Ever tried seseando?

Jan 19, 2012 by

For my second guest blogging post at Metropolitan, I wonder about the urban myth of the Castilian lisp…and how bloody hard it...

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Guest blogging posts at Metrop...

Jan 11, 2012 by

I’m going to be writing a series of guest blogging posts over at Metropolitan this month, on sundry stuff. Here’s an...

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What I wish I’d known

Dec 28, 2011 by

Ah, the ingénue I was a mere eight months ago. Armed with my Collins pocket dictionary, nowhere to live and not knowing anyone in...

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Rough. Ready?

Nov 29, 2011 by

I recently celebrated the 6-month mark of being in Barcelona. In grim pathetic fallacy fashion, it bounced with rain, that day. I...

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Common mistakes in Spanish and...

Nov 4, 2011 by

I work in a Barcelona office where the two official languages are Spanish and English, but on a daily basis I’m also surrounded by...

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The saints and souls of Barcel...

Oct 30, 2011 by

October has turned out to be an oddly morbid month. Maybe the Devil really did unleash the spirits when Hell’s Gate hiccupped at the...

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