In lands I never saw -- they say
Immortal Alps look down --
Whose bonnets touch the firmament --
Whose sandals touch the town --

Meek at whose everlasting feet
A myriad daisy play --
Which, Sir, are you and which am I
Upon an August day?

Emily Dickinson

Best Of

Re: Countries and travel

Amazing @Cinzia80. You must be aware of Paris-born Yann Arthus-Bertrand, a famous photographer, environmentalist, and journalist. In 1991, he established Altitude Agency, which is the world’s first bank of aerial photography. In the year 1994, he began capturing images of various states of the Earth, in collaboration with UNESCO. For which he used hot air balloons and helicopters. He released a book of these endeavors named Earth from Above, which was released on DVDs in the year 2007.

http://www.yannarthusbertrand.org/

mheredge

Re: Write about the picture

Nicolas Lavarenne is a French self-taught sculptor born in 1953 who creates these wonderfull dynamic human figures sculptures in precarious balance.

Cinzia80

Re: Countries and travel

These are tulip fields in Holland with a view from the high.

They look like colorful pencils

Cinzia80

Re: English Book Club - Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

Today's readers: Elinor - Paulette - Hermine

Elinor - heart's content (not like content of a package) - bullet-hole (not like ballot) - summed up (not summoned) - strengthens
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opportunity - adventures - Milan - captain (not capitain) - deplorable - infantry

period - alive

" taking in a cargo of wool " (to take so/st in)

" the allied forces"
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Paulette - superiority - war (like or, not ah) - laws - headaches - referred /rɪˈfəː/ - towards - depths - persuaded (not like pursued) - perhaps (s) - detestable - powder and lead

hunger

", and sees too that with the first heedless step he will go down to visit the profundities
of Neptune's bosom,"

" and if he too falls into the sea that waits for him like an enemy, "

Hermine - rational (not like rate) - a graduate (not like to graduate) - yield (no j) - compliance (p not b) - soldiers - occurrence (not like cure) - prodigality - preservation (not prevention) - mature - deliberation - remainder (not like reminder) -

wretched - worships - quiet - propensity

"more than once told him "

"and he would have been so in reality had he been as clever"

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Chapter 39 - Page 426 - It happened in this way: El Uchali, the king of Algiers, a daring and successful
corsair, having attacked and taken the leading Maltese galley (only three
knights being left alive in it, and they badly wounded), the chief galley of
John Andrea, on board of which I and my company were placed, came to its
relief, and doing as was bound to do in such a case,

Teach

Re: Improve English with music

The Promise - When in Rome

If you need a friend
Don't look to a stranger
You know in the end
I'll always be there
And when you're in doubt
And when you're in danger
Take a look all around
And I'll be there

I'm sorry but I'm just thinking of the right words to say
(I promise you)
I know they don't sound the way I planned them to be
(I promise you)
But if you wait around a while I'll make you fall for me
(I promise you)
I promise, I promise you, I will

When your day is through
And so is your temper
You know what to do
I'm gonna always be there
Sometimes if I shout
It's not what's intended
These words just come out
With no cross to bear

I'm sorry but I'm just thinking of the right words to say
(I promise you)
I know they don't sound the way I planned them to be
(I promise you)
But if you wait around a while I'll make you fall for me
(I promise you)
I promise, I promise you

I'm sorry but I'm just thinking of the right words to say
(I promise you)
I know they don't sound the way I planned them to be
(I promise you)
And if I had to walk the world I'd make you fall for me
I promise you, I promise you I will

Gotta tell you
Need to tell you
Gotta tell you
I've gotta tell you

I'm sorry but I'm just thinking of the right words to say
(I promise you)
I know they don't sound the way I planned them to be
(I promise you)
But if you wait around a while I'll make you fall for me
(I promise you)
I promise, I promise you

I'm sorry but I'm just thinking of the right words to say
(I promise you)
I know they don't sound the way I planned them to be
(I promise you)
And if I had to walk the world I'd make you fall for me
I promise you, I promise you I will

I will, I will