What’s that you say? You don’t need to actually carry on a conversation in Spanish, since you’re only going to be there for a week? I see. You need to ask directions for the metro. You need a room for the night, and perhaps a menu in English. No hay problema. Here are a [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Travel Spanish'
Traveler’s Spanish
October 23rd, 2009 No Comments
Tags: Learn Spanish · Learning Spanish · Travel Spanish · Traveler's Spanish
Mi Vida Loca – A Beginner’s Interactive Telenova Mystery from the BBC – A Review
August 9th, 2009 No Comments
Tired of listen and repeat? How about a mystery? In 22 episodes. On their site, you’ll find an overview, a user guide, a teacher’s guide (for classroom use), a syllabus and printouts, a Mini Vida Loca, the videos and even a Trailer. And a newsletter. Let me know what you think. I like it.
Tags: BBC · La Vida Loca · Learn Spanish · Learning Spanish · speak Spanish · Travel Spanish
A Peace Corp Volunteer in the Dominican Republic – an Interview with Mandi Holmes
June 19th, 2009 No Comments
Peace Corps is something I wanted to do since I was in high school. It was always presented as this really exciting, but kind of scary and challenging thing. I did it for the adventure and the oppurtunity to do something that I knew would change me.
Tags: Dominican Republic · Learn Spanish · Learning Spanish · Peace Corp · Travel Spanish
What We Paid in the Sacred Valley of Peru, including Machu Picchu
June 9th, 2009 No Comments
Everyone always wants to know what we paid for a trip, so here goes. For a week in an exotic country, far from home, it was pretty cheap. I could have gone a little cheaper, but it was cheap enough already that we didn’t feel the need to economize on the major items (and we [...]
Tags: Aguas Calientes Peru · Cusco · Cuzco · Machu Picchu · Sacred Valley · Travel Spanish
World’s longest parade and shortest route
May 18th, 2009 No Comments
We stood on the sidelines for almost an hour, but the sun was getting too hot, so we found one of the many balconied restaurants surrounding the plaza, got ourselves a balcony and had lunch as we watched the parade continue. And continue and continue. We took over an hour to eat lunch, just taking our time, and the parade showed no sign of ending when we left.
Tags: Aguas Calientes Peru · Cusco · Cuzco · Travel Spanish
Notes on Machu Picchu, Peru
May 18th, 2009 No Comments
Under the “What are the odds of that?” category: While walking down “restaurant row” in Aguas Calientes I ran into a fellow I had Spanish classes with in Guanjuato Mexico. What are the odds of that?
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Aguas Calientes, Peru – Doorway to Machu Picchu
May 18th, 2009 No Comments
Traffic isn’t bad here. In fact, it’s non-existent. There are no cars in Aquas Calientes for the simple fact that there are no roads leading to it. The only two ways you can get here are by train and by foot.
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MACHU PICCHU – At Long Last!
May 15th, 2009 No Comments
They call it the trip of a lifetime, one of the new seven wonders of the world. And I suppose it is. I know that I’ve wanted to come here ever since I saw that first photo of the city perched on top of a sheer mountain, surrounded by mountains.
Tags: Aguas Calientes Peru · Learning Spanish · Machu Picchu · Travel Spanish
Down to Machu Picchu by train
May 15th, 2009 2 Comments
Question: Should I take the Backpacker Express train or the Vista Dome? I read this question a lot on forums about M.P. Well, it depends.
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Day Two in Peru — A Tour of the Sacred Valley
May 15th, 2009 1 Comment
We saw sheep herders and goat herders and people plowing behind oxen. We passed a string of mules (in a village) piled high with grain. We saw a bullfight. Okay, not a Spain type bull fight. A farmer was moving a couple of steers through town (think tiny, narrow streets) and just as we passed, two of his steers got into a bit of a tussle.
Tags: Chinchero · Learn Spanish · Learning Spanish · Maras · Marasal · Moray · Ollantaytambo · Peru · Sacred Valley · speak Spanish · Travel Spanish · Urubamba
