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Published: February 3rd 2009
Before Departure...
This past weekend was my first weekend in Italy after starting classes, so of course, I traveled. I am only here for 12 weekends, which means that every single weekend must be planned in advance, in order to maximize the places I can go and things I must see before I leave.
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On a side note, many of you might be thinking, "why wouldn't he stay in Rome for the first weekend?" ...
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Gus
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About spanish & catalan languages & lisps
There's no more lisp in a spaniard saying 'Barthelona' than in an english/american saying 'Thank you', It's the same sound. However this 'th' is no longer used in latinamerican countries, where they changed it for an 's' sound. This guy explains it better than I do: http://dan.hersam.com/2006/08/01/the-spanish-lisp/. On the other hand, you probably had problems understanding the spanish in Barcelona because about 80% of the people there speak Catalan, not a dialect of spanish but a language in itself, close to both french and spanish. You probably noticed all signs are in both spanish and catalan since catalonia is a bilingual region. Other than that I hope you enjoyed your stay here and discovered that americans tend to use the word 'spanish' for everything latinamerican -countries which I love, by the way- while Spain is culturally closer to Italy or France, to say something.