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Sat 04 Apr 2009Morning . . . noon . . . and night
Spanish classes before lunch, surfing classes after – and evenings with fellow students in the bars and restaurants of Cadiz. GARY QUINNcouldn’t ask for more from an educational holiday
THERE’S A MOMENT in every beginner language class when you’re asked to turn to the stranger beside you and describe their eye and hair colour. It’s one of the odder experiences that anyone who has plunged into a new language gets to enjoy. It can immediately spark friends, enemies or lovers, and I suspect that language teachers secretly enjoy the embarrassment it creates.
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