Eat This, Drink That, Live Well

Eat This, Drink That, Live Well

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The Friday 5 #86

The Friday 5 #86

The joys of schnitzel and Esterhazy torte, a new Mayfair wine bar that doesn’t cost the earth and my verdict on the Wine Society’s new Generation range,

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Jan 26, 2024
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I was a bit miffed to have missed out on Burns Night last night. It’s one of my favourite annual celebrations - I’m one of those rare people who actually likes haggis - but as I’m off to Spain for 2 weeks and am also one of those people who leave packing until the very last minute I thought I’d better be sensible for once.

As I may have mentioned, the purpose of the trip is to improve my Spanish which is still lamentably bad after learning it for 4 years. Admittedly mainly on Duolingo which takes you only so far.

Anyway I’ve enrolled on an intensive Spanish course in Valencia and am hoping to actually be able to hold a conversation by the end of it without having to consult Google Translate. I will be posting updates and reflections on language learnin as I go but in the meantime here are my tips from this week.

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