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When traveling in Latin America, it is sometimes useful to know all the ways you might be addressed by a local. I mean, you don’t want someone to refer to you as something and not know what it means, right? Different countries have different names that they call foreigners, but there are [...]
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So 5 weeks of learning Spanish comes to a close with Bueno, entonces… and like all good stories we are left with an open ending! This class, as ever for the weekly review, was conducted over the telephone between David and Jimena, but was far less of a review than previous ones and more of [...]
Lesson #28 of Bueno, entonces…starts out with David letting us know that his father was able to reconquistar his mom! Hooray!
They went out to a restaurante intimo and then spent a night in the Hyatt Hotel. Hey, if my husband flew across the Atlantic, took me out to an intimate dinner and then had reservations [...]
This image is pretty hilarious to me because I was walking with a friend today to find an art store in La Boca and we spotted a really cool hooded jacket in a store window. He is learning to speak spanish and went into the store to ask if he could try on the jacket [...]
How quickly time passes, as I am now into the final weeks classes of the Bueno, entonces… program and my attempts at learning Spanish in this way are drawing to an end…..obviously I shall continue to practice and learn the language in other forms!! I must admit that, and in the light of being critical [...]
It’s the weekend catch-up session again, and Jimena and David are both partaking in a spot of stalking…David is in Mendoza spying on his mother with the Tango instructor, and Jimena is following her boyfriend because she is convinced he is cheating on her. Unfortunate, but let”s be honest, all these gorgeous Argentine men allegedly [...]
Well, a class with an abundance of information and a little sad, but comical, story to go with it and thus provide some much needed entertainment when learning Spanish or any other language. Apparently the hapless student had a torrid time at the Telo the previous evening along with his vecinita Mariana, with the room [...]
You’ve probably heard that the Latino culture is very, very machista. Meaning it is excessively masculine. Some people like this aspect of the culture, others don’t– Example: The machismo mentality means that chivalry is still very much alive. However, it also means that the men are more aggressive and over-bearing. Hm. Tough call. As things [...]
Graffiti. In most languages, you can say the word, and despite the language differences, most people will still understand you. Now how cool is that? The word graffiti originated from the Italian word graffiato, which means ‘scratched‘. Supposedly the original ‘graffiti‘ was etched into buildings and property, dating all the way back to Ancient Greece [...]