Minor bookgasm
Jan. 19th, 2007 09:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
The other day half of my group went on a walking tour of Valencia´s historical area district (aka Barrio del Carmen). Afterwards I was walking back to the metro stop and came across a bookstore. (Squee! The fact that I´m not fluent in Spanish isn´t at all a deterrent. Whee.) After picking out some postcards I went poking through the children´s section, thinking that would be a good place to begin reading.
Result: The purchase of the Spanish translation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe . I won´t understand half of what is written, but at least I know the gist of what is happening, C.S. Lewis has a simple writing style, and it will be good practice for reading out loud. Part of me insists that I was just feeling the effects of new-book deprivation. (Notice that I am not denying it.) Shopping can be so entertaining.
I apologize if there are typos; I´m still adjusting to Spanish keyboards.
Result: The purchase of the Spanish translation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe . I won´t understand half of what is written, but at least I know the gist of what is happening, C.S. Lewis has a simple writing style, and it will be good practice for reading out loud. Part of me insists that I was just feeling the effects of new-book deprivation. (Notice that I am not denying it.) Shopping can be so entertaining.
I apologize if there are typos; I´m still adjusting to Spanish keyboards.
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Date: 2007-01-19 11:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-01-19 12:03 pm (UTC)Dad: Why did you buy a Narnia book in Spanish?
Me: Because it´s a book.
Dad: But you can´t possibly have read all of it.
Me: Doesn´t matter.
Dad: You still don´t make any sense.
Me: It´s a children´s fantasy book in Spanish . I had to buy it!
Dad: ...
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Date: 2007-01-19 12:08 pm (UTC)I'm glad to hear that you've arrived and things are going well. Please please please tell me all about it!
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Date: 2007-01-19 12:15 pm (UTC)Telling about it goes for you too, missy! What have you been up to? I´ll send you an e-mail with details in the near future. Hopefully I´ll also be able to send you some links to photos.