If you need to calm down at the end of a stressful day.
Often when I travel, I am so tired that I fall asleep straight away.
Setting Alarms
The important act is to note if I have to be anywhere early next day, and, if so, to set an alarm. I used to need to travel with an alarm clock. Now phones have built in alarms, usually simply look for the clock symbol. When travelling, you might want to move the symbol to the front screen of you phone. You do this by simply holding your finger over the symbol and sliding it right or left - in this case on my Samsung phone to the left, until it hops from page to page to the front page.
To be sure you have enough power in your phone, carry a power brick and a lead, ideally two leads. Have a pocket or place where the lead is always kept. The lead could be in the front pocket of your phone in a cross body bag, the right or left lower or upper pocket of your jacket, the inside or outside pocket, or the net pocket on the inside of your suitcase or wheel on airline bag.
You can create a more restful alarm in the morning, you can choose from one of several options on your phone. Or add your own music. It could be a motivation song. Of even make up your own daily to do list in rhyme. Or add the Tibetan singing bowls as wake-up music.
Your phone
Keep a list of instructions for your phone. Think of a word for each sound of the singing bowl. For example, rest, peace, love. You could recall them alphabetically.
Use a thesaurus or internet search to find your words.
If you are sharing a hotel room on holiday, or a dormitory, or wish to listen on transport such as a train or plain, you may wish to carry headphones, or noise cancelling headphones which cut out the outside sounds. Here you can choose your favourite positive words, alphabetically
Italian flag It is easy to learn Italian words for foods from menus in restaurants or online and from recipes and good sold in supermarkets. Another fun way to learn Italian is by looking at list of works by your favourite Italian artists. I just looked at works by de Chirico. Some Italian words translated
Italian - English
A amore - love
anatomico - anatomical
anniversario - anniversary
autoritratto - self-portrait
B bagno - bath
bagni - baths
biscotti - biscuits
busto - bust
C casa - house cavalli - horses
con - with
D del - of the
di - of
donna - woman
due - two
F frutta - fruit
I interno - interior
L le - the
M mare - sea
maschere - mask
metafisico - metaphysical museo - museum
mysteriosi - mysterious
N nudo - nude
P principe - prince
R rimorso - remorse riposa - rest
ritratto - portrait
T test - head
triangolo - triangle
English - Italian
Some Italian words translated
love - amore
A anatomical - anatomico
anniversary - anniversario
B
bath - bagno
Baths - bagni
biscuits - biscotti
bust - busto
F fruit - frutta
H
horses - cavalli
house - casa
I interior - interno L love - amore
le - the
M mask - maschere
metaphysical - metafisico museum - museo
mysterious - mysteriosi N
nude - nudo O of - di of the - del P portrait - ritratto
prince - principe R remorse - rimorso
rest - riposa
S sea - mare self-portrait - autoritratto
T the - le test - head
triangolo - triangle
two -due
W
with - con
woman - donna
Useful Websites
duolingo.com
wikipedia
wikivoyage
Author Author, Author! About the Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. (Not related to the actress.)
Author of twenty books including: Quick Quotations; Who Said What When.
See books and profiles on Lulu.com and Amazon, such as Wedding Speeches & Toasts. Also watch videos on YouTube.
See other posts on singers and statues and languages and destinations.
LANGUAGE TEACHER/TRAINER If you want to learn to speak the Queen's English, or Received Pronunciation. join me at my online toastmasters club, Braddell Heights Advanced. Wednesdays, 7-9 Singapore time which is seven hours ahead of London, England. I am also a member of Singapore Online.9-12 pm, Singapore time, Fridays. I am also a member of Tampines Changkat Advanced. Harrovians, London.
Toastmasters International Find a Club https://www.toastmasters.org/find-a-club https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=upSEBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA21&lpg=PA21&dq=quick+quotations
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