jazeera’s street food series kicks off with the cultural melting pot of Penang.
Improve your cultural awareness with these online tips and training.
The unhappy losers of new look Europe - a generation of well-educated young professionals in several continental European countries are realising that they cannot hope to achieve the quality of life enjoyed by their own parents.

New in Blogs of the World:
Postcards from Bangladesh - in Deserchobi, Ahmed Sharif writes about his extensive travels around his country.

Topics of the World: cultures and customs from around the world
Blogs of the World: selected blogs from around the world showing life in different countries
My Partner is a foreigner: real life cross-cultural encounters

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Top 20 world languages - What are the most widely spoken languages in the world? Or, if you are contemplating learning a second language, which will get you the most new conversation opportunities for your effort?
Kazakh orchestra aims high - Kazakhstan’s young musicians move on from their soviet upbringing.

New in Blogs of the World:
An American in Florence - Melinda writes about her love affair with Florence and her Italian husband.

Topics of the World: cultures and customs from around the world
Blogs of the World: selected blogs from around the world showing life in different countries
My Partner is a foreigner: real life cross-cultural encounters

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New in Blogs of the World: Indian intrigue and world commentary from what could be India’s most sophisticated current affairs blog.

New in My Partner is a Foreigner: Lamia (Turkey) writes about drinking coffee with her Italian husband.

Topics of the World: cultures and customs from around the world
Blogs of the World: selected blogs from around the world showing life in different countries
My Partner is a foreigner; real life cross-cultural encounters

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New in Blogs of the World: Earthquakes, Icelandic weather and extremely long days with The Icelandic Weather Report.

Topics of the World: cultures and customs from around the world
Blogs of the World: selected blogs from around the world showing life in different countries
My Partner is a Foreigner; real life cross-cultural encounters

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