Arturo the BullMar 232 minDo people really eat that?Food is something an expat has to deal in the first few days or weeks of their adventure in their new country. I talked about this in...
Arturo the BullMar 162 minFinding a flatI'd been living in a friend's studio apartment in Barcelona for just about a year, while he stayed in the apartment I'd left behind in...
Arturo the BullMar 23 minA historical bookmarkThis week's blog post was supposed to be about those pesky cards the stewardess hands out to you right before the plane lands: arrive...
revel43Feb 24 minGetting a signalWhen I moved into my new house, back in 2005, there was no Internet connection. Well, there was a connection, but it was really slow,...
revel arrowayNov 22, 20213 minThanksgiving in Spain?It was a Thursday in late November of 1989. I was sitting at my table in my tiny flat in the San Andreu neighborhood of Barcelona, having...
revel arrowayNov 8, 20213 minA cup of coffee with a friendTell me a tale is a program that is meant to get you, the language learner, to do some hard work towards improving one particular aspect...
Danielle AllenNov 8, 20214 minThe long way around: use the language you know!by Danielle Allen You’ve heard the saying: "A little bit goes a long way." This is nearly "gospel" for toothpaste, nutmeg, and speaking...
Danielle AllenNov 1, 20213 minJust use the "language line"By Danielle Allen The barrier “Do you know what language she speaks?” I pull out my phone with my non-sticky glove to search “Language...
Danielle AllenOct 12, 20203 minYou Don't Want to Learn a LanguageHear me out. You don't actually want to learn a new language. It's the same reasoning behind not...
Stephanie WeinerSep 28, 20204 minWhy Can't I Speak Fluently? Being Latina without Speaking Spanish When my grandma went to high school and she had to take a language, the school wouldn’t let her take Spanish because she was Latina.