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Integration indicators
My resolution to be a bit more productive this week with the blog wasn’t really successful… I will try again next week! When I move to a new place, regardless if it is a new city or a new country, I...
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Bilingual and bi-cultural – is that a problem? Part II: Learning a new language
I am really pleased that so many of you thought that my post about bilingualism and bi-culturalism was so interesting! It was fascinating to read everybody’s comments about your own experiences,...
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Friday theme / Show & tell: Speaking of languages…
Today’s theme has been chosen by Musikanta in Sweden and is quite fittingly: “Speaking of languages…”! Maybe you are already bored of my language posts but it is a subject that affects my everyday life...
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Nationality? Citizenship? Ethnic group?
Yesterday, just before boarding the plane to Newark, there was an improvised passport control which was quite surprising since you are not passing any borders between Puerto Rico and the United States....
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¿Estamos ready? Spanglish in Puerto Rico
Learning Spanish in Puerto Rico can be a very interesting experience. First of all because a lot of people insist on speaking English to foreigners – regardless of whether the foreigners are...
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A walk in a Spanish village
Has anyone seen Pedro Almodóvar’s film “Volver”? I always think of it when I walk alone in the narrow streets of O’s village in Spain… It is usually very windy and it is quite deserted – just an...
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After fauna comes flora…
Roble amarillo at the end of March Or not really, at least in Swedish I think we say “flora & fauna”, not the other way around but since my last blog post was dedicated to animals and insects I...
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Rebeca & Camilla
Rebeca and Camilla – two girls’ names, you’d think… Nope, rebeca means cardigan in Spanish and camilla is a stretcher / gurney (bår). Do you know that you can subscribe to Spanish word of the day?...
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Los patos y la tripa
I will try to update properly as soon as possible but sitting up is becoming more and more uncomfortable as the baby is pushing on my ribs. Reading book No 23 now, and all our family members have gone...
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Gifts from one cousin to another
It wasn’t just my sister who brought gifts for Sweet Pea, also O’s sister and niece brought presents and here are some of them: 5-year old M had chosen both the ducks (from the shop Casa) and the...
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