Category Archives: Language
Gone AWOL Learning Spanish in Oaxaca
Ok, I am back! After being hit for six by some stomach bug last weekend I’ve been feeling run down all week and have only been able to face eating one meal a day. I think I am finally perking … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Mexico
4 Comments
Just Watch Out For The Legs
So much for my fussy eater! Today as we were walking through the big market in the colonial part of Oaxaca we passed a chapulines seller who I struck up a conversation with. Lillia had insisted we try chapulines when … Continue reading
Posted in Experiences, Language, Mexico
4 Comments
There’s a Glitch in the System – Me & the Laptop!
Regular readers of this blog will have noticed that I haven’t posted any new entries for a couple of days. For this I have to thank my lovely little daughter (there is a touch of sarcasm in there). My lovely … Continue reading
Posted in Experiences, Language, Mexico
Tagged Illness, Learning Spanish, Technical Troubles
3 Comments
I Am A Fish Out of Water
I’ve been feeling like a fish pulled out of the sea and dumped on to strange land. Since the Uruguayans arrived Spanish has been the main language in the apartment. Everyone has been speaking Spanish, including the long-term French couchsurfer … Continue reading
Posted in Experiences, Language, Mexico, Socialisation
Tagged Learning Spanish, Mexico City, socialization
Leave a comment
Mexico City – One Week On
Wow! We’ve been in Mexico City for a week and on the one hand the time has flown by, yet at the same time, it feels like longer, like there is a comfortable familiarity as if we’d been here months. … Continue reading
Posted in Experiences, HomeSchooling, Language, Mexico
Tagged Experiences, katie, live music, mariachi, Mexico City, travel
Leave a comment
Learning Spanish – The Online Way
I found a fun new way to learn Spanish the other day. It’s an online website where you can either pay for premium content or just use the basic content for free! Live Mocha offers tutorials for various languages and … Continue reading
Got the clothes, Get the language! Learning Spanish
We are really taking going to Mexico seriously! Yesterday while we were out we stocked up on a Spanish dictionary and a Spanish language course. We checked out Spanish for Gringos, yeah there really is a book by that name! … Continue reading
English Not Required
Inevitably things don’t always work out on the road as you pictured them during the dreaming and planning stages of the trip. In this instances it was one of things I most looking forward to witnessing. And one of the most essential. Continue reading
Posted in Experiences, Language, Laos
Tagged katie, Laos, making friends, Socialisation, Turkey
Leave a comment