The Spanish learning mistake we almost made


Hey Reader,

One thing we thought would be easier when travelling through South America with kids…

was learning Spanish.

You hear it all the time.

“Just being here, you’ll pick it up.”

And to some extent, that’s true.

But what we didn’t expect was how inconsistent it feels day-to-day.

Some days you’re using it constantly.

Other days, you fall back into English without really noticing.

And progress feels… slow.

We looked at a few different ways to improve it properly.

Apps. Tutors. Courses.

Some were fine.

Some felt like more effort than they were worth.

And a few were just… expensive for what they actually gave you.

It made us realise something:

Learning while travelling only works if it fits around your day.

Not the other way round.

Eventually, we found something that worked better than we expected.

Not perfect, but simple enough that we actually stuck with it.

I ended up writing a proper breakdown of it, mainly because I couldn’t find anything that explained it clearly from a real use point of view.

I’ll leave it here if you want to take a look:

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Still figuring it out as we go.

Sean

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