FluentU – Learning Spanish Through Video
The best day in high school Spanish class was "La Catrina" day. Profe would stockpile those episodes freshman year until she had absolutely no willpower against nearly 30 teenagers with…
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,…
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…
Dancing in the Fountain: Enjoy Living Abroad Book Giveaway
I'm five minutes early, and there's just one table left. It's in the sun and cramped between two groups of German travelers. Karen strides in with just a moment to…
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.…