1. Viajando en Español: Buen...
Argentina… well, Calle Florida in Buenos Airesto be exact. One visiting Spaniard described it thus: “Es como la calle Preciados pero mucho, mucho más larga. En el fondo mucho Buenos Aires es Madrid pero siempre así:...
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Perú…Machu Picchu…but without me in the frame I am sure you registered one of the most recognizable sites in the world. I am going to guess that the majority of you reading my Blog want to go, but haven´t quite gotten...
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España…make that Barcelona. I know, I know, you can´t see much of the city or it´s most recognizable attributes like Gaudi´s work on this most famous Cathedral STILL in progress; La Sacrada Familia, or the Palau de la...
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Chile…if we were playing the game, “what comes to mind when I say …..”, upon hearing Santiago de Chile, I would have to say “Sparkling clean! You could eat off the streets!” It’s striking...
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United States – Home… I’m from St. Paul, MN, but I could live in New York City. Easy! I remember my first trip there, only 5 years ago; Luis and I were sitting at a café in SoHo and at the large round table next...
Casi me muero de ansiedad – The An...
“No. Try it again. Work it out.” Looong silence …. then; “¿He poní?” “No.” I can hear the student looking to Luis for help. Pleading. He is unmoved. I...
I’m in Training for a Marathon ...
What? Does that even make sense? I certainly understand the attraction, but preparing to run a Marathon is a task that is going to require an accumulation of time and a very specific program of exercise...¡No lo toques! – Don´t Touch That...
I’ll tell you what. I say to Luís all the time that I wish we had someone following us around filming us (or rather filming him) … because that boy is hysterical! I honestly laugh myself...¡Pega la vuelta! – Get Outta Here!...
When I´m running at 5:30 or 6:00 AM each day, (you didn’t think I was going to put a photo here, did you?, seriously?) I bring my iPod with me for energy and inspiration. And these days I need it even...
Se pierde en traducción – Lost in ...
Luis, feeling the pinch of getting the new website up and running while balancing classes and filming and editing our lastest videos: ”I am having sympathy Fire Balls.” “Huh? You are having...
Cuando el romanticismo se encuentre con ...
“I have this great idea.” Luis groans but the right corner of his mouth quivers slightly upward which crinkles the corresponding eye and so though he’s wanting to communicate sternness...
There You Go – Danke Schoen –...
It was all around me … I mean ALL around me … the banners and flags, the body paint, the colors, the vuvuzela, the snare drum, the battle cries, the charged and excited chatter ….. but it...
Sigue subiendo – Keep Climbing
“So, where have you been?” you ask. “Well, trying to catch my balance,” I respond. ”While Luis and I continue to work on the Free Online Video Program I have had to add a job...¿Recuerdan esto? – Remember This Y...
In the Post Pregúntale a Joan/La historia de Andy – Ask Joan/Andy’s Story I responded to some questions that an online student of ours had written regarding a budding love affair upon which she was...
¿Estás hablando conmigo? – Are Y...
It has become so automatic that we don´t often realize that we have a running dialog going on in our heads at all times. It´s so a part of us that it’s often happening at a pre-verbal level. Yes,...Yo recuerdo cuando me asustó … ...
I remember when it scared me to find myself in a group of Spanish speakers. The people speaking looked nice enough, non-threatening enough, for the most part they were even shorter than me which gave me that...About Us
Luis and Joan Rojas met in December 2001 in Minneapolis Minnesota, by August 2002 they were married in Lima Peru. What could be a challenging intracultural union, Luis is from Peru and Joan from the US, has been instead, the adventure of a lifetime. Luis has taught Spanish for the last 25 years, in fact he taught Joan. Joan is a psychologist and spent 25 plus years in the field but is now working full time with Luis at Rojas Spanish Language, Inc. They are living happily ever after.
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