Notes in Spanish Gold – Season Two

Notes in Spanish Gold – Season Two

If you’re visiting Bolivia, then there is a definite advantage in being able to speak Spanish. Not only is English less spoken in many places, but it can give you an advantage over other tourists when arranging a taxi fare, or buying something in a shop as it’s often one price for the tourists, but a slightly lower price for tourists who speak Spanish.

One of the online courses that we recommend for improving your language skills is Notes in Spanish, which offers downloadable audio, accompanied by worksheets containing transcripts, vocabulary lists, explanations of grammar and tasks for you to complete. There are different levels, so you are likely to find it useful whatever stage your Spanish skills are at.

This week sees the start of the second season on Notes in Spanish Gold. For just €17* per month you receive a weekly audio file with the relevant worksheet on topics that are often connected to current events going on in the World.

So if you’re past the stage of asking your way to the Mercado, and would like to learn some more advanced – even colloquial – Spanish, then take a look at Notes in Spanish Gold.

* sales within the EU are liable to 18% VAT; price subject to change

Grüne Bananen

Green bananas - ©iStockphoto.com/lepas2004

Das Green Bananas Guide ist ein interessantes Projekt für Besucher auf Lanzarote.

Für eine einmalige Zahlung (zur Zeit £14,99) bekommt man eine “Green Banana Rabattkarte”, mit der man zwischen 5% und 20% Preisnachlass in verschiedenen Geschäften der Insel bekommt. Diese können auf einer interaktiven Landkarte nachgeschaut werden und sind auch im gedruckten Heft aufgelistet.

Im Double Six Fish and Chips in Puerto del Carmen zum Beispiel, bekommt man 10% von der Rechnung abgezogen.

Wenn man sie oft benutzt, hat man die Kosten wahrscheinlich bald wieder reingeholt, weil man sie in einem Geschäft mehrmals nutzen kann und der Rabatt bezieht sich auf die ganze Reisegruppe, nicht nur auf den Karteninhaber.

Für Besucher die Lanzarote mehr als einmal im Jahr besuchen, gibt es sogar ein Jahresangebot.

Obwohl es sich wie ein gutes Angebot anhört und gut für den Geldbeutel sein könnte, gibt es doch einige Diskrepanzen auf der Homepage die mich verwirren.

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Longer trains in Oberursel

With the work on extending most of the stations completed, longer U-Bahn trains will soon start running through Oberursel.

The trains will then be made up of 3 double-units, rather than 2 giving them a total length of 75m.

50m and 75m U-Bahn trains at Oberursel Hohemark

The 3-unit train next to a 2-unit train at Oberursel Hohemark.

Today I spotted the Fahrschule (train drivers’ school) practising where to stop the longer trains by taking one up to the Hohemark stop at the end of the line.  At each station they worked out where to stop the train, and were even measuring out the platform if necessary.

At our station, the train stopped too early leaving the road partially blocked!

Fahrschule - nicht einsteigen

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