A recommendation A recommendation. I think that is very important reading in your target language. You can get a book for learn spanish for free. Today in amazon is free this book: http://www.amazon.com/sabueso-los-Baskerville-hound-Baskervilles-ebook/dp/B00IP018BW/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1394388667&sr=8-8&keywords=epikbooks I hope that you enjoy it.

Planned Obsolescence I have a very bad new, my kindle has died. I thought that it would be with me more time, but it turn off definitely when it was three years old. I have tried to repair it but has been impossible. What I will do without it? Do I back to buy paper books? Will I have to enter to a books shop again? Will I have to read the review in the book's back? Buy a book by the desing of the covers? I will have to dodge those full shelves of "Fifty Shades of Grey"? Or, Fifty shades of I don't know what...? Will I have to hide myself in the corridor of sci-fi or the freaks' corridor? This is a disaster.

The road of Santiago. An amazing travel. One of the most famous routes in Europe is the round of Santiago. People from over the world trace this route each year. On foot or on bike, to travel the road of Santiago is unforgettable experience. From Roncesvalles to Santiago, the road has about 800 kilometres, 30 stages crossing mountains, valleys, forest, plains, little towns and monumental cities. They say that the road to Santiago is a way to your inner, I don't know, that is very personal. I can say that when you will arrive to Santiago, you will be other person, you will be a new and renovated person. You will have new friends and you will have thousand experiences to count. I did it in the year 2000, 2003 and 2006 and I would like go back. The apostol Santiago is calling me. Thank you.

Flags. I feel rather envious when, I see in movies and documentaries that a lot of people in America have the flag of their country at the home doors. I think that, their flag means for them pride, unity and a feeling of love by their country. In Spain this is not the case. If you come to Spain, you will not see any Spanish flag, only will can see it in the door of public buildings. Over too many years our flag was synonym of pain, suffering and repression. We had a military dictatorship. And this dictatorship was using our flag like their symbol. Now the things are changing, and when Spain won the World Cup, we could to see our flag in a lot windows and doors. There are not any flag already. Thanks.

Mental toughness I think that everyone has a problem with our learning of a new second language. We have to be constantly translating from our native language to the new language (at least, it happens to me). Sometime we should leave to do that, for think only in English or in Spanish. Say the experts that is possible and essential, say that we should think, write and talk only in the language that we are learning. But, Is that possible ? and, when will this come? There is someone who here has done it? Thanks.

Born to run Since I was a teen, I liked run and I used to run everyday, first for relaxing after of studying and then for fun. Some years after, I joined to a athletic club and soon they came hard trainings and races. In those years, I have run, half marathons, some marathons and my speciality the mountain marathon. Unfortunately I hurt my back while I did a workout, and I was forced to take a break from running. I have been stopped for two years and now I think that is the moment to leave my fears and start again. Wish me luck! Thanks.

Podcast Podcast I love the podcasts, most days I try to hear them by my phone while I am working or driving. In Spanish we have podcasts about science, art, mistery, movies, series and podcasts to learn English of course . In the podcasts to learn English, people speak very slow, it is an great help to understand and to learn, but they do not use a real language. I would like to find a podcast in English but not for learn English, a Podcast made to English speakers. ¿Do you know any advisable podcast about art, sci-fi, history, etc...? I am going to recommend to you in exchange, three podcasts made to Spanish speakers 1- "El podcast del buho" Is a podcast about history http://elpodcastdelbuho.com/ 2- "cienciaes.com" Are a group of podcasts about science, scientists and curious things. http://cienciaes.com/podcasts/ 3- "Milenio 3" Maybe be the radio program most heard in Spain, is a program about misteries, ghost, ufos, etc.... http://www.ikerjimenez.com/milenio3/ You can find them all in http://www.ivoox.com/ Thanks!

"Usted" and "Tú" Yesterday a friend from Lang-8 asked by the use of "usted" and "tú". Today I going to write about this. This is a complicated affair even for us the Spanish speakers. And the use is a little different between Spain and Latinamerica. "Usted" is a signal of respect and education, so: We would use "usted" when we talk to a unknown person by phone. We would use "usted" when we talk to a unknown person in the street, when this person is older than us or we think that he has ours age. Unless this person ask we that speak to him of "tú". We will use always "usted" with our boss. We will use always "usted" in formal letters or official documents. "Tú" is a coloquial or familiar form to speak, so: We will use "tú" when we speak to friends, workmates and familiar or when we speak to children or teenagers. Now the teenagers never use "usted" with nobody even with their teachers. I don't like when a young person talks to me with "usted", because he make me feel old, so I ask him always that he speak to me with "tú". Thanks.