Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Que Almuerzo Bueno!
Okay, so on a quick side note, Mariesa and I just got done with the coolest lunch ever! Our senora, Trini has a brother who lives in France , and we think he may have a boyfriend? who is also a frenchman, named Fransqua (France-swah). So Trini's brother, Antonio, speaks only Spanish and French. And his friend, Frasqua, speaks only French and English. And Mariesa and I speak only Spanish and English. And Trini and her mother speak only Spanish! So whenever Trini or her mother said something, Antonio translated it into French. And whenever Fransqua asked something of Mariesa and I, we would translate it into Spanish for the rest of the table. And whenever Antonio would say something to us that we didn't understand, Fransqua would translate it into English for us. And then whenever Trini's mother spoke, Trini and Antonio would have to translate her horrible Granadino accent into real Spanish, and then we would translate it into English for Fransqua!! It was soooo coool!!! I felt very European amist everyone speaking three (or four if you count the Granadino Spanish as a language, which I do since I can hardly understand it) throughout the entire meal, everyone asking everyone else to pass something in one language or another. We communicated mostly by pointing and a variety of language names. For example "Can you pass me the water/ agua/ eau (ooh and ugh combined)?" Definitely something I'll never forget. I don't think I stopped smiling and laughing the entire meal, which in good Spanish tradition, lasted nearly 2 hours. Wooh! Viva la vida europea!
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