This is episode number thirty-five, which is part of the series called Walk And Learn. I knew that coffee give us energy and keep us awake but I didn't know that it was also an aphrodiac. Today Valentina, a coffee expert, explains to us with her sweet Paisa accent a little more about this and what her work is like on a coffee plantation. An interesting fact: Colombia annually exports more than 14 million bags of what is considered the best soft coffee in the world. The main consumers of...

Today, a student from the United States tries to use the relative pronouns: que, el que, del que, la que, de la que and de lo que. To teach you this, Jeff will accompany us in the hot seat. He is from Springfield, Illinois. Jeff has been studying Spanish with me for more than 8 months and now he is doing my immersive experience, The Academic-Cultural Journey, here in Medellin, Colombia. In this episode, Jeff will try to spontaneously answer some questions that I prepared with this...

This is episode number thirty-three, which is part of the series called News from Latin America. I'll tell you what's going to happen in this episode. As I’m also a journalist, I will use my communication skills to teach you Spanish with the news that happen on the other side of the Atlantic. In this episode we are going to cover these topics: - El segundo mejor pan del mundo es de Colombia - La selección femenina de República Dominicana venció a tres de los 10 mejores equipos del mundo...

This is episode number thirty-two, which is part of the series called Walk And Learn. Today I’m going to tell you the story of La Comuna 13, a neighborhood in Medellín, Colombia that is visited by about 100 thousand people monthly. Would you like to know why this neighborhood is so visited? Meanwhile, I walk through the narrow streets of La Comuna 13, I will talk about resilience and positive and negative people. If you want to visit La Comuna 13 and other iconic places and cities in...

This is episode number thirty-one, which is part of the series called News from Latin America. I'll tell you what's going to happen in this episode. As I’m also a journalist, I will use my communication skills to teach you Spanish with the news that happen on the other side of the Atlantic. In this episode we are going to cover these topics: -La cantante colombiana Shakira se anota otro éxito con 'El Jefe' junto a Fuerza Regida, en esta canción Shakira habla del trabajo y la migración. -El...

This is episode number thirty, which is part of the series called Walk And Learn. Today I will explain how to speak Spanish fluently using the “colocaciones”. Those words that always go together and are widely used by native Spanish speakers. As usual I will give you some examples, that way you will speak Spanish as fluent as me. I will do this while taking a boat ride on the Amazon River. It sounds cool huh? So join me!

This is episode number twenty nine which is part of the series called Walk And Learn. Today I will explain how to speak spanish fluently using the subjunctive to express desires with the following structures: deseo que, ojalá que, te aconsejo que, te sugiero que. As usual I will give you some examples, that way you will speak Spanish as fluent as a native. I will do this while I walk in the middle of the Amazon jungle. It sounds cool huh? So join me!

This is episode number twenty eight, which is part of the series called Spanish On Fire. Today, a student from The Netherlands tries to use some homophones words, which are words that sound the same but have different meanings. We are going to have a conversation in context from the lung of the world in the Colombian rain forest. To teach you this, Heike will accompany us in the hot seat. By her side will be her housband José. Heike and José are the hosts of Casa Gregorio, a small family...

This is episode number twenty seven, which is part of the series called Spanish On Fire. Today, a student from Europe tries to use the verb can (poder) in an Amazon Indian reservation. We are going to have a conversation in context from the lung of the world in the Colombian rain forest. To teach you this, Tina will accompany us in the hot seat. She is from Sweden. In addition, she is part of the volunteer program of Casa Gregorio, a small family hotel in the Tikuna indigenous community of...

This is episode number twenty six, which is part of the series called Spanish On Fire. In this planet where the climate is going crazy due to global warming, today we are going to have a conversation practice in context from the lung of the world in the Colombian Amazon. We will talk about nature and how to take care of it. To teach you this, Guillaume will accompany us in the hot seat. He is from France. In addition he is part of the volunteer program of the monkey santuary Maikuchiga in...

This is episode number twenty five, which is part of the series called Traveling Chronicle. In this episode, I use the journalistic chronicle genre to teach you vocabulary related to nature and travel. I will do this while eating exotic dishes and visiting different places in the Amazon rainforest in Colombia. By the way, did you know that 400 indigenous groups live in the Amazon, speaking 300 different languages? At the end of this episode, I will interview a native of the Tikuna ethnic...

This is episode number twenty four, which is part of the series called Walk And Learn. Today I will explain the meaning and usage of the idiom: "mirar en retrospectiva". I also will explain the verbs: “secuestrar and colar”. As usual I’ll give you some examples, that way you can speak Spanish as fluent as a native. I will do this while walk the Tonerin, a Dutch submarine that spied on Russians during the Cold War. It sounds cool huh? So join me!

This is episode number twenty three, which is part of the series called Walk and Learn. Today I'm going to give you my top eight favorite tips for speaking Spanish fluently. I’m also going to share with you different exercises and strategies that you can use from now on to start speaking Spanish fluently, once and for all. I will teach you this, while I walk through the concentration of the oldest windmills in the world, declared by unesco as a world heritage site. It sounds cool huh? So...

This is episode number twenty two, which is part of the series called Spanish In A Minute. Today I will explain the meaning and usage of the idiom: “ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente”. I will also give you some examples, that way you can use this idiom correctly.

This is episode number twenty one, which is part of the series called Spanish In A Minute. Today I will explain the meaning and usage of the word: “Alboroto”. I will also give you some examples, that way you can use this word correctly.

This is episode number twenty, which is part of the series called Spanish In A Minute. Today I will explain the meaning and usage of the idiom: “Barriga llena, corazón contento”. I will also give you some examples, that way you can use this idiom correctly.

This is episode number nineteen, which is part of the series called Walk And Learn. What is the city with the most bridges in the world? Surely the first image that came to your mind is Venice with its 409 bridges. If you are in the United States, you must be saying: the correct answer is Pittsburgh, as it has 446 bridges. Although at the moment the city with the most bridges in the world is Hamburg in Germany with 2,496, it is closely followed by Amsterdam with 2,484. An interesting fact...

This is a special series of the podcast where I will answer the questions that you guys have already been sent to us by the different means of contact of the show, such as Facebook, Instagram, and the email [email protected] It is possible that someone has sent that question for which you still don’t have an answer. So don’t worry about that anymore, because I will solve any question related to any subject of the Spanish language: meaning of words, idioms, grammar doubts...

This is episode number seventeen, which is part of the series called Walk And Learn. Almost 90 percent of the world's tulip production is made in the Netherlands. The tulip, the national symbol of the Netherlands, was introduced to Western Europe through the Hortus Botanicus botanical garden in Leiden. Walking through the streets of this city dressed by centuries-old buildings, twenty-eight kilometers of waterways and eighty-eight bridges over its canals, I will explain the use of the most...

The Netherlands has 17 million inhabitants, who own 22 million bicycles, it is certainly something very striking. That is why today I will teach vocabulary related to bicycle culture. I will explain the use of verbs and idioms such as: arrancar, prioridad, ciclo rutas, argot, calentamiento global, cultura ciudadana, y "ponerse las pilas". I will do this while the wind blows in my face on the Dutch roads. We will go from Kudelstaart to Amstelveen. It sounds cool huh? So join me!

This is episode number fifteen, which is part of the series called Spanish On Fire. Today I will explain how to talk about your job. I also will explain a little bit some vocabulary related to this topic. To teach you this, Eline Burger will accompany us in the hot seat. She is from the Netherlands. In addition to being one of the new pop voices in Europe, she is also trying to improve her level of Spanish taking my one on one lesson program. In this episode she will try to spontaneously...

Today I will explain the diference and usage of the words bien, buen and bueno. This knoledge can help you improve your level of Spanish. I'll be doing this while I walk in the flower capital of the world, the city of Aalsmeer, in The Neetherlands. It sounds cool huh? So join me!

This is episode number thirteen, which is part of the series called Spanish With Mister Bla Bla Bla. Today I will talk about accents, dialects and slangs, used mainly in Colombia, Spain, Argentina and Mexico. This could give you an universal understanding of the Spanish language. With this knowledge you will be able to understand the Spanish speakers of any country you travel to. To teach you this, on this episode we are hanging out with: the famous Mister Bla Bla Bla Juanjo, from Colombia,...

Today I will explain some greats habits that had important thinkers. This daily rutines could help you improve your level of Spanish. I'll be doing this while I walk in the town where I live currently. It sounds cool huh? So join me!