Surviving Santo Domingo Traffic: Spanish for Motoconcho Negotiations
Ten years ago I stepped off a plane, still clutching a pocket phrasebook, and into the unruly embrace of Santo Domingo’s Avenida 27 de Febrero at ru
Surf, Sand, and Silent Letters: Tackling Aspirated Consonants in Cuban and Puerto Rican Spanish
Waves slapped the Malecón wall in Havana, a salt mist haloing my notebook. I was jotting prices for pan con lechón when the vendor leaned over and m
Surf Lessons in Cabarete: Water-Sports Spanish for the Adventurous Expat
“¡Dale, James, rema duro!” The shout cut through the roar of the Atlantic as my instructor, a wiry Dominican named Wilson, encouraged me to paddl
Sun, Showers, and Subjunctive: Booking a Colombian Eco-Lodge with the Right Spanish Vocabulary
I still remember the night I landed in Leticia, that sleepy Amazonian town where Colombia, Brazil, and Peru shake hands over the river. The plane’s
Sun, Sand, and “Sombrillas”: Spanish for Renting Beach Gear in Two Caribbean Worlds
The breeze smelled like fried fish and sunscreen when I strolled onto Playa Alicia in Sosúa, clutching a half-melted limoncillo paleta. A vendor in a