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The above invitation is borrowed from one of my favorite sites. Sal DeTraglia is an expat living in Spain and is a really funny guy. Check out his website. Read the text of the picture closely and if the text is too small, double click on the picture. So this "invitacion" is a prime example of what it is like to speak to someone that is not fluent in English. You can get the idea of what they are trying to say, but you are never 100% sure that it is the correct interpretation. The really frustrating part about this is that since I have minimal French, and the other person has minimal English, there comes a point that we will never be able to fully communicate. When you start to really think about it, you can get incredibly sad thinking that you live in a place where you can't fully communicate with 60% of the people.
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Hey Emily and/or Kyle:
Thank God for the Big Brother software that allows me to ferret-out websites saying nice things about me. Thanks very much for the compliment...and for the no-charge PR. You know what this means, don't you? It means...your blog has earned a "plug" on the sidebar of mine.
Jeez...my love is bought so cheaply.
If I may jump to a slightly different topic, I noticed your post below about the Hash House Harriers. Well...I am a member of the Madrid chapter. In fact, I've just returned home from a Hash north of Madrid (am still picking the thistles out of my socks). HHH is great fun. Don't be intimidated by it. Runners of all levels of sloth participate, and nobody cares whether you can run 10 miles or 10 meters before your lungs start to collapse. If the Belgian chapters are anything like Spain's, fun and social interaction (and, of course, beer!) come first...aerobic exercise is secondary.
Hope to see you at an InterHash in the near future. Keep in touch.
On on!!!
Sal
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