Adventures in Spanish

One thing I'm determined to do before I walk the Camino de Santiago is to learn at least basic Spanish. I've wanted to for years, and this is the perfect opportunity to not only get it into the head, but practice it where I'm forced to!

I've found a couple of online courses (haven't been able to use the "hire a hunk" option unfortunately), and this evening am working through a few of the BBC Languages pages.

Once you get the hang of the pronunciation and a few of the rules, it's really not that difficult! I've noticed that written Spanish has much in common with English, unlike Portuguese (which I'll rather leave well alone for now). If you look at it hard enough, it totally makes sense. Spoken Spanish is a little bit more tricky, especially when spoken quickly. Divide it up into individual words and it's easier.

Anyway, been practicing my extreme basics, and at least I'll never go hungry (though I may get sick of omelette, and still end up wandering lost somewhere):

"iHola! - una tortilla, por favor!"