Penfriends, Exchanges & School Trips

02/12/23 • 22 min

Ginger Gerald delves deep into the past and looks at the fun and games of having penfriends, doing exchange visits and going on school trips overseas. For many of us these were our very first ever overseas experiences. And, in the dim & dark past, GG even took a school group overseas himself (sounds like a disaster to me) - have a listen to find out for yourself.

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Bon Appetit!

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Let ́s talk about food! About time too. When you live or travel overseas food and meals are just so important - at least they are to Ginger Gerald and his family. GG goes on a bit of a trip back to his childhood and discusses how his Mum produced so much food for 8 hungry lads! He also lists off a few of his local specialities and puts his neck on the line with a couple of, well, disappointing local items. And, to cap it all, we are introduced to the amazing and innovative "4DoubleU" formula which will give you no end of fun and debate with your family and friends. A sizzler of an episode. Bon Appetit!

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The football episode

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GG has been rabbiting on about food & drink recently and so this week, keeping alive the approach of "talk about the things you love", is focusing on football. Playing, watching, reading, talking and FEELING football - wherever you are in thew world. As always there ́s the odd anecdote from back in the day, but some great stories from Brazil and Venezuela as well as México. What is it about watching your kids play football that gets you so excited and nervous? Have you ever been one of those "over involved touchline parents"? It ́s all there today - particularly for those who like a bit of footy talk - so relax and enjoy!

Ginger Gerald - you lucky barstard! - Penfriends, Exchanges & School Trips

Transcript

• Discover the latest episode of Ginger Gerald’s podcast, Bon Appetit, for some food, fun, and banter.
• Ginger Gerald is broadcasting from his hometown of Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire.
• Penfriends were a popular strategy used by language teachers to help students engage with foreign languages before the internet.
• Penfriends involved writing letters to a random person in a foreign country assigned by the language teacher.
• The idea was to write in the languag