culture – Fake Flamenco

bilingual, En español, Humor, Living Abroad, Spanish Culture and Language, The Americas

Who’s Got it Right?

Driving on the Left or the Right? Across the world, 75 countries drive on the left and 165 on the right. A high number of countries from the former British Empire make up those 75, with many exceptions like the United States, Canada and Belize. All Spanish speaking countries in the world drive on the […]

Humor, Spanish Culture and Language

April 1 and Day of the Holy Innocents

I’m happy to report that we have made it safely to Caracas! Tomorrow we’ll check out the botanical gardens, the Teleférico (aerial cable car) and the Museo Bolívar. We love Venezuelan food, we’ve tried it in Madison and we know this will be a tasty trip. It’s so amazing how we traveled the 2500 miles […]

Life as a Woman, Spanish Culture and Language, Study Abroad

I Swear To You

The year my husband and I lived in Santiago, Chile, we rubbed elbows with locals who sought to amaze us with their English mastery. Evan and I would walk hand in hand through a park and a young man would bellow, “F$%#!” a couple of times. His friends would whistle and clap with delight. He’d […]

Living Abroad, Spanish Culture and Language

Supergringa in Spain: 5 Important Lessons

Fall of my junior year in college I went to Spain for a semester. Those four months were key to who I’ve become. What I learned about myself and what it meant to be a gringa in the world was central to my experience. Here I confess what I learned about my own personality. 5 […]

bilingual, Spanish Culture and Language

The Bilingual Dream

I’m working hard to make every morning and every evening count in terms of our child’s Spanish language exposure. Breakfast en español is working! Our child is speaking Spanish for the majority of sentences while eating coconut yogurt to start the day. I listen without making corrections, as our child has requested. I make encouraging […]

Spanish Culture and Language

Can 44 Dancers Tell 1000 Years of Mexican History in 120 Minutes?

Choreographer Amalia Hernández created the Ballet Folklórico de México in the 1950s to represent Mexican history and culture with dance. The show is breathtaking, see for yourself in a video clip. Click on the headdress.