Move to Sweden, learn Spanish

To my great delight, Russell’s boss wants him to learn not Swedish, but Spanish.


Since he’s working for an international company and will travel on a semi-regular basis, his boss thinks it’s more beneficial for him to know Spanish, an unfamiliar language to most of his co-workers.

This makes me happy because I have a certain fondness for the Hispanic culture. During college, I went on a study abroad trip to Guadalajara, Mexico, for four weeks and took a two-week travel writing course in Puerto Rico. We’re even planning to go to Barcelona for our honeymoon.

                                                                                     Guadalajara Chivas soccer game

While I can comprehend most Spanish, I’m rusty in conversing because I don’t practice the language on a regular basis. Now, I have the perfect partner to work on becoming fully fluent.

This weekend, when I see Russell in Tennessee (hooray!), I will bring him a Spanish-English dictionary and a book called “1,001 most useful Spanish words” for his trip to Chile and Peru to get started. When I move to Sweden, we plan to take Spanish courses together.

And then who knows, perhaps our next move will be to Spain or another Spanish-speaking country.