Spanish - Culture and Travel

Hi All   Am currently in Puerto Vallarta and having the best time. MY Spanish is growing in leaps and bounds. so much fun, but speaking is never easy, but forcing myself to speak, luckily I am not scared to make mistakes.  The Spanish speakers have be...

I was just wondering if there was country music in South America. I'm not thinking of folk, but more Western, like they do in the United States. Thanks! 

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Hi All   Was listening to a podcast for Spanish learners. Coffee Break has free podcast and it is European Spanish. The podcasts are free and I enjoy listening to them. I don't want to pay for another course, but I will be using the free ones.  Maxie

  Los Dos Carnales Pedrito Fernández 1982 film https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7D6EdjC1IF0&t=68 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7D6EdjC1IF0&t=68 Pedro Fernández - Me Encantas https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L1-KQkNtUk4&t=200   Pedro Fernández - Si Tuvi...

"El Pocho" Spanish https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E3PsffJ2z6Y https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=E3PsffJ2z6Y The movie was intended for a Mexican, spanish speaking audience.   "El pocho" at its core is a story about someone about 50 years ago in Texas be...

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I spent a few weeks in Cuenca in 2015 and 2018, and they were then building a municipal train. Out of curiosity I googled for it, and found the train is operating now and serves 20,000 riders a day. But I have two questions about the Spanish in the websi...

Hi All I have no idea what they eat in Spain or South America for Christmas. I know that the Portuguese traditioanlly celebrate Christmas Eve more tham Christmas day. That traditionally Bacalhau is often served and there is a “Bolo de Rei” King cake. Mo...

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So I noticed today that this curriculum calls steak ‘bistec’. But I always thought steak was called asada? Probably a very obvious answer, but the different names for foods in spanish is confuing…Street tacos with steak usaually are listed as “con asada”...

  TIERRA DE OLIVOS, Spanish documentary https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=314&v=T4tYfz1czR4&embeds_referring_euri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.esenciadeolivo.es%2F&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjQsMjg2NjMsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title   ¿Qué diferencias hay  entre ac...

Hi All Am doing a section in Fluencia on “time” They often have snippets of cultural information and they mentioned the word “Ahorita” and its different interpretations. In Spain it means now and in Mexico and the Caribbean a lot more vague and casual....

Hi All I have been trying to expand my vacabulary in several languages and find listening to songs (with the lyrics included) Also cooking videos are really helpful. I have found these great for expanding vocabulary.    What really excites me is when ...

Artisanal ham seems to be a big deal in spain.   Los Colores del Jamón - Documentos TV All spanish, 57 minutes https://vid.puffyan.us/search?q=los+colores+del+jamon https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=chcF8vnjjqw   x Why Spanish Iberian Ham  ...

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In the Barbie movie someone said, ¡Sí se puede! and it was quickly followed by “Hey, you can't say that!”I believe somebody else said, “That is cultural appropriation!” (but not certain - suspect that was a poke at “Dads” learning Spanish as they get old...

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Hi All Noticed that in lesson 1.3 “The Perfect coffee” there is a photo of Ipanema Beach in Rio. Surely this is an oversight, as they speak Portuguese there.  Maxie

El que bebe se emborracha. El que se emborracha se duerme. El que se duerme no peca. El que peca no va al cielo. Si quieres ir al cielo... ¡BEBE!

Can anyone tell me where to find the beginners manual on the computer version of rocket Spanish?  I can find it on my Kindle Fire and on my Iphone (even though they are not the same version), but I cannot find it on my computer. Any help would be apprecia...

I'm confused. In Module 1, Language & Culture 2.4 (Directions) in the flashcards, there are 2 cards using the verb to understand. One says “Straight. Do you understand” and translates as “Recto. Entiendes?” but another says, “Do you understand everything...

Amy, I was recently on a Princess Cruise ship. They have videos of other cruise adventures. The narrator sound like you. Have you ever made this type of video?

It's rare that I get a chance to actually talk with people in Spanish but, back in the US for a bit, the waiter in the restaurant I was in at the time was from Guatemala. It was fun being able to pull facts (and phrases!) about the country directly from t...

 We are flying in and out of Madrid on our vacation and taking high speed trains to Seville, Cordoba, Barcelona, then back to Madrid for our last day before flying back. Any advice on using buses, taxis, metro trains, or any other means of transporta...

Antes de empezar una conversación en español (por Skype), siempre trato de pasar algunos minutos a expresarme por escrito sobre cualquier tema. Dado que vamos a hablar con alguien en un ratito, pensaba compartir mi tema de hoy con ustedes al mismo tiempo....

A little over a week ago, my wife and I went to La Paz, Bolivia for the weekend.  When I went in 2015 they had completed 3 tram lines in the city.  Now there are 2 and half more lines completed with several others in the works.  It's part of the public tr...

Are there any visual aids or is the whole course audio?

Nota a mis amigos: Esteben me preguntó para escribir de mi viaje a Costa Rica. He escribiendo sin ayuda, así que correciónes va a ser agredacido. Yo pasaba un mes en Costa Rica recentamente. El primero tres semanas quedaba en Orosi, un pueblo de trec...

Something to think about... http://www.nbcnews.com/business/retirement/worlds-best-country-retire-ecuador-n278431

Dan, you mentioned that you were interested in my experiences in Peru.  I was looking for a way to just message with you but that doesn't seem to be an option here at RS.  Anyways, I'm here in Peru as a missionary.  I was here from June 2015 to January 20...

Why is there so much English audio in Spanish travelogues?  

I'm thinking of spending a week in Galicia and I was wondering if any of you have been there and have any recommendations.  

Estoy en Arequipa, Perú y espero que sea algunos años antes de volver a E.E.U.U.  Voy a tomar dos semanas de clases (gramática y fonética) para reforzar mi español y para refrescar mi memoria.  La verdad es que he olvidé mucho de español desde que salí de...

I just returned from a week in Barcelona (not the best place to learn Spanish btw). My primary objective was to push my Spanish up to a higher level. Here is what I did: 1.) I spent one hour a day every weekday with a professor one-on-one. I found her ...

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2016 es el año en que se cumplen 400 años desde la muerte de Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616). This is the latest article in veintemundos that I came across this morning. My goal in Spanish as always been to read (and be able to appreciate) this boo...

I presume Rocket uses Latin American rather than Castilian?  I know a number of forums say that there is little difference, but a number of Spaniards I have known say otherwise.  I'd be interested in user's views.  Thanks.

In this online magazine "veintemundos", there is an interesting article in Spanish on doing language studies abroad: - http://www.veintemundos.com/magazines/86-fr/ At the bottom of the page, there is a video in English about a company specializing in ...

Here is a link to a You Tube video of Linda Ronstadt singing Blue Bayou in Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TnR4IsoC_0 Sorry for the scratchy sounds-like-it-was-ripped-from-vinyl beginning, but they all seem to start that way. In my op...

Chile es el campeón de la Copa América por primera vez en su historia. ¡Felicitaciones à Mauricio!

Una lección bien hecha - la recomiendo: - http://www.veintemundos.com/magazines/108-fr/  

So recently I spent a few weeks at Escuela Monalban in Granada, Spain. I booked through GoLearnTo so that I could do rock climbing as well as a week of language lessons (I think I might have heard about that on this forum). It was fantastic and I probably...

My instinct was to translate this as: Día de la Comemorativa But both Bing and Google like Día de los Caídos. Which, now that I think about it, is more to the point. We remember our fallen service people on this day.

Hola a todos, Aquí están algunas películas cortas en español con subtítulos en inglés http://freespanishshortfilms.com/ Saludos, Ricardo  

Amigos: Tengo comencé escribir sobre mi viaje a Cuba en mi sitio web a www.danhenderson.photo/blog También, hay fotografias de Cuba en www.danhenderson.photo/cuba Se invito a todos a mirar. Saludos, Dan

Conan taped a show in Cuba soon after President Obama announced the changes. It aired this week. If you didn't see it I recommend looking it up on Conan's web site. You will especially appreciate the Spanish "lesson" he took while there, along with his a...

I keep looking at the map of Spain and realized I have been to a few of them in recent years. Has anybody been to San Sebastian and Navarre in the Basque Country. I have been to Madrid. Aragon, Castille, Asturias, Burgos, Salamanca and Santiago de Campost...