[- cris -]

Originally Posted by Nele Asking coffee: From what I know café solo : expresso coffee Cortado : coffee with milk café con leche : more milk than coffee

Actually the difference between cortado and café con leche isn't exactly that there is more milk on the café con leche. It has to do with the kind of glass it is served on. Cortados are served in tiny cups or tiny glasses, cafés con leche are served in normal cups. Some people may add much more milk due to how big the cup is, but other people may add more coffee and few milk

I, for instance, when I'm preparing my coffee on the machine...fill the big cup with coffee and add little milk

[Malha]

Originally Posted by - cris - I can't for the life of me think of more sentences like this... give me some suggestion! I'm the worst!

I'm not good at finding them either but I think that apart from asking my way there's not much I need to know.
Oh yes, I have to pick up my ticket for the concert at the tourism office. I'm sure they speak french and english but just to know, how do you ask for that?

By the way, which are the dates? I know you told me but I've forgotten...(how strange!).

I arrive on monday 26 and go back on thursday 29. I'll be in Barcelona for almost 4 full days as I arrive in the morning and go back late in the evening.
I hope it's not too hot there because here it's incredibly hot and rainy

[Nele]

Originally Posted by - cris - Actually the difference between cortado and café con leche isn't exactly that there is more milk on the café con leche. It has to do with the kind of glass it is served on. Cortados are served in tiny cups or tiny glasses, cafés con leche are served in normal cups. Some people may add much more milk due to how big the cup is, but other people may add more coffee and few milk I, for instance, when I'm preparing my coffee on the machine...fill the big cup with coffee and add little milk

This explains how good my teacher is

[- cris -]

Originally Posted by Malha I arrive on monday 26 and go back on thursday 29. I'll be in Barcelona for almost 4 full days as I arrive in the morning and go back late in the evening. I hope it's not too hot there because here it's incredibly hot and rainy

That's going to be good! It's very hot in here now It rained the other day, but it's just the time of the year when it's incredibly hot all day and some breeze arrives at night. It's lovely to go out at night now.

Sometime this week we have to exchange phone numbers My last two exams are just the week you're here, but we could have some coffee the 28th for instance, even if it is just for a while in the morning But I don't want to change your plans or anything, so it's you the one who chooses the time! Also, you are the one that will choose the place

Ahm...how to pick up the ticket? I guess you'd have to say you want to pick up Shakira's tickets for the concert and your name? Something like "Vengo a recoger las entradas para el concierto de Shakira" should work, I guess It's more or less "I'm here to pick up the concert tickets for shakira".

[Malha]

Originally Posted by - cris - It's very hot in here now It rained the other day, but it's just the time of the year when it's incredibly hot all day and some breeze arrives at night. It's lovely to go out at night now.

I wasn't expecting anything else but it's good to know. It's just like here.

Sometime this week we have to exchange phone numbers My last two exams are just the week you're here, but we could have some coffee the 28th for instance, even if it is just for a while in the morning But I don't want to change your plans or anything, so it's you the one who chooses the time! Also, you are the one that will choose the place

Yeah. That's a good thing that I bought a cell phone
The 28th would be okay. But the thing is, it's the day of the concert and because I have an entrada general, I want to be at the palau as soon as possible so if it's in the morning it's got to be early in the morning (not too early but you know what I mean). When are your exams?
For the place... you're aware that I have never been in Barcelona, are you? I don't know how I could be able to chose it Don't forget that I'm the most indecisive person on the surface of the earth

Ahm...how to pick up the ticket? I guess you'd have to say you want to pick up Shakira's tickets for the concert and your name? Something like "Vengo a recoger las entradas para el concierto de Shakira" should work, I guess It's more or less "I'm here to pick up the concert tickets for shakira".

Thanks

[- cris -]

Yeah. That's a good thing that I bought a cell phone The 28th would be okay. But the thing is, it's the day of the concert and because I have an entrada general, I want to be at the palau as soon as possible so if it's in the morning it's got to be early in the morning (not too early but you know what I mean). When are your exams? For the place... you're aware that I have never been in Barcelona, are you? I don't know how I could be able to chose it Don't forget that I'm the most indecisive person on the surface of the earth

I was thinking that since the 28th I have an exam and I would be already in Barcelona, it was good to also meet that day. But that was good just for me Don't worry we can meet up the 29, in the morning for a while and thyen you can have a last-day as you have planned. My exams are the 27 and the 28, which is what's bad because the 26 I'd really like to do some revision, the 27 I'll be half the morning doing the exam and the rest of the day revising for the 28th exam and the 28th doing it. It's from 8.30 to 11.30 so I think that by the time we could be able to meet you would have to be at the concert already. So I think the 29th is a great idea, if you like!

I'm also trying to figure out where we could meet up that wouldn't be confusing. I'm thinking in front of this huge enormous hotel that's in plaça espanya (because that's where your hostal will be around, right?) I can't tell the name, I've been looking it up at google but can't find it. All I know is it's a big important hotel and it's impossible to mistake...if you know the name

[Malha]

Originally Posted by - cris - I was thinking that since the 28th I have an exam and I would be already in Barcelona, it was good to also meet that day. But that was good just for me

Okay

Don't worry we can meet up the 29, in the morning for a while and thyen you can have a last-day as you have planned. My exams are the 27 and the 28, which is what's bad because the 26 I'd really like to do some revision, the 27 I'll be half the morning doing the exam and the rest of the day revising for the 28th exam and the 28th doing it. It's from 8.30 to 11.30 so I think that by the time we could be able to meet you would have to be at the concert already. So I think the 29th is a great idea, if you like!

Don't worry about plans we could have because we don't have any Apart from where we're going to stay and the concert we have no idea what we're going to do with our days It's going to be a big adventure!

The 29th is perfect. Anytime is good as we're coming back at 7pm so we have all day.

I'm also trying to figure out where we could meet up that wouldn't be confusing. I'm thinking in front of this huge enormous hotel that's in plaça espanya (because that's where your hostal will be around, right?) I can't tell the name, I've been looking it up at google but can't find it. All I know is it's a big important hotel and it's impossible to mistake...if you know the name

Well, I think that's the part of our conversation where we switch to PMs, isn't it?

[- cris -]

Don't worry about plans we could have because we don't have any Apart from where we're going to stay and the concert we have no idea what we're going to do with our days It's going to be a big adventure!

Okay then!

Well, I think that's the part of our conversation where we switch to PMs, isn't it?

Exactly. While I was writing the entire post I kept saying to myself "go send her a pm, c'mon" but I was too lazy to close this and open it up and blah blah I'm too lazy lately.

[hadasuli]

Is there anyone speaking Hebrew out there??

[- cris -]

Not quite sure But maybe somebody who does reads this!

[Brienchen]

Could someone tell me what "Can you please cut your hair" means in Spanish? It's a bet....

[- cris -]

What do you mean? Can you please cut your hair translated into spanish or if it has a special meaning? I don't think it has any special meaning, really. At least not in spain's spanish.

[Undeniable]

Aw, you can add me to the list of people you can contact when in need for help by a swedish person. I come from Sweden, and I'd love to help out the people who need it. I do understand some Norwegian and Danish too, since they are so similiar to swedish, but swedish is my main language.

[Malha]

I'm an assy rule enforcer so

If you want to be added to this list (or removed) contact - cris - or Malha in PM, with the name of the language you’d like to help in and a translation of the “If you want help in [insert your language], you can contact ....” sentence in your own language. Do not post on the thread unless both of our PM boxes are unavailable. Thanks

But it's nice to see this otherwise dead thread being bumped

Does anyone on this board speak Chinese?

[Nele]

I don't speak Chinese but I wish I could