Habla Español?

Sarah Drane, a Briton living and working on the Costa del Sol, insists you speak Spanish if you have a home there and explains the benefit of doing so.
If you move to Spain, learn some Spanish, no excuses, no why should I’s, just get it done. Modern cars have CD players, so take out the Lighthouse Family and put in the Linguaphone, at least your time won’t be completely wasted when you’re stuck on the M25 in first gear for two hours.

Children’s books are also fantastic, and the Purple Cake Factory is the proud owner of the Usbourne First Thousand Words in Spanish complete with 500 stickers. Yesterday we learned ’la mariquita’, a ladybird, which they never taught me at A Level.

If you want further proof of why learning is essential, my little Clio broke down on Monday; it decided to spontaneously immobilise itself and so I called Renault Rescue.

A flat battery was diagnosed and little Calvin (I’m female, I can name my car, it’s my right) was winched up on the back of the pick up truck. I sat in the front of the cab and merrily chatted away to Antonio, my rescue man, and he was mightily impressed with my command of the Spanish language for an English girl. During the 20 minute journey we covered the weather, where he was born, what I did for a living, what I disliked about London and a bit more. We were pals by the time Calvin was deposited on the forecourt of the Renault garage.

Then, miracles started working before my eyes courtesy of Antonio. The queue of seven people was bypassed on my behalf, the mechanic summoned to replace my battery immediately, the reception chap instructed not to charge me a penny and I left with a fixed car, two Fernando Alonso posters, a non-violated wallet and an invitation to the Estepona feria (festival) in the company of Antonio and his family.

All because I was an Englishperson that had taken the time and the courtesy to learn the language of the country that I now called home. So, if you want to win the hearts of the locals, get your sticker book and start practicing. Right, Purple Cakes, today’s words are ’la correa del perro’... the dog’s lead...

Original Author: Sarah Drane

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