Intercambios

I am about to go meet with Silvia at Zurich’s. Silvia is a lovely woman with wonderfully curly hair and a great smile. I met her through an intercambio. She is 33 and she is a fashion designer. Intercambio is a language exchange where you give an hour of English for an hour of Spanish. Usually you meet for coffee or tapas and if you’re gutsy you plan for dinner. It’s kind of like a blind date. I have had good luck so far. Intercambios also speak the best kind of English. The only kind of English you can find in Spain. For example, when I ask about the Internet connection the response is “The internet has fallen down” and when my friend Santi and I were making plans to meet he said “ I will come catch you at nine.”

So far my favorite Spanish word is Urquinaona. It’s name of the metro strop where I go to school. I just love the way it sounds. No one understands why I like it so much. Andre’s favorite English word is fancy. Karol’s favorite word is preposterous.