"febrerillo, el loco" is a Spanish phrase we heard today which roughly translated means "February is mad' and so far, we agree...
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"febrerillo, el loco" is a Spanish phrase we heard today which roughly translated means "February is mad' and so far, we agree...
Last night, we went to the theatre! To one of Granada’s main auditoria, Teatro Isabel la Católica, to see some professional flamenco dancing. And yes, I think we may have experienced el 'duende'...
I know I’ve said it before, but we love Granada! Christmas has arrived and it's looking pretty splendid...
The 1st October, our first day at Casa Magdalena, seems a long time ago. So, what have the first two months been like and what were the highs and lows? Find out by listening to our first podcast...
Friday marks our last day at school for the time being. To mark this auspicious occasion, I wanted to just jot down a few memories so that we had some form of aide-memoire of our time at Escuela Delengua and the people we have met whilst there.
La semana pasada la escuela fue dificil. Nosotros aprendímos verbos en el pasado: pretérito indefinido, pretérito perfecto y pretérito imperfecto y estaban muy complicados.
Yesterday evening, just as we were settling down in front of the fire - voomph! - the house went dark: a power cut.
It has been a busy old week, and I am not quite sure where the time has gone. We are in the middle of our three-week run at school, and had friends to stay at the weekend, its all been rather hectic, so where to begin?
This week has been really tough. We have recently been studying three past tenses in Spanish and combining these proved a little too much for us...
You've heard of 'por favor' right? Well, it turns out that the word 'por' unlocks a whole hideous pandora's box of linguistic hell...
