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Pt. 5: A Meeting of Nations and a Step into the Unknown
Pigs play an extremely important role in Spain. In fact, my husband’s village was twelve kilometres from Guijuelo, an important town as...
Feb 1, 201911 min read


Pt. 4: Intimidating O.A.P.s and Breakneck Buses
Then there are the elderly ladies. I have to admit I do find them rather scary. Having moved into an awful old flat at eleven o’ clock...
Feb 1, 20194 min read


Pt. 3: An Introduction to Village Customs and Grumpy Galicians
I was to share an incredibly shabby, old 1950’s flat with two young Spaniards, a girl from Salamanca, Paquita, who became a good friend...
Feb 1, 20196 min read


Pt. 2: A Memorable Arrival
I shall never forget the day I travelled to Béjar, the village where I was to spend six months doing work experience for my university...
Feb 1, 20195 min read


My Spanish Experience Pt. 1
I had no intention of living in Spain for sixteen years. Back in the 80’s, I could not decide which “A” Level to take, along with French...
Jan 5, 20193 min read


Saying hello and goodbye in Spanish
Saying hello: Hola (olah): Hi! /Hello! Buenos días (bwenos dee-ass): Good day / Good morning. Buenas tardes (bwenass tar-dess): Good...
Jan 4, 20191 min read


Did you know?
Check out these four Spanish facts! Did you know that Spanish is one of the most spoken languages in the world with over 400 million...
Oct 28, 20181 min read
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