1. Viajando en Español – Buenos Aires
Argentina… well, Calle Florida in Buenos Airesto be exact. One visiting
Spaniard described it thus:
“Es como la calle Preciados pero mucho, mucho más larga. En el fondo mucho Buenos Aires es Madrid pero siempre así:...
2. Viajando en Español – Cuzco
Perú…Machu Picchu…but without me in the frame I am sure you registered one of the most recognizable sites in the world. I am going to guess that the majority of you reading my Blog want to go, but haven´t quite gotten...
3. Viajando en Español – Barcelona
España…make that Barcelona. I know, I know, you can´t see much of the city or it´s most recognizable attributes like Gaudi´s work on this most famous Cathedral STILL in progress; La Sacrada Familia, or the Palau de la...
4. Viajando en Español – Santiago
Chile…if we were playing the game, “what comes to mind when I say …..”, upon hearing Santiago de Chile, I would have to say “Sparkling clean! You could eat off the streets!” It’s striking...
5. Viajando en Español – New York
United States – Home… I’m from St. Paul, MN, but I could live in New York City. Easy! I remember my first trip there, only 5 years ago; Luis and I were sitting at a café in SoHo and at the large round table...
¡Pega la vuelta! – Get Outta...
When I´m running at 5:30 or 6:00 AM each day, (you didn’t think I was going to put a photo here, did you?, seriously?) I bring my iPod with me for energy and inspiration. And these days I need...
Se pierde en traducción – Lost...
Luis, feeling the pinch of getting the new website up and running while balancing classes and filming and editing our lastest videos: ”I am having sympathy Fire Balls.”
“Huh? You are...
Cuando el romanticismo se encuentre con...
“I have this great idea.”
Luis groans but the right corner of his mouth quivers slightly upward which crinkles the corresponding eye and so though he’s wanting to communicate sternness...
There You Go – Danke Schoen...
It was all around me … I mean ALL around me … the banners and flags, the body paint, the colors, the vuvuzela, the snare drum, the battle cries, the charged and excited chatter ….. but...
Sigue subiendo – Keep Climbing
“So, where have you been?” you ask. “Well, trying to catch my balance,” I respond. ”While Luis and I continue to work on the Free Online Video Program I have had to add...
¿Recuerdan esto? – Remember This...
In the Post Pregúntale a Joan/La historia de Andy – Ask Joan/Andy’s Story I responded to some questions that an online student of ours had written regarding a budding love affair upon which she was...
¿Estás hablando conmigo? – ...
It has become so automatic that we don´t often realize that we have a running dialog going on in our heads at all times. It´s so a part of us that it’s often happening at a pre-verbal level....
Yo recuerdo cuando me asustó …...
I remember when it scared me to find myself in a group of Spanish speakers. The people speaking looked nice enough, non-threatening enough, for the most part they were even shorter than me which gave...
Subjunctive Land and Other Marital...
Luis and I are in the throws (visualize tandem seizures) of teaching the Subjunctive tense in our Free Video Classes right now … and man! … it’s been an interesting process.
Not to...
Gracias por tu voto/reflexiónes en...
It’s May 7th and we are in a full out ‘get out the vote’ campaign in our candidacy for a Grant from the Pepsi Refresh Project. We beg your indulgence as we do what we can to remind...
Te lo digo porque mi exito puede ser el...
I was at a Juvenile Detention Center yesterday for a discharge staffing for one of my adolescent clients. Present were my 13 year old client (bilingual Spanish/English) and her mom and dad (monolingual...
About Us
Luis and Joan Rojas met in December 2001 in Minneapolis Minnesota, by August 2002 they were married in Lima Peru. What could be a challenging intracultural union, Luis is from Peru and Joan from the US, has been instead, the adventure of a lifetime. Luis has taught Spanish for the last 25 years, in fact he taught Joan. Joan is a psychologist and spent 25 plus years in the field but is now working full time with Luis at Rojas Spanish Language, Inc. They are living happily ever after. Follow Me on Twitter
La Casa Rojas Podcast
- Spanish for First Responders May 8, 2010 Luis Rojas - Rojas Spanish Language
- Los caminos caminados y por caminar... December 22, 2009 Luis Rojas - Rojas Spanish Language
- Las cosas no son siempre lo que parecen… December 12, 2009 Luis Rojas - Rojas Spanish Language
Joan's Twitter Updates
- Day 119: Aplicación de las Expresiones: La Historia: Homework and Activities Homework coming up soon! Buena suerte... http://bit.ly/9wG2FL
- ¡Pega la vuelta! – Get Outta Here!: When I´m running at 5:30 or 6:00 AM each day, (you didn’t think I was going to... http://bit.ly/ccq0Xb
- Se pierde en traducción – Lost in Translation: Luis, feeling the pinch of getting the new website up and running w... http://bit.ly/a93gG5
- Cuándo romanticismo se encuentre la realidad – When Romanticism Hits the Road: “I have this great idea.” Luis groa... http://bit.ly/aXLqlH
- There You Go – Danke Schoen – No, por favor: It was all around me … I mean ALL around me … the banners and flags, ... http://bit.ly/cpTtAM
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