How to Explain Food Poisoning at a Colombian Clinic—Without Losing Your Stomach or Your Spanish
I’ll never forget the first time I realized the phrase “la venganza de Moctezuma” isn’t only Mexican. I was in Medellín on what was supposed
How Soccer Commentary Varies by Region—and What It Teaches About Real-World Spanish
The 92nd-minute goal that tuned my ear to accents, not tactics I was crammed into one of Santo Domingo’s noisy colmados, the kind with plastic chair
How I Talked My Way Into a Cheaper Internet Plan in Medellín—and What It Taught Me About Spanish Vocabulary
Why I Ended Up in a Telco Office on a Rainy Medellín Afternoon The story begins with a downpour, the kind that turns Medellín’s green hills into w
How I Survived My First Dominican Property Tax Payment—and the Spanish Vocabulary That Saved Me
I was halfway through a Sunday mango batida when the realization hit me: the deadline to pay my Impuesto al Patrimonio Inmobiliario—locals just say
How I Stopped Lugging Water Jugs Upstairs and Expanded My Spanish Vocabulary in the Process
Arriving Sweaty, Ordering Clumsy: My First “Botellón” Misadventure Ten Julys ago, I had been in Santo Domingo barely long enough to memorize my n