Breaking Español

We’re back! After our summer break we’ve started recording again and are starting with five things we learned during our break as we continued our journey.

It’s been almost a year since we started this podcast. Amazing how time flies! We’ve loved sharing our story with you along the whole way. As we looking to grow and expand the show we’re going to take a break for the summer as we look into other options (Instagram, YouTube, etc.)

We hope to hear from you about what you’ve liked the most and that we can return soon!

¡Gracias por Escuchar!

After learning Spanish for a while, you develop an extra sensitivity whenever someone starts speaking it near you. This is certainly the case for us and for many others we know.

Jack started his bilingual school, and it’s going great! He’s learning so much every day and getting along with the other kids. It’s a school that doesn’t have any computers or televisions, so he’s spending lots of time with puzzles and art class. We couldn’t be happier with this decision.

While in Phoenix, Jennie used her Spanish skills quite a bit. She’s out there finishing up everything so that she can sell her old condo. It helped that her uncle is from Colombia and while he speaks fluent English, enjoys chatting her up in Spanish whenever he can.

On the flight back Jennie noticed someone speaking Spanish behind her. This is the phenomenon all of us go through whenever you start to grasp a language. It seems as if you hear it everywhere.

We also found some great online content for you!

Las Chicas Del Cable is a Netflix show about female telephone operators in Madrid during the late 20’s. It’s incredibly difficult to pickup what they’re saying, but we enjoy watching with captions.

Another program we found that we love Superholly! She is a YouTuber that grew up in both Mexico and USA with a diverse background. Her channel is fun and engaging, and she does all of the videos in both English and Spanish. Check out one of our favorites below.

Jennie’s cousin Michael Field is back from his trip through South America! In this episode, we hear about his travels through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, and Uraguay all while staying in hostels. It’s a trip we’ve all wanted to take, now you can hear exactly what it is like. Enjoy!

Michael started his trip in Colombia and really enjoyed the northern region where he learned to scuba dive. Besides the food being rather bland, the country was beautiful and rather untouched compared to the more developed cities in South America.

A highlight of Michael’s trip was hiking up to Machu Picchu to Sun Gate. This breathtaking pass allowed him and his travel buddies to be the first ones in the park and see it in it’s most tranquil.

As a early bilingual, Michael had no issues communicating in his journey however, he did learn a few local phrases along the way. For exmple, in Colombia they say “a la orden” for “here you go” when someone brings you food. These little dichos would sometimes trip him up but overall he had no issues.

Towards the end of his trip, Michael’s parents metup with them for a hike in Patagonia. Rumor has it they also made a wino out of him while in Chile.

We hope this inspires you to take a trip sometime. If so please let us know on our Facebook page or Instragram account.

¡Gracias por Escuchar!

As we mentioned last week we’re losing our nanny, but good news! We’ve found a bilingual daycare near Jennie’s work. We’re both excited and nervous at the same time about this. In this episode we talk through how we decided on this and how Jack is doing with his own Spanish.