Pu ine? Ou est? Donde esta?
I’m beginning to think more in Spanish, which makes it infinitely easier to communicate. Some days are easy – I can understand the signs in Catalan, communicate in Spanish, proceed through the day with little to no English. Initially I found myself cycling through the languages in my mind to arrive (haltingly) at the right thing – first Greek, then French, sometimes a bit of Portuguese thrown in for good measure, and finally Espanol (or Castellano, as it’s referred to here). But Spanish is a language that I feel more than think. And because I have a long-standing love affair with quotes:
“In Spanish I hear things with my body, my senses, my blood, not with my mind. It reaches me through subterranean channels of atavistic memories.” Anais Nin
I love the bilingual (Castellano/Catalan) culture. Both are official languages of the region, integrated and woven through the fabric of the city – signs, posters, restaurant menus, speech – Catalan has some similarities to Spanish & French, making it at times decipherable and confusing:
Me: What the hell are they saying?
Myself: Maybe you should stop eavesdropping.
Me: Did I say that out loud?
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