I did knitting and caught up on podcasts - 99% invisible - for a story about the worst smell in the world then a piece about 'sewbots' at Planet Money. Yesterday's best show was Freakanomics about racial profiling in restaurants if there were shows like these in Spanish I'd be fluent in no time - if anyone knows of any good ones please send me the links.
yes I am still trying to speak Spanish like a native - did I mention that I'm off to Spain soon?
Dolores and I still have our regular spanglish meetings, we speak Spanish one visit then English the next - today was English day and, as she is a professional sportsperson, we discussed the fashion for 'cupping' amongst athletes.
When it is my turn to speak Spanish I seem to always end up talking about insects
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And now my odd-wired brain has Basil Fawlty opening a spa at The Towers and trying cupping on Manuel as practice...
ReplyDeleteI need coffee!
that's a blast from the past!
DeleteExcellent opportunity to be in Spain. Just go out and about and use your Spanish. I'm sure you'll be very good!
ReplyDeleteI'n vvvvvv excited about the trip!
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