Day 7: Lost love and bacon

I took a day off from the classes yesterday (another bonus of not attending a typical group Spanish class) which turned out to be a really good idea. I think, like Jimena, I just needed a little break, because today, all three of us seemed to be in a better mood.

I feel like I learned a lot of useful stuff in today’s lesson which was about food and restaurant and bar vocab. Learned how to ask for bacon – the world’s greatest food in my humble opinion – which is exciting! The ‘ordering in a restaurant’ bit can often be really boring in these language CD sets, but today’s was pretty funny as usual. And, if one of these days, there’s a blue moon and I meet a yummy Argentinian guy, I can now casually suggest that we go for a drink.

Actually, I have to admit that I have been on a few dates with local guys, but mostly because they wore me down and it was just easier to go out with them one time for a bit of peace and quiet. And I have to admit that I’m not using a lot of Spanish on these occasions. I’m not sure whether it’s because I haven’t yet met anyone worth the effort or because they want to practice (show off?) their English, so we just chat in my language. But I’ve kept Ruben in my head as a warning.

Ruben was a smokin' hot Cuban saxophone player I met briefly in Havanna earlier this summer. It was all hot and steamy as we danced salsa and drank mojitos, but in the early hours of the morning, when we all spilled out onto the streets, his English turned out to be as pitiful as my Spansih, and a beautiful new love was thwarted by the impossibility of communication…sigh… (yes, I know what you’re thinking. There are other ways of communicating but I’m not the kind of girl to just launch into that before we have at least a small chat!) Anyway, so I’m not going to let another Ruben get away, which is why I have to keep going with the Spanish. Somewhere out there is a cool, confident (but at the same time sweet and shy) Argentinian man who deserves my “vos querés tomar algo juntos?”

For all you doubters who haven't yet bought your own series, Here's a taste (geddit?!) of lesson 7 from youtube