Yesterday in the exchange we mentioned Google's Stunning Voice Translation App an I thought it would be interesting to post some related articles for various reasons. Mainly because it's a good way to improve vocabulary but also, because it could make this blog more interesting. So i hope this encourages you to post more!!
Click on this link to see the article: Google's Stunning Voice Translation App
miércoles, 19 de enero de 2011
Tuesday 18-01-11
Hello and welcome back! I'm proud to say that this Tuesday was great! We had 2 natives and we managed to fill our small part of the bar. Also, we managed to speak quite a lot of English (at least the people I was speaking to).
We had some new faces in the exchange this week, including Eva, who had commented here in the blog previously. To thos new ones I'd like to say Welcome, and I hope we will see you often in the exchange.
The exhcanged started at more or less 20:00 when a lot of us met outside, and we all came in together. We went down to the back of the bar and started speaking English almost immediately. We had some interesting topics, such as an article By the minister of industry and culture, Sinde, where she, once again, proved that culture is not exactly her thing.
The exchange finished quite early this week, at around 22:00, and a small group of us went to have dinner together.
All in all, I'm quite happy with the result of this week's exchange.
It is unclear wether I will be attending the exchange next week or not, but it will nevertheless take place at the same time in the same place. So I hope you will all still attend. Hopefully I will indeed go and see you there.
I'd like to thank all of you who attended this Tuesday and I hope you read this blog and comment!! ;)
Here are this week's pictures:
This week's pictures were taken with Turco's phone and therefore have a better quality. Enjoy!
We had some new faces in the exchange this week, including Eva, who had commented here in the blog previously. To thos new ones I'd like to say Welcome, and I hope we will see you often in the exchange.
The exhcanged started at more or less 20:00 when a lot of us met outside, and we all came in together. We went down to the back of the bar and started speaking English almost immediately. We had some interesting topics, such as an article By the minister of industry and culture, Sinde, where she, once again, proved that culture is not exactly her thing.
The exchange finished quite early this week, at around 22:00, and a small group of us went to have dinner together.
All in all, I'm quite happy with the result of this week's exchange.
It is unclear wether I will be attending the exchange next week or not, but it will nevertheless take place at the same time in the same place. So I hope you will all still attend. Hopefully I will indeed go and see you there.
I'd like to thank all of you who attended this Tuesday and I hope you read this blog and comment!! ;)
Here are this week's pictures:
This week's pictures were taken with Turco's phone and therefore have a better quality. Enjoy!
jueves, 13 de enero de 2011
Tuesday 11-01-11
Well, I promised I would do this, and here it is!
This Tuesday was quite a success, as yet again we filled the small "reserved" area we have in the bar. Quite a lot of people came, mostly the usual ones, but we also had some new faces!
I was surprised to see an old friend of mine make an appearance for the first time in the exchange (David) and we had some laughs.
A lot of English was spoken, which is good, but we still have to improve that, because at some points, some people gave up and just started speaking Spanish or Galician (myself included sadly) so that is something which we will have to look at.
Also, we had Taylor from Boston back in the exchange and that was nice, because it's always good to have a native speaker to practice with. She also mentioned that next week another native will be coming!! That's great news!!
Finally, I took some pictures, and this is the one that came out best. Next week I'll probably borrow my mother's camera to take some better looking pics...;)
The picture was taken from the small "balcony" overlooking our "reserved" area.
Anyway, I hope to see you guys back next week!! ;)
This Tuesday was quite a success, as yet again we filled the small "reserved" area we have in the bar. Quite a lot of people came, mostly the usual ones, but we also had some new faces!
I was surprised to see an old friend of mine make an appearance for the first time in the exchange (David) and we had some laughs.
A lot of English was spoken, which is good, but we still have to improve that, because at some points, some people gave up and just started speaking Spanish or Galician (myself included sadly) so that is something which we will have to look at.
Also, we had Taylor from Boston back in the exchange and that was nice, because it's always good to have a native speaker to practice with. She also mentioned that next week another native will be coming!! That's great news!!
Finally, I took some pictures, and this is the one that came out best. Next week I'll probably borrow my mother's camera to take some better looking pics...;)
The picture was taken from the small "balcony" overlooking our "reserved" area.
Anyway, I hope to see you guys back next week!! ;)
sábado, 8 de enero de 2011
Where we are.
Ok, I've looked into it, and i have thought of a way to tell you guys with more detail where exactly we are. Here goes:
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Rua Caldeirería, 26
15704 Santiago de Compostela
Back to the routine... (and some notes)
Just posting to say that this Tuesday 11th we return to the routine, so there will be exchange as normal. At 20:00 in Calderería.
Also, I'd like to add a few notes:
-From now on I will try to post at least one picture of each exchange, with a summary of what happened more or less.
-I would also like to say that I will TRY to post more frequently. Yes, I know I haven't posted much lately, but I'm hoping that will change soon.
-I would really like to add a google map of the exact place where we meet (A Calderería). If anyone knows how to do it, please tell us!! I will try to research into that.
-Finally, I'd like to just like to encourage more people to follow the blog. It would be nice to know that at least ONE person reads this... other than me.
See you this Tuesday, hopefully...^^
Also, I'd like to add a few notes:
-From now on I will try to post at least one picture of each exchange, with a summary of what happened more or less.
-I would also like to say that I will TRY to post more frequently. Yes, I know I haven't posted much lately, but I'm hoping that will change soon.
-I would really like to add a google map of the exact place where we meet (A Calderería). If anyone knows how to do it, please tell us!! I will try to research into that.
-Finally, I'd like to just like to encourage more people to follow the blog. It would be nice to know that at least ONE person reads this... other than me.
See you this Tuesday, hopefully...^^
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