{"id":2825,"date":"2013-07-12T13:24:47","date_gmt":"2013-07-12T13:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/?p=2825"},"modified":"2024-01-29T12:32:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T17:32:35","slug":"to-laugh-in-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/to-laugh-in-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"To laugh in Spanish. by Shane Stephens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hola! Me llamo Shane. I guess that those were the first words I ever spoke in the Spanish language. They will not be my last. This trip has been an experience that I will always remember, from losing my bags in Miami to getting rained on at a play at the palace courtyard. Even the sour items have had a sweet lining. The missing bag caused no end of mirth and jokes of ma\u00f1ana, ma\u00f1ana, ma\u00f1ana, while the rained out play provided a long evening stroll with three lovely senorita&#8217;s. The classes, while sometimes confusing with students coming and going and playing musical classrooms, have been enjoyable and have increased my understanding of the language. I hope that I get the opportunity to try something like this again and can learn to laugh in Spanish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hola! Me llamo Shane. I guess that those were the first words I ever spoke in the Spanish language. They will not be my last. This trip has been an experience that I will always remember, from losing my bags in Miami to getting rained on at a play at the palace courtyard. 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