Introduction

Hey everyone and welcome to my blog,

Growing up in South Florida, I was always surrounded by Spanish and Spanish speakers (even my own father,) but I adamantly refused to learn the language - preferring other less useful and more difficult tongues such as Russian and French. After high school I began taking Chinese (which is now my major in University) and started getting more involved in my true mother tongue - Hebrew.

You're probably wondering then if I'm majoring in Chinese why should I be spending my time making a blog all about my adventure learning the Spanish language, shouldn't I be concentrating on my Chinese?! The answer is yes - of course I need to be focusing on my Chinese, and I try to. It's just that living in Texas with my wife (and her South American parents!) I find myself constantly communicating with Spanish speakers and I'm unsatisfied with my barely comprehensible attempt at speaking the language. Being here in Florida for the summer I also find Spanish speakers around, though they all can at least speak a little English, and I want to be able to speak to them in the language in which they feel more comfortable.

I feel also that writing about my experiences will set a basis for my trying to master the language and could also prove interesting and/or amusing for anyone who would like to follow me doing so. I am thankful that I already have a fairly basic understanding of the language to go with and that Spanish-speaking people are generally so friendly and willing to lend a helping hand to learners of their language. With the help of G-d let my progression of the language be successful and only lead to good things!

¡Hasta luego!