Spanish Lesson: Learning to Eat Safely When You Have Food Allergies
I was two years into my life in Santo Domingo before I had my first proper scare. My friend Carlos had sworn that the bollitos de yuca from a tiny pic
Spanish Lesson: Industry‑Specific Jargon — Tech, Finance, and Healthcare
Preamble: One Consultant, Three Worlds, Endless Terminology When I first landed in Santiago de los Caballeros, I thought the Spanish I’d mastered or
Spanish Lesson: Buying a Car in the Dominican Republic
Buying a car in the Dominican Republic can be an adventure, especially if Spanish is not your first language. In this blog post, we’ll dive deep int
Spanish Idioms That Will Make You Sound Native
The first time I tried to sprinkle an idiom into Spanish conversation, I misfired so badly that my motoconcho driver almost crashed. We were weaving t
Spanish Healthcare Basics: Scheduling a Doctor’s Visit in Spanish—Stomach Pain, Insurance, and All the Right Words
The Pain That Launched a Thousand Phrases It started after a late‑night chimi burger near Puerto Plata’s Malecón. By sunrise my stomach twisted l