Taking Off, Taking Away

This blog is written by an hispanophile language geek who narrates las hazañas of crossing the Atlantic to live in Madrid and teach in a bilingual school. Though ever evolving, this blog includes everything from travel adventures, language musings, and of course, all things Spanish. ¡Que lo disfrutéis!

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There is a season for wildness and a season for settledness, and this is neither. This season is about becoming.

Shauna Niequist (via wordsthat-speak)

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YES! 🙌🏼👏🏼

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Con este calorcillo, no hay nada mejor que un gazpacho andaluz. Primer intento. / / With this heat, there's nothing better than a gazpacho andaluz. First attempt. #saboresconnostalgia #comidaveraniega

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¡¡!! 🇲🇽🇺🇸🇪🇸.

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¡Qué divertido es el español! 🙊

[speakinglatino]

El lenguaje es lo más humano que existe. Es un privilegio del hombre… Cada palabra lleva consigo una vida, un estado, un sentimiento. -Carmen Conde. Download more #SpanishQuotes here: www.speakinglatino.com/2015-spanish-quotes #Citas #SpanishTeachers #Inspiration

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Bien dicho.

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America's Distrust Of Foreign Languages

Foreign languages help free us from ethnocentrism, the delusion that we alone are the measure of all things human, and they connect us to a larger, saner, more humane world....

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El diccionario de la RAE acepta las palabras amigovio y papichulo -- Qu.es --

En la 23 edicin del Diccionario de la Lengua Espaola aceptar algunos americanismos como amigovio, papichulo, basurita, platicn o limpiavidrios.

Language is not static.  It grows and changes as it is influenced by contact with other linguistic groups.  Check out the new additions to the RAE dictionary!

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Uber, Airbnb Under Attack In Spain As Old And New Economies Clash

The taxi and hotel industries are pressuring Spain to crack down on popular "share economy" apps and websites. Airbnb was recently fined $40,000 for failing to list rentals with a local tourism board.

Spaniards are having trouble sharing...

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Tópicos de España, aquí no se libra ni Dios. - BloginMadrid

Está claro que los vascos, catalanes, andaluces o gallegos, tienen los tópicos que nos han contado toda la vida, pero, ¿cuales son los tópicos de España?

Spanish regional stereotypes.  What do you think?  Is there any truth in them?

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Spanish is such a rich and diverse language.  Here they only offer a few, but there are many more.  Que disfrutéis!

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Manifestación en la puerta del Sol después de la noticia que el rey Juan Carlos abdicó.

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Aah, si, la vita è bella. #torino

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Mirad lo que está pasando en España!! Un gran cambio sin duda.

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Jejeje ; ) un buen juego de palabras

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"La palabra es la alarma de los humanos para aproximarse unos a otros." -Ana María Matute (at Alicante, España)