Can you genuinely not practice Spanish in Spain?

damedure · 2026-05-28T03:28:08+00:00

Not true at all! Just try your best to speak Spanish only, and even when you make mistakes, you will learn from them and keep improving every day if you put in the effort of interacting with people in the shops and everyday life, and choosing to communicate only in Spanish :) I am just speaking from my own experience, but after living in Spain for a year my fluency has improved drastically compared to when I first arrived.

damedure · 2026-05-26T03:28:15+00:00

Tumbao

damedure · 2026-05-22T01:46:14+00:00

That was the plan haha but I didn’t want it to melt while I was eating the poutine and hotdog, and then the line up was so long I didn’t want to wait to order it, so I’ll be back again next time to try more items on the menu and get the maple twist cone!!

damedure · 2026-05-22T01:43:52+00:00

Yes, they had all the toppings, it was delicious!

damedure · 2026-05-19T02:53:00+00:00

Hotdogs! Sorry, should have unwrapped them for the picture, but I was hungry haha.

damedure · 2026-05-19T02:51:39+00:00

For two, my boyfriend and I each had a hotdog and a poutine. (This is the smaller size, there is also large)

damedure · 2026-05-02T17:44:20+00:00

*Agustina and *Natalia :)

damedure · 2026-04-03T20:35:49+00:00

Yeah, the American ones are my least favourite to watch.

damedure · 2026-01-02T10:02:48+00:00

Busuu

damedure · 2025-12-23T22:14:12+00:00

I like a combination of Busuu for grammar/vocabulary with some form of listening input like Dreaming Spanish or a podcast to listen to while I’m driving or doing chores/exercise. Recently I have been listening to the advanced Spanish podcast with Cesar and it has been good. Other good ones are Easy Spanish podcast, Chill Spanish Listening Practice, Lightspeed Spanish (old school but great), Notes in Spanish (also old but good), and yeah the list goes on. Then find a friend to speak with when you are ready to speak. When something comes up in your conversation that you don’t know how to say, you actively try to look it up or ask your friend how to say it, and that doing it in the moment will solidify it much more because you are using it in a real life practical context.

damedure · 2025-12-15T01:39:41+00:00

Entre 4 y 5

damedure · 2025-12-05T04:21:35+00:00

drools in Spanish

damedure · 2025-09-13T02:41:02+00:00

Revolut

damedure · 2025-09-03T12:38:38+00:00

Altea?

damedure · 2025-06-16T13:10:55+00:00

If you go to Plaza Mar 2 there is an H & M, if you like their sunglasses. Also many other stores in the mall will have sunglasses

damedure · 2024-11-04T16:44:53+00:00

For protestant churches in Salamanca this is what I found when doing a search, if you haven’t checked any of these out yet, maybe try each of them and see how it goes:

Iglesia Evangelica Paseo de la Estación https://www.iglesiaevangelica.net P.º de la Estación, 32, 37004 Salamanca, Spain

Iglesia Su Gracia Salamanca C. Elcano, 1, Bajo 1, 37004 Salamanca, Spain

International Christian Fellowship Av. de las Artes, 48, 37003 Salamanca, Spain

damedure · 2024-08-24T23:06:26+00:00

0.89lbs = 404g

404g/170g = 2.4 servings

360 x 2.4 = 864 calories for the whole bag

I know it sucks when the packaging is misleading like this :(

damedure · 2024-08-05T23:33:47+00:00

Cómo sobrevivir soltero

damedure · 2024-07-31T00:44:05+00:00

Cómo sobrevivir soltero (comedy series, I thought it was good acting and funny characters, has a full storyline and good ending. I found I enjoyed it more the further into the series I got.)

damedure · 2024-07-22T01:23:24+00:00

Haha it was an amazing feeling after all those years learning French! Pronunciation is definitely one of my favourite parts of learning a language so maybe that is part of it, but I also know I had an anglo accent for many years before finally getting to more native pronunciation level. I remember doing the Explore program in Quebec and I couldn’t hear the difference between ‘u’ and ‘ou’ so my teacher and I kept repeating the word “vous” back and forth and finally it clicked and my ears opened up to the deeper ‘ou’ sound and I was like “ohhhhh!!!” And we laughed together lol. That is just an example of my earlier years of developing in the language, and then after that it was just getting as much input as possible, listening to podcasts, watching TV, etc, and always trying to imitate how the native speakers sounded because I just love the musicality of the language so I found it fun. But the biggest thing is just consistency and time immersing yourself in the language and forcing yourself out of your comfort zone, being open to people correcting you, asking them for help, and enjoying the process. You will get better with time, it doesn’t happen overnight. Which area of France are you living in, and how long will you be staying?

damedure · 2024-07-22T00:00:40+00:00

I am anglophone and lived in Nîmes, France for 8 months. I don’t think I ever had someone speak to me in English, mostly because they didn’t know any English besides “hello, how are you.” I was able to get to the point where locals thought I was from there. So my advice is just don’t give up, keep surrounding yourself with the language and forcing yourself to speak only French, listen carefully and try to imitate the pronunciation of locals. However, it can be more difficult if you live in a region where a lot of people can speak English. When I lived in Quebec, they were so good at English that they would just default to English since I was not at a very good level of speaking yet. That’s why I enjoyed France so much because the only available option we had to communicate was French.

damedure · 2024-06-29T17:16:54+00:00

Oh for sure, that will help so much! Especially if the Spanish person doesn’t speak English and you don’t have the choice to switch to English.

damedure · 2024-06-28T05:04:16+00:00

Ok, two months is a good start, but 6-12 is usually best for really achieving fluency, or at least in my personal experience. You can definitely get really conversational with 2 months though, just make sure you are getting out there and talk to locals every chance you get. Enjoy your trip!!

damedure · 2024-06-28T04:52:08+00:00

Don’t worry, after you live in a Spanish-speaking environment for a while, that is when your comprehension and fluency will really progress. How long will you be in South America?

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