Felices Fiestas
from
Buenos Aires
Saturday, December 26, 2015
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Coming to Buenos Aires "Fair Winds"
Hola Amigos--
Well the flight was long but we made it Buenos Aires, Argentina. It's nice to be out of the cold weather of the upper Midwest. It hit 94 degrees the other day, quite a shock to the old bod and the sweat poured down.
Impressions of Buenos Aires: A huge city with very nice people. Lots of cars that force you to look before you walk across the street. A great subway system, but be sure to avoid the crowded morning rush hour. We love the subway, cheap and clean.
We got settled in to our apartment in Palmero Hollywood, I plugged in our US powerstrip and promptly blew the apartment fuse. A call to the landlord and were back up and running. Time to walk around and explore the shops, cafes on every corner and nightlife. We are right across from a Catholic School. So there are lots of kids in their school uniforms coming and going. And when it's recess time, you can feel the excitement in the air as noise level rises.
Buenos Aires is a city of Spanish speakers. But once in a while we do hear English being spoken as we stroll along by sidewalk cafes. Meeting up with our spanish tutor soon...
Well the flight was long but we made it Buenos Aires, Argentina. It's nice to be out of the cold weather of the upper Midwest. It hit 94 degrees the other day, quite a shock to the old bod and the sweat poured down.
Impressions of Buenos Aires: A huge city with very nice people. Lots of cars that force you to look before you walk across the street. A great subway system, but be sure to avoid the crowded morning rush hour. We love the subway, cheap and clean.
We got settled in to our apartment in Palmero Hollywood, I plugged in our US powerstrip and promptly blew the apartment fuse. A call to the landlord and were back up and running. Time to walk around and explore the shops, cafes on every corner and nightlife. We are right across from a Catholic School. So there are lots of kids in their school uniforms coming and going. And when it's recess time, you can feel the excitement in the air as noise level rises.
Buenos Aires is a city of Spanish speakers. But once in a while we do hear English being spoken as we stroll along by sidewalk cafes. Meeting up with our spanish tutor soon...
Saturday, October 31, 2015
Hola Amigos--
This blog is my attempt to help myself learn Spanish before my upcoming trip to BA, Buenos Aires. Where I'll continue learning Spanish and also learn Tango dancing. Lots of learning going on!
I just started a spanish class that meets on Thursday nights with Dr. P at the local community college. We learned the first day that Spanish has many of words in common with English. Which should make things a bit easier. And that Spanish is one of 5 Romance languages all derived from Latin. Lots of people in the class seem motivated to learn and many with a multi-language background.
We learned that 85% of the Spanish verbs are regular, or have regular endings. The other verbs are semi irregular and the rest are irregular translated as you better memorize them!
Today I just got a package from Amazon with the 3 spanish books I ordered. Easy Spanish Phrase Book, See it & say it in Spanish and Easy Spanish Step-by-Step. They all look good. I just ordered the books on Thursday and got the books on Saturday. How do they deliver them so fast?
I also bought Benny's Fluent in 3 Months Plus online mishmash of language hacking. I really like Benny's take on learning languages. Just jump right in and don't be intimidated.
I also found some Learn Spanish youtube videos. Pro Spanish, it's nice and slow and I can speak. "No Tengo un animal."
So far so good.
This blog is my attempt to help myself learn Spanish before my upcoming trip to BA, Buenos Aires. Where I'll continue learning Spanish and also learn Tango dancing. Lots of learning going on!
I just started a spanish class that meets on Thursday nights with Dr. P at the local community college. We learned the first day that Spanish has many of words in common with English. Which should make things a bit easier. And that Spanish is one of 5 Romance languages all derived from Latin. Lots of people in the class seem motivated to learn and many with a multi-language background.
We learned that 85% of the Spanish verbs are regular, or have regular endings. The other verbs are semi irregular and the rest are irregular translated as you better memorize them!
Today I just got a package from Amazon with the 3 spanish books I ordered. Easy Spanish Phrase Book, See it & say it in Spanish and Easy Spanish Step-by-Step. They all look good. I just ordered the books on Thursday and got the books on Saturday. How do they deliver them so fast?
I also bought Benny's Fluent in 3 Months Plus online mishmash of language hacking. I really like Benny's take on learning languages. Just jump right in and don't be intimidated.
I also found some Learn Spanish youtube videos. Pro Spanish, it's nice and slow and I can speak. "No Tengo un animal."
So far so good.
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