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Sí, cariño

By Lulu on September 3, 2012

In the 8th grade I had my heart set on learning French. I imagined leisurely Sunday mornings at a café on the banks of the Seine, ordering croissants with perfectly accented abandon. It was with mild disappointment, then, that I flipped to the foreign language section of my school’s course catalog and saw one lonely [...]

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Love is blind and always accompanied by madness

By Lulu on September 9, 2011

Xenia, my roommate, who is one language short of being able to sing this song, introduced me to a wonderful fable that’s the origin of a common Spanish saying, “El amor es ciego y la locura siempre lo acompaña.” Translation attempt below: “The Language of Feelings” One day, all the feelings and qualities of humankind [...]

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Sur de america, espero que vuelva pronto

By Lulu on June 19, 2011

What a trip! Some high (and low) lights: By the numbers Cities visited: 5 (Lima — Arequipa — Cuzco — Bogotá — Medellín) Flights taken: 9 Hours spent on buses: 46 Absurdly early mornings: 4 Wild Rover wristbands: 4 Drinks ordered at Wild Rover bars: 0 Unexpected delays: 3 Culprit 1: weather Culprit 2: canceled [...]

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