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... and great Spanish BTW!
Oh well. If I count all the weeks I have spent in Latin America I might well cover more than a year. And I could get by organizing accomodation, bus tickets, food ... Most important phrase: "Yo no soy Americano". Which puts a smile into a lot of faces. "Ay no? Ay, ¿de donde viene?" ... "Ay, ¡de Alemania! ¡Que bien!" ... followed by an enthusiastic speech about Bundesliga, Mercedes trucks, and a number of other well known things ... Splendid!
Most difficult question: "¡Cuánto vale el vuelo?" How much was the flight. Now I could just say how much it was, but can anyone relate to this number? And what it meant to me? I resorted to explain that I had to work for one year straight to pay for the flight. Much better.
But I never managed to read a good book in Spanish, like "La región más transparente" or similar by Carlos Fuentes. I was sitting inside the "Casa de los Azulejos" in México DF, and thinking about the scenes in "La cabeza de la hidra". He sure was sitting here as well. And the characters from the novel. I do have very fond memories of México DF and all the time I spend in Latin America. It took me all the way south as far as Fuerte Bulnes overlooking the Straight of Magellan.
As I said in another post: Go out, look, marvel at what you see, hear, smell, taste, feel ... the planet is full of worthy discoveries.
It's a bit early in the day for another Margarita, so maybe a "Negra Modelo" or a "Tres Equis" would do. Cheers! And thanks for your nice reply!
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"Casa de los azulejos" is amazing, indeed I try to visit Mexico DF as often as possible (they changed the name recently to Ciudad de México or CDMX, but in our hearts will always be DF) since is a city full of energy, friends, and things I like.
I need to read more from Carlos Fuentes and Latin authors, there are many.
Beers bring me great memories of friends and old coworkers when I travelled the whole country for work.
And I think it is XX (Dos Equis), not trying to correct you, but share a random fact I didn't know until recently. In 1897 the brand was created to celebrate the start of the 20th century. And the 3 Modelos (Weizen, Negra and Clara) are amazing.
Nothing like beers from Germany! Had the opportunity to be there for a few months, and you get in love with many, many things, people, cultures.
Travelling is amazing :)