Well, what a busy few days! Although I want to put up a posting about our great day trip with the school to the towns of Segovia and Avila over the weekend; tonight I write about my being sick… A couple of weeks ago in Madrid, hubby and I had a bad head cold. Hubby’s […]
Entries Tagged as 'Learning Spanish'
The doctor says, ?Como se llama…?
April 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Learning Spanish, Sabbatical trip
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Salamanca
April 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Learning Spanish, Sabbatical trip, Uncategorized
Here it is Thursday, and I haven’t managed to put up pictures of Salamanca as yet! Unfortunately, hubby and I have been recovering from really bad colds and it has been pouring cats and dogs all week. I thought I was getting better but Tuesday night laid me low again. So we have gone to […]
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Salud!
March 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Itinerary, Learning Spanish, Sabbatical trip, Site Seeing
I did it! I’m feeling very proud of myself this morning! I managed two “real” things using only Spanish – and the best part – I used a verb! Who knows if I used the correct form, but I succeeded in asking my homestay mother if she would wash our laundry today and I asked […]
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How not to use your Spanish!
March 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment · eating, Learning Spanish, Sabbatical trip, Site Seeing
Buena dias! Well, the two of us decided to take a little walk last night after classes until the tapas bars are open (You cannot eat anywhere until 8 pm here). A classmate had told us he had found a bar with Guiness on tap. We were up for a beer with some substance (beer- […]
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Study, study, study, study…
March 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Itinerary, Learning Spanish, Sabbatical trip, Site Seeing
Hola! Well it is Wednesday already and we have pretty regular days. We get up and eat at 9, go to school to use the wireless and do homework. Lunch at 1, and back to classes for 3 till 7. Last night we went to a lecture in the school about Dali — understood about […]
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