Welcome to the “United Nations” in Orange County! We will get to know other cultures and, in English, share about other cultures thereby offering a forum for the members to listen and speak in English. Any person, of any level, wanting to have more opportunities to practice English and make friends from other cultures are welcome!

Is there anyone else in LA who is interested in learning Finnish, talking about Finland, teaching Finnish, or doing anything else Finland-related? If so, post here and let's get started on this.

All things French: language, culture, food, movies.

The Orange County Travel meetup is no longer active. Replacing it is the "TRAVEL and CULTURES" meetup with members worldwide. Get involved! Exercise your passion for travel. Visit the new "TRAVEL and CULTURES" meetup! Check us out at www.meetup.com/TravelAndCultures/

Hello, I am Mela, the host and organizer of Solo Travel Tales. Welcome to our site. I hope you will join us for one of our travel-cultural-history meetings and events. We share tips, info, photos and lots of stories regarding independent travel. Our meetings are filled with travel tales and information; sharing our personal tips, resources, photos, laughs and the wonderful travel stories that usually accompany a good adventure. Our attendees are 'real' travelers and are eager to listen and share …

The Anatolian Cultures and Food Festival (www.anatolianfestival.org) is a cultural and historical event that includes exhibitions, food, art craft, performances, dances and live music activities. More than 45,000 people from United States and around the world attend the four-day event each year. The 1st Anatolian Cultures and Food Festival was held in OC Fairgrounds, the 2nd one at OC Great Park, the 3rd year, the festival came back at the OC Fairgrounds. This year again in OC Fairgrounds, the f …

Calling all southern California lesbians who love to learn! Let's visit museums, art galleries, and other educational experiences together! We have some incredible exhibits in southern California and sometimes our daily routines and busy schedules keeps us from having the opportunity to experience some amazing things.  Let's put this fun on our calendars and not miss out anymore! This group will plan in two ways: 1 local exhibit in southern California each month. 2 exhibits outside of our local …

We make soap and handcrafted bath and body products. Come out and share recipes, resources, learn new techniques or get and give some soapy inspiration. Whether you're a cold process; hot process or liquid soaper or want to learn the art and science of handcrafting all natural bath & body products, or just love buying the real thing then join us!

So you want to learn French? Just strengthen your vocab and French accent? Craving a lil' Le Petit Prince reading? All levels of French (and want-to-be-French) speakers are welcome to join us at this informal meetup group to get back in the swing of the French language! Our meetups will happen at a local coffee shop where no-stress conversations will take place. Vocab games, casual conversation, French scrabble and readings from French literature will be some of our highlights. Join us for …

Lets Speak Italian! Parliamo Italiano! !Benvenuti! Meet Italian language and culture lovers in a relaxed and fun atmosphere. Come make new "amici", learn and practice the language, be exposed to a different culture, tradition, and cuisine. We look forward to building a solid group that will lead us to nice friendships, theme parties, local outings, cultural trips and most of all lots of listen and talk Italian. All ages and levels welcome! If you are a beginner remember you learn a lot just by …

A meetup for all things Brazilian: Language, Food, Travel, Culture. Come meet other Brazilian lovers!

En Francais. Quelque soit votre niveau. Notre but est de se rencontrer, de parler en francais et de participer a des activitees bien francaises. Long Beach est surnommee depuis des generations 'la ville internationale". C'est bien vrai. J'ai rencontre beaucoup de francophones ici parmi les europeens, les vietnamiens, les cambodgiens, les libanais et beaucoup d'autres. Quel plaisir. Alors continuons a parler francais, apprenons les uns des autres, echangeons les bonnes adresses et le calendrier d …

Meet Latinos or Latino lovers who appreciate good music (mainly Brazilian), and keep them informed of our musical events.  These include performances of well-known international musicians, as well as lesser known, but equally good, local bands. Bossa Nova, Samba, Forró, Boleros, and other Latin beats will show you a broader view of our rich Latino culture!

The purpose of this meetup is to learn Russian through conversations, games, and exercises while having a lot of fun. This is FAR from a typical boring class where people get together to study a language. This is a meetup that feels like a party where people make friends, socialize, learn new things from each other and from their host. We welcome everybody regardless their nationality, race, or  age. Just come and see it for yourself. You'll love it!!!

Hi, My name is 景雯 I was a parachute kid from Taiwan, I moved to OC in 1988. My family is all in Taiwan still, I'm the only one here in the states.  Since my husband and I got married almost 3 years ago, we been trying to preserve and explore my cultural heritage.  We love Taiwanese street food and Mandarin movies.  Last year we decided to have our baby in Tainan where I was born and raised so that we can share the experience with my family in Taiwan and provide a relationship for my daughter and …

Herzlich willkomme to the Long Beach German Klönschnack Meetup Group. This is a group for anyone interested in the German Language and Culture. Chat with German Speakers to practice speaking and vocabulary. All levels are willkommen … don’t be shy.

The purpose of this group is to bring together groups of people who either already know French or wish to learn French. Anyone with a love and/ or interest in French language and or culture should join.

Benvenuto!!! Meet people who love everything Italian.  Make new friends, practice the language, be exposed to a different culture, tradition, and cuisine. Please note: We do not provide Italian lessons . Prospective members should have either taken at least a basic Italian course or learned some Italian in another way, such as living in Italy for a period of time or exposure to Italian speakers in the U.S. If this description fits you, then please join us to share conversation and enjoyable eve …

We believe in the value of meaningful cross-cultural interaction towards building greater human understanding, across the united states. Our goal is to foster an inspiring environment of mutual respect and wonder with regard to social and cultural differences, where people with remarkably different backgrounds can learn and grow together.