{"id":55,"date":"2007-08-10T07:23:54","date_gmt":"2007-08-10T06:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/?p=61"},"modified":"2008-04-10T09:02:35","modified_gmt":"2008-04-10T07:02:35","slug":"absolutely-intercultural-37-leaving-it-all-behind-sabbatical-opera-in-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/?p=55","title":{"rendered":"absolutely intercultural 37 +++ Leaving it all behind +++ Sabbatical +++ Opera in Thailand +++"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-55-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/podcast\/absolutely_intercultural_show_037.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/podcast\/absolutely_intercultural_show_037.mp3\">http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/podcast\/absolutely_intercultural_show_037.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Leaving it all behind &#8211; Sabbatical year &#8211; Opera in Thailand<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Leave it all behind\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/signpost2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Leave it all behind\" width=\"219\" height=\"154\" align=\"left\" \/>We reserve a special welcome to all our new listeners in Africa, South America and Asia. As you can see on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.clustrmaps.com\/counter\/maps.php?url=http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\" target=\"_blank\">cluster map<\/a> we are getting more and more hits from these parts of the world, and it\u2019s great to have you with us on our little intercultural journey.<\/p>\n<p>Well, it\u2019s August, and at least in the northern hemisphere the holiday season is in full swing. \u201cHolidays\u201d \u2013 even when I only see the written word in an email message, it quickly seems to create pleasant pictures in my mind. I immediately think about beaches, mountains, islands and maybe you, too, you think about your favourite places? And, when you are on a holiday, don\u2019t you sometimes develop fantasies about leaving you normal life behind and not going back? About getting away from it all for good? Or at least for a little longer than just a holiday? Well, in this episode we have interviewed three people who have done exactly that \u2013 but all in their different ways.<\/p>\n<p><strong>absolutely itchy feet<\/strong><br \/>\nWe will start with Jens Alderath, one of our very internationally mobile students, who first went to Australia for 8 month for his practical semester 2 years ago, then went to South Africa twice since he returned, after that spent some weeks in Austria and Ireland and is as we are speaking planning now to go back to South Africa after he will have  finished his studies. Although he is only 23 years old, Jens seems to have become a \u201cworld citizen\u201d, but what do his family and friends think about the constant series of farewells?<\/p>\n<p><strong>absolutely musical<\/strong><br \/>\nAlessandro from Italy tells us what brought him to the opera in Thailand three years ago and why his life has changed from heavy metal to classical music.<\/p>\n<p><strong>absolutely free<\/strong><br \/>\nBut what would happen if Alessandros job became so stressful and tiring that he wanted to take a longer break? Could he take a whole year off? Well, this is exactly what Ralf Klatt did. Ralf is a teacher, and he took a so-called \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sabbatical\" target=\"_blank\">sabbatical year<\/a>\u201d to get away from his daily routine in school. He toured the USA for three month, with only one companion &#8211; his motorcycle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>absolutely lifelong<\/strong><br \/>\nAre you looking for realistic ways to improve your English and have some fun at the same time? Have you tried watching films in the original versions?  Well, then this will strike a chord with you. Lisa Martin, one of our students here at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rheinahrcampus.de\/\" target=\"_blank\">RheinAhrCampus<\/a>, has come up with some great ideas.<br \/>\nThe next show will be coming to you on the 24th of August from <a href=\"http:\/\/elgg.net\/annef\/weblog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anne Fox<\/a> in Denmark.<\/p>\n<p>So long\u2026stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p>The host of this show is: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laurent-borgmann.de\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Laurent Borgmann<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Edited and co-hosted by: <a title=\"Karsten Kneese\" href=\"http:\/\/www.2punkt0.org\" target=\"_blank\">Karsten Kneese<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/poddownico.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/podcast\/absolutely_intercultural_show_037.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/podfeedico.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/absolutely-intercultural\" target=\"_blank\">Podcast-Feed<\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/podaboico.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/phobos.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewPodcast?id=137617215&amp;s\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes-Abo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leaving it all behind &#8211; Sabbatical year &#8211; Opera in Thailand We reserve a special welcome to all our new listeners in Africa, South America and Asia. As you can see on our cluster map we are getting more and more hits from these parts of the world, and it\u2019s great to have you with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/?p=55\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;absolutely intercultural 37 +++ Leaving it all behind +++ Sabbatical +++ Opera in Thailand +++&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4,7,5,13,101,102,6,79,98,11,12,100,997,9,99,95,97,8,10,96],"class_list":["post-55","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast","tag-absoultely-intercultural","tag-communication","tag-culture","tag-education","tag-holiday","tag-holidays","tag-intercultural","tag-italy","tag-jens-alderath","tag-language","tag-lifelong-learning","tag-opera","tag-podcast","tag-practical-training","tag-ralf-klatt","tag-sabbatical","tag-south-africa","tag-students","tag-study-abroad","tag-thailand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}