¡Hola estudiantes de St. Paul y estudiantes de O.W. Best! Espero que hayan tenido buenas vacaciones (I hope that you've had good vacations).
Some of you might be wondering about the title of my post... ¿qué es (what is) el Día de los Reyes? Hopefully you all from St. Paul remember... It means "Kings Day," and it's a Christian holiday celebrated today (el 6 de enero) all over the world. Many Latinos, especially those who are Catholic, use today to remember when the wisemen, or kings, searched for el Niño Jesús (the baby Jesus) and brought gifts to him. Check out
this article to learn more - it even has some awesome pictures of a
mile-long Rosca de Reyes (remember the sweet bread we ate with the Niño Jesús in it?) in Mexico City!
Para los estudiantes de O. W. Best, this is probably my first update that you've read - ¡Bienvenidos! (Welcome!) As you may have noticed, this is my Spanish teaching blog, so you'll read and see lots of Spanish words and activities here that can help you get ready for 8th grade Spanish! I'll also try to throw in a vocab word or two for you all as well, seeing as on my vacation with my family, I heard at least four of our vocab words: ironic, inevitable, indomitable, and even macabre! Hope you'll enjoy, and that you'll comment so that we can keep in touch!
Para los estudiantes de St. Paul, ¡fue muy lindo verles de nuevo en el concierto (it was very nice to see you again at the concert)! Lo siento that I couldn't make it that night, but I'm sure you all did a wonderful job! For those of you that I didn't get to see, felicitaciones (congratulations) on your great performances and readings. I've also gotten to hablar un poco con su nueva maestra, Señora Axt. Me parece que (it seems like) ella es muy simpática e interestante. I hope that you'll like her a lot!
Since I know that students from O. W. Best are going back tomorrow, una pregunta... ¿qué hicieron durante las vacaciones? (What did you do during your vacation?) Comment at the bottom to let me know!
Just remember, use your first name and last initial only please, and make sure you type in the combo of letters and numbers in the box at the bottom of the comment form so that your comment will go through!
I visited mi familia in the Washington DC area over winter break, and while there, mis amigos, mi esposo y yo fuimos a
un restaurante argentino delicioso que se llama Panas, which is short for empanadas. If you've never had Argentinian food or empanadas before, I would highly recommend it!
As you can see, empanadas are fried or baked dough filled with a variety of things - ours had queso, vegetales y carne y pollo (para mi esposo, como yo soy vegetariana) and came with cuatro delicious dipping sauces. Mmmmmm. A la izquierda (on the left), you can see my drink,
lulo juice, which is made from a fruit that comes from Sudamérica, and on either side of the plate, some plantain and roasted veggie skewers. The yellow "chips" in the front of the picture are plantain chips. For those of you who don't know, plantains are somewhat like bananas, but are bigger and less sweet when they are verde, or ripe, so they make great chips!
Last but not least, el 15 de diciembre, me gradué de mi programa de Maestría (I graduated from my Master's program), so I am now
officially a teacher! Quiero agradecerles todos por su atención, paciencia, entusiasmo y cariño (I want to thank
all of you for your attention, patience, enthusiasm, and caring). You definitely contributed to my desire to be a teacher, and showed me how fun and awesome this job can be!
¡Muchísimas gracias!
