https://blog.ruurd.de/tags/language/Recent content in Language on On the road.HugoenSat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.ruurd.de/posts/englisch/blogeintrag-9/Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.ruurd.de/posts/englisch/blogeintrag-9/<p>Before I left, I had pictured myself chatting away in Spanish after two months. Now, a month and a half in, I order my coffee, and still sometimes nobody understands me.</p> <h2 id="zero-as-a-starting-point">Zero as a starting point</h2> <p>I had literally zero Spanish before this trip. No classes, no Spanish-speaking friends, no real contact with the language whatsoever. The plan was simple: start from scratch.</p> <p>In the weeks before leaving, motivation was high. I listened to Spanish podcasts, worked through language courses, drilled vocabulary cards, and watched Spanish films with subtitles, just to get a feel for how the language sounds.</p>