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Spanish Lessons

Tuesday, April 12th, 2005

Donīt let anyone ever tell you itīs hard to learn English. The more Spanish classes I take, the more I realize that English is actually a really simple language. Spanish has feminine and masculine and so many exceptions to both. Spanish has verb congugations that boggle my mind…a different verb for present, past, future, conditional, etc…and different endings for me, you, he/she/you (polite), we, you guys (for lack of a better phrase) and they. It makes English look really simple. And actually…everyone here (no matter where they are from all the other students speak English) admits English is easy to learn (hard to master).
But anyway, yo aprendo mucho. (Iīm learning a lot.)
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Buenas Dias

Tuesday, April 5th, 2005

8:57pm -Barcelona -La Rambla

Hola to all. Life in Barcelona is more then pleasant. This city lives, it breaths, it dances! It is so full of life that itīs hard to put things into words.
Iīll start by saying I started Spanish classes yesterday and they are going well. Learning a lot already, and classes are suplemented with activities…and drinking. After calss today we watched a movie in Spanish (though it was originally French). While I didnīt understand all of it, I got the general idea. Translating comedy is a bit difficult and I missed a few of the jokes, though I think the voice over actors did as well. Plus there was a big protest going on outside with a whole lot of noise…people protesting tearing down buildings to build a new metro station…sounds a lot like New York and the proposed stadium in Brooklyn.
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What a flight!

Friday, April 1st, 2005
Barcelona -April 1, 2005 -9:18PM ACK! Worst flight ever! Let me start by saying that Airbus suck. Thereīs abnormally little leg room and everything rattles and shakes like itīs falling apart. (At the slightest turbulence the center console seriously looked like ... [Continue reading this entry]