Sunday, June 15, 2008

Asado!

I had my first asado tonight... an asado is basically an Argentinian grill out. Lots of meat, LOTS of meat... wine, and food of all kinds. The house where my friend took me was very old, built in 1870´s, and very unique. Apparently its a lodge and winery/vineyard as well. Here´s the website with photos.
(http://www.baquerowines.com/photo_gallery.htm)
I am still attempting to habla espanol, so in addition to 4 hours of class every morning, two hours of spanish related activities provided by the school in the afternoon, breakfast and dinner with an argentinian family, Argentinian news on tv, and conversations at bars and clubs (these are usually a mix between three languages: spanish, english, and drunknate), I have added a project. Every day I will attmept to read/translate a spanish short story or poem. Yesterday I almost got through a whole sentence... yeah. So an hour of dictionary diving a day should do the trick.
Thanks to everyone for the encouraging emails and notes. They really mean a lot.
Salut!
N

3 comments:

cindy said...

Dear Nate; Hello! I am so excited that you are doing such a great job learning a new lango. What does Asado mean? Now you have to be the teacher. Destine says hello, Prince growled, Loki is still looking for uguly boogley, and Nickii is hiding goosey from Loki. Take care of yourself! Love, Cindy

Anonymous said...

Hola Nate! Sounds like you're having an amazing time, can't wait to see pictures. Buena suerte con tu espanol (I'm trying to also brush up on my spanish before we head to Europe... and french.. and italian...) Lauren

Nate Adams said...

Hey cindy,
Hello to Destine and all the dogs
an asado is basically any argentinian grill out, although traditionally it entails large rack of lamb or beef over open fires. The steak is SO GOOD here, wish I could bring you some.
N