by cwells | 2024-02-07 | Culture, Expat, Spain, Spanish, Valencia
Blog picture: Letter deposits from the main mail office downtown labelled for “foreign” and “Spanish” mail. Gentle reader, I have spoken to many expats and potential expats about their plans for living abroad. I love the exchange of ideas and...
by cwells | 2023-02-14 | Culture, Spain, Spanish
This post, we will tackle reading. In the previous posts about listening and speaking, I covered some of my experience and hard-earned tips for acquiring Spanish skills. While it may have been many years since you have had reading instruction, you are using the...
by cwells | 2023-01-10 | Culture, Expat, Spain, Spanish, Technology
In my previous post about listening skills, I discussed the real-world challenge of tuning your ear to a new language. As I mentioned before, there are four major language development skills (at least in today’s world): Speaking, listening, reading, and...
by cwells | 2022-12-27 | Culture, Expat, Spain, Spanish, Technology
Learning language is an extremely interesting skill. As an educator, I know that language plays a crucial role in our brain and cognitive development. Each area of interest has its own vocabulary and syntax, and as a science teacher, the sheer number of new words and...
by cwells | 2022-01-15 | Expat, Spain, Spanish, Travel, Valencia
An experience living in another country can be life-changing, and I know it was that way for me. I was lucky to have visited Spain in 2010, and moved to Valencia in 2013. Eight-ish years ago, I didn’t know what to expect, how to plan for such a big move, or what...
by cwells | 2018-07-05 | Culture, Food, Pix, Spain, Spanish, Walking
I guess I could be suffering from “vacation palate,” where perhaps everything tastes better because of the locale. I could also be enjoying meals that others prepared, because NOT having to cook is a lovely seasoning to any meal. However, I very quickly...
