{"id":541,"date":"2012-11-29T16:32:48","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T16:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/?p=541"},"modified":"2013-08-19T15:25:51","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T15:25:51","slug":"where-will-you-go-to-speak-like-a-local-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/where-will-you-go-to-speak-like-a-local-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Will You Go to Speak Like a Local? (Part II)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Not Forbidden in Beijing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Doesn\u2019t Beijing just look like the most exciting city? It is one of those places which I feel as though I already know without actually knowing that much about it, if you know what I mean. Anyway, with the right <a href=\"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/chinese\/ \">Chinese lessons London<\/a> residents can live out my dream of wandering into the Forbidden City and mixing with the locals. I think it is probably one of the languages in the world which I know least words in, despite having a couple of Chinese friends and having spoken to many more people from there. Maybe it is time to learn some more and move a step closer to fulfilling my dream.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hearing Irish in Moscow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The image of The Red Square is for me one of the most stunningly exotic in the world. It is one of those places which I can\u2019t even imagine myself standing in. Of course, my possibilities would improve greatly if I took some of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/russian\/\">Russian lessons Dublin<\/a> offers. 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