Monday, February 16

"mi espanol esta mejor hoy, pero aun terrible!!"

My latest approach to learning the language is to script a chore or mission. And then try to go do it. This seems to be more effective than memorizing and immediately forgetting vocabulary. "Yo aprendo una palabra Y olvido dos."

The game of bread continues this morning. I was able to buy pan dulce immediately. And, using todays script, I asked 

"es posible prepagar por una baguette?" . Amazingly enough, the propprietess replied "si" and asked if I pay for all now, which I did. I now have Bread in the bank in the game of bread.  OLE!!

I also took in my laundry this morning. I swear I can't hear spanish. He replied when it would be done and probably how much. I understood nothing. Asked "Que hora listo" and finally understood "seis" He then told me clearly "twenty eight pesos" in english. Too bad I can't tape the reply to puzzle out each word later.

Anyway "poco a poco"

This afternoon, after my run I walked down to the punta. there was a man pulling in a line from the sea. I stopped to watch. It was a gill net. by the time he got the net all the way ashore the net was about 30 or 40 feet long with wooden floats to hold it off the bottom. There were a few small fish caught every foot or so. None bigger than a foot. Seems like a hard way to make a living. I hope some catches are better, for his sake