BlaBla Language Exchange is a community created by Florian Ziegler & Tra My, based on sharing, meeting new people and learning languages.
Created in March 2016 in Hanoi, Vietnam, the BlaBla Language Exchange community now has about 150 administrators and has open events in more than 40 cities around the world.
- March 2016 / Opening of the first language event in Hanoi, by Florian Ziegler & Pham Thi Tra My. The event is private and focuses on the French language.
- April 2016 / Opening of the English group in Hanoi. Members are separated into two different groups and can choose to speak French or English.
- April 2016 / Opening of several new groups: Spanish, Italian, German, Russian, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. The beginnings are difficult but the groups fill up with time. BlaBla Language Exchange is the only event to offer 10 different languages in Hanoi and to attract expats from the city as well as travelers. BlaBla Hanoi quickly became the biggest language event in the city with more than 100 people / event.
June 2016: Opening in Ho Chi Minh City / Saigon (Vietnam) by Florian Ziegler & Tra My
January 2017: Opening in Marseille (France) by Sophie Yu
January 2017: Opening in Lisbon (Portugal) by the restaurant Velha Gaiteira.
January 2017: Opening in Berlin (Germany) by Amr Monnos, Radvile Kunisauskaite & Alaa Khalil
January 2017: Opening in Shenzhen (China) by Westwood Lau
January 2017: Opening in Da Nang (Vietnam) by Lương Viện
January 2017: Opening in Seoul (Korea) by Sorae Kim
January 2017: Opening in Strasbourg (France) by Florian Ziegler & Brussels (Belgium) by Sophie Graftieaux
January 2017: Opening in Lille (France) by Mélodie
July 2017: Opening in Cairo (Egypt) by Hend Hesham
July 2017: Opening in Amman (Jordan) by Asem Doleh & Moamar Qrar'ah
October 2017: Opening in Vientiane (Laos) by Charlie Yan
October 2017: Opening in Antalya (Turkey) by Yusuf Koz
Photo of our event in Hanoi
Language Exchange & Salsa
January 2017: Opening in Geneva (Switzerland) by Florian Ziegler.
January 2017: Opening in Paris (France) by Nour Itani
January 2017: Opening in Bordeaux (France) by Mohammad Badawi
January 2017: Opening in Frankfurt (Germany) by As Sunta, Ann-Marie Ní Dhubhda & Olga Okarska
March 2017: Opening in Manila (Philippines) by Michelle Pua & Rochelle Palomo
January 2017: Opening in Vienna (Austria)
January 2017: Opening in Lausanne (Switzerland) by Florian Ziegler
January 2017: Opening in Toulouse (France) by Hanna Mohamed & Yacine Benz
January 2017: Opening in Milan (Italy)
August 2017: Opening in East-Jerusalem and Ramallah (Palestine) by Nour Yag
September 2017: Opening in Izmir (Turkey) by Nil Karadağ
October 2017: Opening in Dublin (Ireland) by Martina Mangia
October 2017: Opening in Phnom Penh (Cambodia) by Sreyleak Hout
January 2017: Opening in Frankfurt (Germany)
July 2017: Opening in Cairo (Egypt) by Hend Hesham
July 2017: Opening in Amman (Jordan) by Asem Doleh & Moamar Qrar'ah
October 2017: Opening in Vientiane (Laos) by Charlie Yan
October 2017: Opening in Antalya (Turkey) by Yusuf Koz
January 2017: Opening in Lyon (France)
August 2017: Opening in East-Jerusalem and Ramallah (Palestine) by Nour Yag
September 2017: Opening in Izmir (Turkey) by Nil Karadağ
October 2017: Opening in Dublin (Ireland) by Martina Mangia
October 2017: Opening in Phnom Penh (Cambodia) by Sreyleak Hout