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Why I won't be using CatAcademy - Spanish Obsessed
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Why I won’t be using CatAcademy. From the folks at Memrise comes a new Spanish learning app, Cat Academy. With the tagline “Helping humans to be less dumb”, Cat Academy uses the ever-popular cute cat meme to illustrate a range of Spanish phrases, using visual mnemonics to aid memorisation of vocabulary. I know it’s a bit of fun, but to me it perfectly illustrates a depressing slide to the lowest common denominator. Not just because I’m a miserable sod:. By taking the emphasis off the actual language lear...
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Anne Sewell - Travel writer & citizen journalist: July 2014
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Anne Sewell - Travel writer and citizen journalist. A little irony, the occasional rant, a lot of fun . and some serious stuff too. Wednesday, 16 July 2014. Why you should never live behind a "major hotel" or in C/Poeta Salvador Rueda. Since the original article. Anyone considering moving into Calle Poeta Salvador Rueda in Los Boliches, Fuengirola is highly recommended to avoid the street like the plague that it is. Rather shoot me first. OK? The Hotel Yaramar, right on the beach in Los Boliches, Fuengir...
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Anne Sewell - Travel writer & citizen journalist: Got the grocery store blues in Fuengirola, Spain
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Anne Sewell - Travel writer and citizen journalist. A little irony, the occasional rant, a lot of fun . and some serious stuff too. Tuesday, 15 July 2014. Got the grocery store blues in Fuengirola, Spain. OK, so I know its summer, and yes, there are lots of tourists here. I also know that tomorrow is a religious holiday on the southern coast of Spain. Despite this, I still say that supermarket staff must really learn to behave. She then seemed to follow me wherever I went in the supermarket, basically in...
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Anne Sewell - Travel writer & citizen journalist: September 2014
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Anne Sewell - Travel writer and citizen journalist. A little irony, the occasional rant, a lot of fun . and some serious stuff too. Monday, 22 September 2014. People-watching on Spain's Costa del Sol. I don't about you, but I thoroughly enjoy people watching - simply relaxing and eyeing the passing parade. There is such a variety of different nationalities and interesting and quirky people, I could do this all day (if I didn't have to earn a living! Looking at her, you would be convinced that she had che...
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Anne Sewell - Travel writer & citizen journalist: November 2014
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Anne Sewell - Travel writer and citizen journalist. A little irony, the occasional rant, a lot of fun . and some serious stuff too. No posts. Show all posts. No posts. Show all posts. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Spanish News in English. I have several travel related websites and work on the internet from home. Also involved in the alternative media as a citizen journalist, freelance writer and travel writer. I enjoy writing and am seeking freelance work. View my complete profile. Emergency response ove...
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Anne Sewell - Travel writer & citizen journalist: 'Pieces of Madrid' — Resistance to social crisis in Spain (Video)
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Anne Sewell - Travel writer and citizen journalist. A little irony, the occasional rant, a lot of fun . and some serious stuff too. Tuesday, 15 July 2014. Pieces of Madrid' — Resistance to social crisis in Spain (Video). In the short documentary below, we can experience the ongoing resistance in Spain to the economic and social crisis, as well as the effects of budget cuts and austerity measures. It tells the story of a massive mobilization. On a more positive note, we also hear about the proliferation o...
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Anne Sewell - Travel writer & citizen journalist: Why you should never live behind a "major hotel" or in C/Poeta Salvador Rueda
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Anne Sewell - Travel writer and citizen journalist. A little irony, the occasional rant, a lot of fun . and some serious stuff too. Wednesday, 16 July 2014. Why you should never live behind a "major hotel" or in C/Poeta Salvador Rueda. Since the original article. Anyone considering moving into Calle Poeta Salvador Rueda in Los Boliches, Fuengirola is highly recommended to avoid the street like the plague that it is. Rather shoot me first. OK? The Hotel Yaramar, right on the beach in Los Boliches, Fuengir...
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Anne Sewell - Travel writer & citizen journalist: People looking out for each other day to day in Spain
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Anne Sewell - Travel writer and citizen journalist. A little irony, the occasional rant, a lot of fun . and some serious stuff too. Tuesday, 15 July 2014. People looking out for each other day to day in Spain. As the population becomes more vulnerable due to the continuing economic crisis in Spain, people are teaming up, joining together to help one another. Last weekend, they asked me for breakfast cereal, today it was fruit juice; it costs so little to add a few extra items, like some biscuits, chocola...
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