Do you know SpongeBob SquarePants? The main character from that children’s TV-show about the sea sponge that lives beneath the ocean surface with his best friend Patrick the starfish. Did you know that the English name is used even in the Italian version?

Idag kom det fram att en arbetskollega till mig är ett stort fan av Svampbob Fyrkant. Ni vet huvudpersonen i barnprogrammet om svampen som bor under havsytan med sin bästa kompis sjöstjärnan Patrik. Då min arbetskollega är italienska kom det även fram att det engelska namnet ”Spongebob Squarepants” används även i den italienska versionen. Detta [...]

First of all, congratulations to all of you who took part in the Top 100 International Exchange and Experience Blogs 2010 competition. Thank you very much for participating, nominating, cheering and voting for your favorite blogs! The lucky winners got some nice prizes. On behalf of the top 3 bloggers, we have made donations to [...]

If you know a great blog by someone undertaking a semester abroad, an international internship, or any sort of exchange program that involves living abroad you are in the right place!!

Last year we here at the bab.la language portal and Lexiophiles launched the Top 100 International Exchange and Experience Blogs 2009. It was rewarding and we really enjoyed bringing the international blogging community together, so here we go again: It’s time for the Top 100 International Exchange and Experience Blogs 2010, also known as IX [...]

It has been one week since the launch of our IX 09 competition (Top 100 International Exchange & Experience competition 2009 – phew! What a mouthful!) and the nominations are flowing in to the bab.la mailboxes. We have seen some great blogs so far and we know there is going to be some hot competition [...]