Escuela de Español

One of my main aims for this South American adventure was to learn the wonderful langauge of español, or at least attempt to. So, I signed up to a two week Spanish class at BAbel Spanish school in central Buenos Aires. Luckily there would only be two of us in the class, myself and Laure-Helen, a lovely french girl I had met at my hostel. It was four hours a day, five days a week so I knew it would be intense but I expected results. Day 1 at Spanish school and I left with an enormus headache but quite a lot of vocabulary and useful phrases. However, I worried that I would spend the next two weeks with a permenant headache! Day 3 at BAbel and I was confident to try my spanglish with anyone who was willing to listen, in bars, cafes, museums... And I found the Argentinian people to be very patient with my spanglish and passionate about helping me to learn. By the end of the week the class had become less of a four hour lesson and more of a four hour (rather challenging) chat with friends. After two weeks, my spanish partner and I decided to stay for another week as we had made amazing progress and the classes had become a fun part of our daily routine. Now unfortunately I have to leave Buenos Aires and all the fantastic teachers at BAbel, to put my spanish into practice in the real world! Thank you to Milagros, Daniella and Gonzales for your support, enthusiasm and much needed patience. Heres hoping I dont forget it all in Portugese speaking Brazil!