What’s the #1 mistake that Spanish learners make? Learning only from textbooks. Even if textbooks are certainly the most helpful tool for learning, they lack the ability of communicating the nuances of the Spanish language and culture.
After all, slang, dialects, emotion and humor – that’s where the real “soul” of Spanish resides. One great way to cross that bridge from your very own sofa is to watch some movies.
Looking at a photograph of the imposing cathedral of Jaen in southern Spain, you might assume it to be a major historic city - a Milan, a Santiago de Compostela or Rouen.
But Jaen is one of Andalucia's forgotten treasures; a town which, despite its glory years as a strategic post during the Christian Reconquista of Spain from the Moors, has long since slipped off the tourist radar.
Second part (and end) of this touching story, brought to us by AWanderingCasiedilla.
“One year ago, I found out I’d be moving to a 5,000 person village in Spain. I then found out I’d be the only foreigner. I remember like it was yesterday. I remember refreshing my e-mail every 10 minutes for two months straight, impatiently awaiting my city assignment. The next year of my life was completely in the hands of the Spanish government, and I was OK with it. In fact, more than OK…where would they put me? Sevilla? Madrid?! Barcelona?! And then I got the e-mail… Fregenal de la WHAT?! PANIC.” The beginning og AWanderingCasiedilla's journey in Spain.
