If you speak English, or learned Latin at school, you will find it easy to recognize the roots of many Spanish and Italian words.
Spanish - English
compania - company
computadora - computer
diploma - diploma
las directoras - the directors (female). The masculine plural of the is Los, as in Los Angeles, the US city, whose name means the angels. The angels are masculine. The word for the (called the article) matches the noun which ends in as.)
documentos - documents
dormir - to sleep (same as dormant in English, and dormer in French)
durante - during
hospital - hospital (in Spanish you don't pronounce the h)
increíble - incredible
opera - opera
pintor - painter (not picture. P I N R are common letters in pintor and painter. In the Spanish remember to roll the R.
los pintores - the painters
planear - to plan
planta - plant
presidente/presidenta - president (male/female)
programa - program
viaje - trip/voyage
yendo - going, leaving (You are making an END and gOing Off)
In Spanish the accents tell you which sound to emphasize.
If you need to calm down at the end of a stressful day.
Often when I travel, I am so tired that I fall asleep straight away.
Setting Alarms
The important act is to note if I have to be anywhere early next day, and, if so, to set an alarm. I used to need to travel with an alarm clock. Now phones have built in alarms, usually simply look for the clock symbol. When travelling, you might want to move the symbol to the front screen of you phone. You do this by simply holding your finger over the symbol and sliding it right or left - in this case on my Samsung phone to the left, until it hops from page to page to the front page.
To be sure you have enough power in your phone, carry a power brick and a lead, ideally two leads. Have a pocket or place where the lead is always kept. The lead could be in the front pocket of your phone in a cross body bag, the right or left lower or upper pocket of your jacket, the inside or outside pocket, or the net pocket on the inside of your suitcase or wheel on airline bag.
You can create a more restful alarm in the morning, you can choose from one of several options on your phone. Or add your own music. It could be a motivation song. Of even make up your own daily to do list in rhyme. Or add the Tibetan singing bowls as wake-up music.
Your phone
Keep a list of instructions for your phone. Think of a word for each sound of the singing bowl. For example, rest, peace, love. You could recall them alphabetically.
Use a thesaurus or internet search to find your words.
If you are sharing a hotel room on holiday, or a dormitory, or wish to listen on transport such as a train or plain, you may wish to carry headphones, or noise cancelling headphones which cut out the outside sounds. Here you can choose your favourite positive words, alphabetically
To me a stone slab for a resting place looks hard and uncomfortable. But for one man it was ideal.
He has not collapsed. He had chosen this place and taken off his shoes. The shoes are placed neatly together on the ground.
On closer inspection of the photo, he seems to have something under his neck. Supporting his head. Protecting his valuables.
How do you get the best seats? It depends what you consider the best seat.
I used to think I was winning with the window seat. But now I'll always opt for the aisle.
Yes, for years I preferred the window seat. Why? I liked to be able to look at the clouds. I thought it was less claustrophobic. I liked to see new countries as I flew over them and came into land. I liked to be able to sleep against the wall.
Then one day I was given an aisle seat. I decided that if I hated heights and felt claustrophobic, the best place to be on a plane was in the aisle. You have somewhere to run. You don't get tense trying not to go to the toilet because it involves waking two sleeping people and climbing over the person with the aisle seat who has bad ankles, can't stand upright, and thinks you must be a pole vaulter.
If the plane is near empty and you want to lie down, you are better off in the central bank of four seats than in the sets of three. So if I plan to sleep, I pick a seat in the bank of four.
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