Alef Arendsen

‘I want to speak Spanish’ that is… At least, that is what I think it means .

In Holland (at least in my days), we only have the choice between three foreign language in high school: German, French and of course English (which is sort of a no-brainer anyway). I did some Latin when I was a kid and also did six years of French. I kind of all lost that. I think it’s a pity that the high school I went to in Holland didn’t offer me to do Spanish because although it’s a bit closer to home than Spain, French is really only spoken in France plus few other countries in the world. The Spanish-speaking world is much bigger.

That’s why I decided to take a Spanish course. Not the ordinary Spanish course where you go to class with other people but a do-it-yourself course. I don’t have much spare time and because I’m spending about 5 to 10 hours a week in my car driving to work, I started looking for a course I could take while commuting!

The bookstore in Utrecht fortunately had one and that’s how I got to learn my first Spanish words. Puede acer una resevacion para mi para esta noche por favor?. Okay forgot about the accents and inverted question marks but this is what will probably get me a reservation in a restaurant the next time I’m in Rica or so .

The course is absolutely fabulous so far. I’ve only done about about two hours of it (there’s 13 or 14 hours of course ware), but this is already really good. Have a look at the Michel Thomas courses if you ever need to learn a new language.