'Hola! Este es mi amigo, Boots'
It's less that 4 weeks until I fly out to Mexico and I was feeling relatively prepared. I started 2010 with the best of intentions - improving my fitness, getting everything that I needed for the trip with plenty of time to spare and learning at least a modicum of Spanish so that I could 'get by'.
So far I've got my swimming up to 2kms each time, which doesn't seem too shabby. Most of my essentials list is sorted: dive kit - check; camera - check; backpack that I can actually fit in to myself - check. I've even managed to book my second lot of flights, after my return flight was cancelled last week - which incidentally proved to be a royal, and somewhat expensive, pain in the backside.
Aaaanyways, I thought I was doing ok until I realised I had totally neglected the 'learn some Spanish' part of my plan. Hooray then, for my niece Amelia, who spent several years avidly watching Dora the Explorer. Since I was subjected to countless re-runs of said animated adventurer and her companion, Boots, it turns out I am not completely without Spanish vocabulary. Just as long I only ever I need to say 'hi', introduce someone to my friend 'Boots', or count to four, I'm sorted. No está mal, eh?! Gracias, Nick Jr. Gracias Amelia!
Ok, ok - now I'm just showing off… :)
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