Learning Spanish in Seville
Learning Spanish in Seville: My Story
When I used to tell people that I worked in the little town of Olivares in rural Andalucía, all those big fancy sevillanos used to flip their hands as if to say,…
Seville Snapshots: Colorful Windows in El Centro
Madrid and I have a complicated relationship: it took me a few years in Spain and several trips to discover what was beneath the flashy Gran Vía, to understand the…
Andalusia: A Love Letter in Photos
The immortal Amigos de Gines sing, Andalucia es mi tierra, yo soy del sur. Andalusia is my home, I'm from the South. While I can't claim to be a full-blood…
How Much Spanish Should I Speak to Travel or Live in Spain?
One of the most common questions I'm asked about moving to Spain is the level necessary to be able to understand and be understood while traveling and working. This is a…
Learning a Language for Love
Ven, gorda, que te voy a dar un beso. Enrique held his arms outstretched as I let the words slowly formulate a sentence in English in my head. When they…
The Rain in Spain
"I knew the weather was changing during my morning cigarette yesterday," the Novio mentioned as he smoked his [fifth] evening piti. That's the problem with being a pilot, he confessed.…
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