P1000580 - Potosi how to make silver

Spanish, Short-changing and Itchy-feet

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March 25th 2009
I stayed put long enough in Sucre to take up a 5th language (Hola!), familiarise myself with the markets and get acquainted with the dogs on my street. My 8 hour of Spanish lessons cost 4euro/hr, and enables me to now blurt out all sorts of furniture, fruit and colours (very important ...) without conjugating a real sentence. It was lovely ... I would get up at 7am and walk the 2km to school wi ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Chuquisaca Department » Sucre

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Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1... ... read more