"O Ddwyrain yr Almaen i Orllewin Cymru"

Name of traveller

Marion Löffler

Reason for travel

• academic work and immigration

Date of travel

1990, 1992, 1993

Cyn bo hir cefais I a dwy ferch arall oedd newydd ymsefydlu yno wahoddiad I gael cinio gyda rhai o wragedd y pentref [Tal-y-Bont]. Roedden nhw’n awyddus I’m gwneud yn gartrefol yn a gymuned newydd. (Löffler 42)

Content

• customs:
  • complimentary about warm welcome in local community
  • participation in local club, Clwb Nos Wener Talybont, and planning of activities
  • reference to local eisteddfodau
• people: brief reference to seemingly high number of German people in the area
• language:
  • academic research about Welsh language
  • enrolls in Lampeter language course to learn Welsh

Nationality of traveller

German

Language of publication

Welsh

Gender of traveller

Female

Type of publication

autobiography; essay

Citation

Löffler, Marion. "O Ddwyrain yr Almaen i Orllewin Cymru." Faner Newydd 10 (Winter 1998): 42-3. Print.